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Apr 13 2025

Cozy Up Your Car: Crochet a Steering Wheel Cover with this Easy Pattern

Yarn over and insert hook into the same stitch and pull up another loop 5 loops on hook repeat from 2 more times until you have 9 loops on your hook, yarn over and pull through all 9 loops.

Apr 13 2025

Make a Cozy Pot Holder with This Free Crochet Pattern

Round 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook, dc in next ch, sc in next ch, repeat to across chain, placing a dc in last ch; continuing back across the back bump of the chain, place a sc in the same ch as last dc, repeat to across back of chain, leaving the last ch unworked.

Apr 14 2025

Owl Sewing Pattern: Bring a Touch of Wisdom and Whimsy to Your Sewing Projects

If you want something sturdier, cut a circle of cardboard the desired size and a circle of fabric about twice that size I used thread spools, CDs, and bowls to trace my circles.

Apr 14 2025

Amigurumi Male Doll Pattern: Detailed Instructions for Creating Unique and Charming Dolls

This amigurumi pattern walks you through creating a playful boy character with details like a comfy outfit, tousled hair, and delightful facial expressions.

Apr 14 2025

Gym Bag Sewing Pattern: Create a Personalized and Practical Carry-All

The trick is to keep your seam allowance consistent and to frequently put your needle down, lift your presser foot, and pivot as you stitch around the outside of the circle.

Apr 14 2025

Craft Your Own Hanfu: A Guide to Sewing Patterns and Techniques

The fabric of the Hanfu needs careful preparation because the patterns and embroidery printing may need to be redesigned and drawn, and even if there is a prototype of the pattern, it needs to refer to the material for secondary creation.

Apr 14 2025

Discover Beautiful Hyacinth Embroidery Patterns: Free Templates and Tutorials

To achieve the sharp corner, end the row of stitches at the top for rope stitch this requires you to anchor the last stitch with a tiny loop , bring the needle back up just to the right of where the last stitch ended, and start another line of stitching down the other side of the leaf.

Apr 14 2025

Sew Your Own Flowy Genie Pants with This Simple Pattern

Frilly elastic band at hem This is an Elastic casing some 2 above the hem, making the hem look like frills ruffles For this make a casing for elastic 2 above the hem.

Apr 14 2025

Super Bulky Crochet Scarf Pattern: Create a Warm and Fashionable Scarf with this Easy Pattern

You can substitute any yarn and hook for this stitch pattern just remember when you substitute if your gauge is different, the finished size, and amount of yarn used for your project will also be different.

Apr 14 2025

Create Your Own Cozy Pine Cone Pajamas: A Sewing Pattern Guide

OHOCO Wool Pressing Mat for Quilting - 17 x 24 Extra Large Felt Ironing Pad 1 2 Thick, 100 New Zealand Wool for Ironing, Sewing, Cutting on Ironing Board, Tabletop, Dryer, Countertop.