Free Crochet Patterns

Free Crochet Daisy Doily Pattern

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Free Crochet Daisy Doily Pattern


Crochet Daisy Doily

Materials: 1 ball Coats Mercer Crochet No. 20 (20 gms), green; 1 ball each of two contrasting colors like yellow and white; steel crochet hook o. 3 (slack workers could use a No. 3.5 hook and tight workers a no. 2.5

Tension: First 2 rows: 0.75 inch diameter.

Measurements : 9 inch diameter.

Centre: With green, commence with 8 ch., join with a s.s. to form a ring. (My mother use white for the center as you can see in the picture and green just for the stalks)
Row 1: 3 ch., 15 tr, into ring, join with 1 s.s. into 3rd of 3 ch.
Row 2: 4 ch., 1 tr. Into same place as s.s., * 2 ch., miss 1 tr., 1 tr. 1 ch. and 1 tr. Into next tr.; repeat from * six times more, 2 ch., 1 s.s. into 3rd of 4 ch.
Row 3: * 13 ch., 1 tr. into 6th ch. sp., 2 d.c. into next sp., 1 s.s. into next tr.; rep. from * 7 times more, working last s.s. into s.s of previous row. Fasten off. (8 spokes).
Row 4: Attach thread to loop on end of any spoke, 4 d.c. into same loop, * 10 ch., 4 d.c. into loop at end of next spoke; rep. from * 6 times more, 10 ch., 1 s.s. into first d.c.
Row 5: 1 d.c. into same place as last s.s., 1 d.c. into each of next 3 d.c., * 10 d.c. into next sp., 1 d.c. into each of next 4 d.c. ; repeat from * 6 times more. 10 d.c. into next sp., 1 s.s. into first d.c. into each of next 4 d.c., repeat from * 6 times more. 10 d.c. into next sp., 1 s.s. into first d.c.
Row 6: 1 d.c. into same place as last s.s., * 4 ch., miss 1 d.c., 1 d.c. into next d.c.; rep. from * ending with 2 ch., 1 tr. Into tr. of previous row.
Row s 7 to 9: * 4 ch., 1 d.c. into next loop; rep. from * ending with 2 ch., 1 tr. Into tr. of previous row.
Row 10: 4 ch.,1 dbl.tr. into next loop, * 7 ch., 1 dbl. tr. Into each of next two loops, leaving the last loop of each on hook, thread over and draw through all loops on hook, thread over and draw through all loops on hook (a joint dbl. tr. Made); rep. from * 26 times more, 7 ch., 1 s.s. into first dbl. tr.
Row 11: 1 s.s. into first sp., 8 d.c. into same sp., * 14 ch., 1 tr. Into 6th chain from hook and into each ch., across, 8 d.c. into next sp.; rep. from * 26 times more, 14 ch., 1 tr. Into 6th ch. from hook and into each ch. across, 1 s.s. into first d.c. (28 spokes). Fasten off.

FIRST FLOWER: With yellow, commence with 4 ch.
Row 1: 15 tr. into 4th ch. from hook, 1 s.s. into 4th of 4 ch.
Row 2: 1 d.c. into same place as s.s., * 5 ch., 1 d.c. into front half of next tr.; rep. from * ending with 5 ch., 1 s.s. into front half of first d.c.
Row 3: 1 d.c. into same place as s.s., 1 d.c. into back half of each tr. On first row, 1 s.s. into first d.c. (16 d.c.). Fasten off.
Row 4: With White, attach thread to any d.c., * 10 ch., 1 d.c. into 6th ch. from hook and into each ch. across. 1 s.s. into each of next 2 d.c.; rep. from * 7 times more. (8 spokes). Fasten off.
Row 5: Attach thread to loop on end of any spoke, 3 ch., 10 tr. Into same loop, 6 tr. Into loop on end of next spoke, 1 s.s. into loop on end of next spoke on centre, 5 tr. Into same loop on flower, 11 tr. Into each of rem. 5 spokes, 1 s.s. into 3rd of 3 ch. Fasten off.

SECOND FLOWER: Work as for first flower until 4th row has been completed.
Row 5: With white, attach thread to loop on an end of any spoke, 3 ch., 10 tr. into same loop, 6 tr. into loop on end of next spoke, 1 s.s. into corresponding tr. On scallop following last joining on first flower, 5 tr. into same loop on second flower and complete row as for first flower, joining next two scallops to next two spokes on centre as before. Make 12 more flowers, joining each to previous flower and to center in the same manner, join last flower to corresponding scallop on first flower.

CENTRE (make 14): With 2nd contrasting color, commence with 2 ch.
Row 1: 15 d.c. into 2nd ch. from hook, 1 s.s. into 2nd of 2 ch. Fasten off. Sew a centre to each flower. Starch lightly and press.

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Free Crochet Swan Pattern

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Many years ago, my mother saw a crochet swan doily that someone had made but they told her that they had just done it without having any crochet swan doily pattern to follow. The necks of the swans were just stumps not like the graceful necks in the crochet swan centerpiece that you get today. My mother managed to make the crochet swan without having any crochet swan pattern but everybody really admired it.

When my father's cousin returned from the U.K. after a visit there, she brought my mother a copy of the crochet swan symphony or crochet swansea. It was really beautiful and my mother made and gifted a lot of these although this was not a free crochet swan pattern. Some years back I discovered how to get picasa crochet patterns and at this time I was able to download a swan crochet pattern free and this one had crochet swans with wings. You have the four swans crochet centerpiece and the six swan crochet centerpiece and all for free. You will even find a free crochet swan basket in which to put your trinkets or candy.

If you want to learn how to crochet swan or crochet swan tea cosy then you have indeed come to the right place. You can crochet swans in love and you can use these to hold the wedding rings in the church.You can also make a crochet swan toy, bella swan crochet hat by making use of the crochet swan doily

pattern.

Besides you can get free crochet patterns for swan doilies here:

(1) Free Crochet Swan Centerpiece

(2) Swan Symphony Doilies : here you will get free instructions for Four Swan Crochet Doily as well as Six Swan Crochet Doily.

You can download more free crochet magazines like Magic Crochet magazines here. Have fun!
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Magic Crochet Patterns

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If you are looking for Magic Crochet Patterns there are plenty of them that you can choose from and all for free. I don;t know exactly how many issues there are really but I have successfully got Magic Crochet magazine free download for the following and have got a wide variety of Magic Crochet magazine patterns whether it is the Magic Crochet ring, the Magic Crochet hair bands, Magic Crochet potholder patterns, Magic Crochet rast afri or any other Magic Crochet pattern that you might be looking to download for free.

I have added the following Magic Crochet magazines to my crochet magazines collection. If you are looking for crochet magazines free download, check out this crochet magazines list and get free picasa crochet patterns by using the instructions here. You can get many a crochet book free download this way.

Magic Crochet No 1

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Crochet Magazines Free Download

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If you have been looking for crochet magazines free download, there are plenty of them for you to choose from whether it is the Magic Crochet magazine free download, Decorative Crochet magazine, Diana's crochet collection or any other.Below you will find an exhaustive crochet magazines list of the kind of free crochet books that you can download.

Just put one of the following words or group of words in Picasa when you search; instructions are available here regarding crochet magazines free download or picasa crochet patterns and pattern crochet picasa as some people call them. Of all the picasa crochet patterns

1000 Mailles

500 Modes crochet

Amu

Anchor Elegant Pineapple Lace

Arte de Bordar Criche

Arte facil croche

Barbante

Barradinhos

Bead Crochet

Beaded Crochet Designs

Croche

Croche Almofadas

Croche de File

Croche Flores

Croche Ganchillo

Croche Toalinhas

Croche todo para Navidad

Crochet & Tricot

Crochet Bouquet

Crochet Calados

Crochet Edging Briad

Crochet Irlandais

Crochet Jewelry

Crochet Lace Asahi

Crochet Noah's Ark

Crochet paso a paso

Crochet Revista

Crochet Rose Pattern

Crochet Shrugs

Crochet Swim suits

Crochet Today

Crochet with Beads

Crochet with Wire

Crochet World

Crochet!

Crocheted Scarves

Crocheted Scarves Two

Croheting School

Cuddly Crochet

Cursillo de Ganchillo

Decorative Crochet

Diana

Diana Creativ

Diana Robotki

Diana's Crochet Collection

Diana's Filet Crochet

Filet au Croche

Ganchillo Artistico

Ganchillo y Croche

Irish Crochet Jewelry

Knit & Crochet with Beads

Knit and Crochet Books

Knitted & Crochet Afghans

Kooky Crochet

Lacework Pineapple Pattern

Little things thread crochet

Miniatures au crochet

MOA

Moda Croche

Moje Robotki

New ideas for Crochet

Objetos en crochet

Ondori Crochet Lace

Ondori Doily

Para Ti Crochet

Para to Flores

Ponchos

Ponto de Cruz Croche

Rankdarbiu Kraitele

Readyset Crochet

Russian Crochet

Sabrina

Sandra

Susanna

Tejidos paso a paso

The Big Book of Weekend Crochet

Thread Crochet

Trabalhos em Barbantes

Trico e Croche

Wielkanocne dekoracje

Learn Crochet Stitches

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Crochet is a process in which a kind of cloth is shaped by making use of yarn or thread and a crochet hook. Crochet is very much like knitting as in both loops of yarn are drawn through more loops. The sole difference is that only one loop is utilized at a given point in time and a crochet hook is utilized in place of the knitting needles. Crochet has been around for a lot many years and an increasingly large number of designs are shaped through experimenting over time. Today, crochet is utilized to make items of clothing, scarves, blankets, home decoration and bikinis even.

CROCHET STITCHES
Crochet is extremely easy to learn and there are many differences as compared to the main techniques. These crochet stitches are made on a string of loops known as chains. The stitches can be worked unaccompanied or combined to shape designs. The chief stitches in crochet are:
1. Chain - string of loops
2. Slip stitch
3. Single crochet
4. Half-double crochet
5. Double crochet
6. Treble
7. Double treble
8. Triple treble
If you want to learn how to crochet, the materials you will need are a Crochet hook
and some Crochet yarn or crochet thread like knitting cotton, mercer crochet or various thicknesses of wool depending on what project you are making.

Crochet instructions:

1. Hold the crochet hook flanked between your thumb and your index finger like you are holding a pen or a pencil making sure that your thumb rests on the flat portion on the crochet needle.
2. Now create a crochet chain. To create this, create a slip-knot surrounding the crochet hook. Wrap the thread surrounding the hook and draw it through the loop you shaped in the knot. The thread is now wrapped around the crochet hook.
3. Draw one more loop through that loop and do it again until you have shaped many loops and are able to hold the thread fairly firm, not too loose and not too tight.
4. Next try your hand at single crochet. To create this, hold the chain and put the crochet hook into the second chain from the crochet hook.
5. Bring the thread over the crochet hook like you did when you were creating the chain and pull it through the chain that you put the crochet hook into. You should now have two loops on your hook.
6. Wrap the thread around the hook and pull it through the two loops on the crochet hook to make the single crochet.
7. To make the following stitch, put the crochet hook once more, this time into the subsequent chain on the row of chains and repeat the precise instructions at steps 5 and 6.
8. Repeat until you arrive at the end of the row where you must now shape a chain so as to start row 2. This chain is known as the turning chain.
9. Turn your work done so far so that the row you just finished is facing you. Put the crochet hook below the two top loops closest to it.
10. Thread over and draw the loop through to create two loops on the hook.
11. Bring the thread over the crochet hook and draw through once more. Repeat till you have reached the end of the row and repeat till you are confident with this stitch and are ready to go on to a variety of other crochet stitches.

If you want to learn crochet and are looking for crochet for beginners, you can also check the free crochet instructions below to learn crochet:

Free Crochet Patterns

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Crochet is a wonderfully calming kind of activity that is found to be a lot of fun by plenty of people and more so women. One can make plenty of things by making use of free crochet patterns whether it is crochet bags, crochet flowers, crochet purses, crochet cell phone holders, crochet curtains, crochet tablecloths, crochet doilies, crochet swan tea cozy, crochet swan basket or just a crochet swan doily.

You can utilize the customary stitch, but in order to make your artwork extra fascinating, you can also utilize unusual crochet patterns. There are a plenty of them that you can select from; picasa crochet is one place people resort to in order to get some really beautiful free crochet patterns. There are plenty of crochet patterns and crochet books that you can purchase off the Net but then why would anybody want to buy when they can get them for free?

There are a plenty of sites that you can visit for free crochet patterns. The Internet is a terrific place where you can obtain plenty of ideas regarding crochet patterns. You might also order your crochet materials online if you are in need of them like crochet hooks and crochet thread.

You can choose from free crochet patterns with instructions like filet crochet patterns, crochet basics, crochet for beginners, crochet edging patterns, crochet stitches, crochet bag patterns, crochet tablecloth patterns, crochet sweater patterns for children, free crochet doily patterns and any other kind of free patterns for crochet that you might be looking for.

Once you have decided on the type of design you would like, you can begin with your creation; you can start making it almost immediately. All you need is some yarn and a crochet hook. It is a very cheap hobby actually and you can derive a lot of pleasure from the masterpiece that you will create. Crochet is such a magnificent pastime that you can do it even while speaking to your friends, sipping a mug of coffee, or watching your favorite television soap. The procedure is quite repetitive and you actually do not require you to put in plenty of mental activity while carrying out the task. All you need is to choose from one of the free crochet patterns, a crochet hook and some crochet yarn.

To get you started you need to know a few basic stitches like the chain, single crochet and double crochet. The UK double crochet (DC) is equivalent to the US single crochet (SC) and the UK treble crochet (TR) is equivalent to the US double crochet (DC). Just keep this in mind whenever you select a pattern because these stitches will vary depending on whether it is from the U.K. or the U.S. But normally whenever you download free crochet patterns, the basic stitches are explained therein, more so when you download free crochet books.

There are plenty of free crochet patterns that you can choose from and no matter what you might be looking for you are sure to find them whether it is crochet butterflies, crochet chair backs, crochet blouses, crochet afghans, crochet blankets, crochet hat patterns or even crochet bikinis. Learn how to get free crochet patterns here!

How to download Picasa

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Have you ever wondered how to download Picasa? Picasa is really amazing and you can do plenty of things with it like upload whole albums of photos or pictures which you can then share with your friends or all the public.

Here you will find instructions for downloading Picasa. So what are you waiting for? Download Picasa now!

How to login to Picasa

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Here I will explain to you the procedure of logging in to Picasa with the help of screenshots. In case you find the screenshots are not clear to you, just click on them for a bigger view. Once you do this you will be able to download the free crochet patterns/books I have been talking about at the touch of a button.

Step 1 : You need to have a gmail account like yourname@gmail.com. If not, you can create one here.

Step 2 : Now go to : http://picasaweb.google.com/. You will get a screen like below – On the right hand side enter your email id against “Email” and the password against “Password” . Then click on the “Sign in” button.

Step 3 : Now you will get a screen like the one below. Read the Terms of Service, Program Policy and Privacy Policy and if acceptable to you, click on the “I accept” button.

Step 4 : You will see a screen like below. At the right hand side you see a box containing “Community Photos”.

Step 5 : Enter “magic crochet” in double quotes as indicated and click on the “Search” button.(Later, after you have tried this out successfully you can check the comprehensive crochet magazines list from which you can use words or groups of words to search for picasa crochet patterns or pattern crochet picasa as some people search for).

Step 6 : Your screen will now look like what you see below. These are pages from books/albums containing the phrase “magic crochet”. Read my post on how to search better to learn more about searching better on the Net. If you click on the individual pictures below it will take you to that page of a book/album and then you can go through all the pictures or go the full album. Alternatively, you can click on the name of the persons who have generously put up their photos for public view. (I do hope all my readers will reciprocate and upload and share their books online with those who have shared already, I think it’s only fair that we should be giving and not just taking).
Step 7 : You could see something like this – here we have 3 issues of “Magic Crochet”.

Step 8 : Click on any one of the albums – what you get below is all the pages of that particular book/album. Now saving these pages one by one would be a very tedious process but with Picasa it’s just a touch of the button. I presume you already have Picasa installed. If not, please check here : How to install Picasa. If Picasa is not installed on your computer, you will not see the “Download Album” link on the left side below the cover page of the album. If in spite of installing Picasa you do not get the download link(it might be grayed out), try restarting your PC after installing Picasa). It also gives you the number of photos the album contains and the size of the album in MB. Sometimes, if the number of MB is too small, the photos may be of low resolution and when you increase the size they get blurd and you cannot use them. Tip : Look for high resolution pictures. All you do now is click on the “Download Album” link.

A word of caution : internet users with a limited account please monitor your bandwidth usage so as not to exceed your maximum limit and get overcharged.

Step 9 : A Picasa window will popup as shown below – click on the “Download” button.

Step 10 : That’s it, you will see the progress as the pages get downloaded and then you can view the albums in Picasa. I hope you enjoyed going through my tutorial and managed to download the free crochet books. If this helped you, do leave a comment here. And spread the good word…. Don’t keep it to yourself. Send my blog link to all your friends!!!

How to install Picasa

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I list below the instructions to download and install Picasa on your PC. Even newbies can do it and don't be afraid if you've never done installations before, there isn't much to it and I am explaining herewith with the help of screenshots. (If you think the screenshots are not clear enough, click on them to get a bigger view.) All you need to have on your PC is Windows XP or Windows 2000 or higher. I'm afraid you cannot install Picasa on a Windows 98 PC.

(1) On the right hand side of this page http://picasa.google.com/ is a dark blue button which says "Download Picasa 3.8". As time goes by, this version number may change, so if it is not 3.8, it doesn't matter.

(2) You can click on this button. You will now have to switch between the two tabs/windows as you read the instructions and put them in practice.

(3) You will get a screen like this one below :

(4) You need to install only Picasa so just make sure that there is a tick mark in the square box to the left of “Picasa”. Since we don’t need the others, you can uncheck them by clicking on the square box against each of the other options that are already “checked” or “ticked”. It toggles, so one click will uncheck it and another click in the same place will check it again. After you do this exercise your screen should look like this :

(5) Now click on the blue button which says "Download Google Pack". This is what you will get :

(6) Click on the "Agree and Download" button.

If you are using Internet Explorer :

(7) you will get a screen like below :

Click on the “Run” button.

OR

If you are using Firefox :

(7) You will get a screen as follows :

Click on the "Save File" button.
Once the download is complete, select "Downloads" from the "Tools" menu in Firefox. A window displaying your downloads will appear. Click on the "Open" link next to "Google Updater.exe" in the "Downloads" window.

(8) You will get a screen as follows :

(9) After the downloading process is over, you will get a screen like this :

(10) Click on the "Run Picasa" button. Your screen will now look like :

(11) Picasa organises all the photos you have on your PC. Click on the "Continue" button.

(12) This will take a while if you have a lot of pictures on your PC. If you have reached this far, then you have successfully installed Picasa.

Get free Crochet Books

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Would you like to download crochet books like those below for free?? I am not joking.... When I found this out I was truly amazed and I thought I'd share my new-found luck with all you readers and crochet lovers. What you see below is only the tip of the iceberg. There's a big gold mine out there waiting to be tapped... go get it!!

Here I will give you step-by-step instructions on how to download entire crochet books for free at the touch of a button. Don't worry if you are a novice user and have never downloaded and installed software before. I will explain to you in detail with the help of illustrations. If at all you still have difficulty, do leave a comment at the bottom of my post and I will try to reply as soon as possible.

(A) First you need to install Picasa. Detailed instructions are available in my post here : How to install Picasa

(B) After you have sucessfully installed Picasa, you have to login to Picasa. I have written a detailed step-by-step how-to over here : How to login to Picasa

Poinsettia Doily Pattern

2008-04-12T20:53:00.007+05:30

One of the first free patterns I made from the Net is the Poinsettia doily below. I modified the pattern at the end and added a few rows to make it a little bigger. I made this last Christmas and everyone liked it so much that I even made and gifted/sold a few pieces.

This pattern is crocheted a bit tightly, to hide the thread you are carrying underneath as there is no cutting except at the end when you finish off with a particular colour of thread. Whilst changing colours, just draw the new colour through the last two loops on hook of last stitch with the old colour. Always work over the strand(s) not in use.

Materials : Steel hook No. 7 ; size 10 thread in red, green, yellow and white.

Size : Completed doily is about 11.5" in diameter.

Instructions :

With yellow, ch 6, join with sl st to form a ring.

Round 1 : Ch 3 (counts as 1st dc), work 15 dc in circle, join with sl st; fasten off.

Round 2 : Join green in last yellow sl st and ch 3, then dc in same sp. * With red, 2 dc in next dc; with green, 2 dc in next dc. Repeat from * all the way around, alternating 2 red dc and 2 green dc. Join with sl st. (Total 32 dc around). Ch 3 (green).

Round 3 : Work 1 green dc in each green dc and 2 red dc in each red dc. Total 48 dc around. Join with sl st. Ch 3 (green).

Round 4 : Work 1 green dc in each green dc. With red, 2 dc, 1 dc, 1 dc and 2 dc. Total 64 dc; join with sl st. Ch 3 (green).

Round 5 : Work 1 green dc in each green dc. With red, 2 dc in first and last red dc and 1 dc in each of the middle 4 dc. Total 80 dc; join with sl st. Ch 3 (green).

Round 6 : Work as for Rounds 4 & 5; increasing at beginning and end of each red petal. Total 96 dc; join with sl st. Ch 3 (green).

Round 7 : With green work 1 dc in each green dc and 1 dc in first red dc. With red work 2 dc in 2nd red dc, 1 dc in next 6 dc and 2 dc in next red dc. In last red dc work 1 green dc. Complete pattern with each leaf having 4 green dc and each petal having 10 red dc, with 2 red dc at beginning and end. Join with sl st; 116 st in all. Ch 3 (green).

Round 8 : With green make petal wider by working 1 dc in each green dc and 2 dc in first and last red dc of previous round. With red, work 1 dc in each of the 8 red dc remaining. Join with sl st; 128 st total, ch 3.

Round 9 : With green make petal wider by working 1 dc in each of the 8 green dc of previous round, plus 1 dc in first and last red dc of each petal. Add white and work 1 dc. With red work 4 dc in remaining 4 red dc. (No increases in this Round.) Ch 3.

Round 10 : (Leaf begins to taper); work 8 green dc; with white, work 1 dc in last green, 2 dc in white dc of previous round and 1 dc in first red dc. With red work 1 dc in next 2 red dc. With white, work 1 dc in last red dc, 2 dc in white dc and 1 dc in first green dc. Join with sl st. Break off red. Total 144 dc. Ch 3.

Round 11 : (Continue to decrease leaf); 6 green dc. With white, work 2 dc in first and last green dc of leaf and 10 white dc between the leaves. Ch 3, 160 dc total.

Round 12 : In this round, green leaf has only 4 dc and white is 18 dc, with an inc in first and last green dc of previous round. 176 dc total. Ch 3.

Round 13 : In this round, green leaf has only 2 dc and white is 22 dc. Make 2 inc in each st of white dc, in 5th or 6th dc from each end of white. Fasten off white. 192 dc total.

Round 14 : Fasten off green. Make 2 inc in each st of white dc, in 5th or 6th dc from each end of white. 208 dc total.

Round 15 : 7 ch, skip 3 dc, dc in next dc, (4 ch, skip 3 dc, dc in next dc), repeat all around ending with slip stitch in 3rd of 7 ch.

Round 16 : Sl st into each of 1st two chains of first loop, 1 ch, 1 sc, (5 ch, sc in next loop), repeat all around ending with 2 ch, 1 dc in first sc

Round 17 : 1 ch, 1 sc, (8 ch, sc in next loop), repeat all around ending with 4 ch, 1 tr in first sc.

Round 18 : Repeat round 17.

Round 19 : Repeat round 17.

Round 20 : 3 ch, 2 dc in same loop, (3 dc, 3 ch, 3dc in next loop) repeat all around ending with 3 dc in first loop, sl st into 3rd of 3ch. Fasten off.

Internet and Crochet

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When we first started using the Broadband for Internet, my sister told me over the phone that she had found some nice patterns for her formal office wear which she would ask her tailor to sew for her. I "googled" for "suit patterns" and I did not find anything interesting. On an impulse I googled for "free crochet patterns" next and came up with quite a few links which I will share with you in my posts. My mother has been doing a lot of crochet over the years and now even in her seventies, her enthusiasm has not diminished. As I delved further into the world-wide-web, I found that I could download entire crochet books and magazines all for free!! My joy knew no bounds!! I will be posting here the steps you have to follow to be able to download these free books like Magic Crochet, Decorative Crochet, Diana and many, many more. And I am sure once you find out how to do it, you are going to be as thrilled! Good luck and Happy Crocheting....