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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

So, since it is a square, you can easily calculate the final size of your potholder based on the length of your initial chain, or just refer to the measurements in the image below.

Apr 14 2025

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

I finally gave in and bought my daughter a full-sized sewing machine, but up til now we ve just been perfecting her sewing skills with simple, hand-stitched projects like this one.

Apr 14 2025

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

Have some fun with these gents and see how much mischief you can get them up to Of course, if you like them so much that you d like to have girl dolls in the same theme, you re also welcome to transform them.

Apr 14 2025

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

Center a pocket on one side of the bag with the bottom edge of the pocket along the line that you drew 4 1 2 away from the bottom edge of the bag piece.

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

I love the wide stretchy waist and leg bands, but you could use elastic on a woven fabric, or have this waistband fitted with a zipper like a pencil skirt.

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

Making them is easy, as you could put it up just like that, embellish using ribbons, glitters, and beads, or even paint them in the color of your choice.