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Crochet Yarn Painting Project

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Mikey's Bernat Mosaic Yarn Painting

Mikey's Bernat Mosaic Yarn Painting

Doesn’t this look stunning? If I were to ever plan something that would have rocked the crochet world as much as I did with this painting, I probably would not have gotten the attention as this new yarn painting has received.

Watch this HowTo Instructional Video on creating your own. I consider this project free form as you need to create the work to fit the frame. Everyone will have different sizes of frames to work with. This requires you to be a bit imaginative and exercise your crochet skills.

In this frame that is 24″ wide by 30″ high, I’ve created a yarn insert that is basket weave crochet. This video will cover a number of questions such as the following:

  1. How to create the basket weave stitch
  2. Sizing requirements for the insert
  3. How I attached the yarn to the frame
  4. What to look for in a frame due to weight of the project
  5. Materials used and crochet hook size

Over all, I absolutely loved this project. It’s one of my most treasured crochet projects to date. In keeping with the Basket Weave theme, have you seen this Basket Weave Scarf Pattern? It’s the same concept as shown in my project.

Twist & Twirl Yarn by Bernat

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New to the stores shelves is Bernat’s newly released yarn called Twist & Twirl. It comes as a 100 g ball and one ball can make 1 scarf.

This yarn can be deceptive on how to use it. Let me show you how to operate this yarn. Cnce you get into the groove of understanding how to use it, it will whip up a scarf in about 2 – 3 hours.

Here is an exclusive look at a tutorial using this this yarn.

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Enjoy the fancy colours and this yarn is reasonably priced considering it can make a generous size scarf.

Once you understand this yarn, you can go see AllFreeCrochet for more ideas because maybe you can use it for other things that hasn’t yet been thought of.

Afternoon Project

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With all the housework complete and an afternoon home alone, I decided to hunt for the perfect afternoon crochet project.  My two requirements: Quick and easy.

Since making accessories are always a pretty simple project, I searched ALLFREECROCHET.COM for a cute accessory.  That’s when I found the perfect design.  As I am a huge Anthropology window shopper and gift card hopeful, I knew the Anthropology Knockoff Headband was the project for me.

I already had all the supplies at home, a size “G” hook, worsted weight yarn, a thin headband, a hot glue gun and small beads that look like peals. I decided to use turquoise yarn for spring.

The pattern begins with creating a magic loop.  If you are unfamiliar with the magic loop, I highly recommend checking it out and learning this technique for starting projects. It’s tricky at first, but once you get the hang of it you’ll love it!

The magic loop is used to start the flower construction.  I chose to put two flowers on my headband, but covering the entire top of the headband would be cute for a young girl.

After crocheting the two flowers and hot gluing on the beads, I was ready to begin wrapping the headband. I used about half an inch of hot glue along the inside of the headband to hold the yarn in place. Keep the wrapping yarn tight and take your time.  With a half inch left to wrap, I used the hot glue again to finish.

A small amount of hot glue goes along way.  Be careful to not use too much glue while applying the flowers to the headband.

This project was exactly what I was looking for.  I spent about twenty minutes making this headband and it was extremely simple.  Here’s how mine turned out.



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