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Crochet: Cowl
Do you know those souvenir hanks of colorful handdyed yarn that you just have to buy --- and then, sometimes, it is hard to find a good project to showcase the beauty of the yarn. I designed this cowl to show off handdyed yarn. And of course, to get you to make something practical and beautiful to wear. This is an instance of assigned pooling -...
Crochet: Cowl
This cowl is especially suited to the first colder days. The plant fiber is nice and soft without being overly warm like wool. The cowl caresses the neck but it is not tight. The slanted ribs give it an interesting pattern and display the hand-dyed yarn charmingly.
Crochet: Shawl / Wrap
A walk in the wood (German: Waldspaziergang) early in the morning can be magical. The sun has not risen fully, tree trunks rise up straight, interspersed with a play of light and shadow — I tried to capture some of this in my wrap. Straight ribs in Balance alternate with playful lace.
Crochet: Cowl
Sometimes, all you need is to have your neck warmed. Warmer Hals (German for warm neck) is fast and easy to crochet and easy to adapt to other sizes and yarns. I’ve worked my cowl with DK, so it was quick to make and is nicely warm.
Crochet: Cowl
This cowl looks intricate with its lace pattern — and yet it is easy to crochet. The perfect project for that one special skein you bought on your holidays. My skein is from Wollhäschen, bought on a craft meet-up in southern Germany.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
Sometimes, it is the simple things that make us happy — one stitch, two colors, a quick project.
Crochet: Cowl
Chocolates and flowers are classic gifts for Mother’s Day. Much better is Wollmeise’s Praliné-Set: yummy yarn in flowery colors. This cowl uses all colors from the Praliné-Set without requiring an extra skein of a main color. The slip stitch pattern looks intricate but is easy to work once you got the rhythm. Each color is worked in one long ro...
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
The idea for these fingerless mitts came to be when I saw a photo Gwen had taken of her WIP of another pair of my fingerless mitts, with the top part turned over. This created such intriguing optics that I wanted to further explore the idea and develop a separate
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
These mitts were designed for a mystery crochet-a-long. In January 2023, each Sunday was Mystery Sunday, with a new part of the pattern. My first plan for the mitts was simpler but while I worked it, things changed almost on their own — different stitches, two kind of thumbs, more and more details. That’s why I called them “Morph”.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
Helga Mitts are worked without any bells and whistles, but with perfect details, like short rows and an invisible seam. The pattern is easy to adjust to your needs — longer, shorter, wider, tighter, different yarns… you name it. You don’t even have to make a gauge swatch to get started.
Crochet: Mid-calf Socks
Socks crocheted with slip stitches are smooth and supple, so different from your usual crochet socks. This is my favorite sock construction, which takes the special give of slip stitches into account. They are worked in long rows, starting at the middle of the sole, and are closed along the instep.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
Fall is right around the corner, and this hat is waiting for you! Jean Luc hat is worked entirely in slip stitches, and has been designed to match its companion fingerless mitts.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
These snuggly fingerless gloves will keep your wrists warm without overheating the whole hand. Thanks to their shape, they still let you use your fingers unimpeded – just the right thing to wear in air conditioned rooms! Subtle short row shaping makes for a perfect fit.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
Entrelac patterns show off hand-dyed yarn with short color changes especially nicely. The entrelac for this pattern has the added interest of rectangles of different sizes. The pattern
Crochet: Cowl
Entrelac patterns show off hand-dyed yarn with short color changes especially nicely. The entrelac for this pattern has the added interest of rectangles of different sizes. The pattern guides you through the instructions with lots of step photos.
Crochet: Beret, Tam
A two-color wave pattern decorates this tam-style hat. The crown is worked in rows, with six open loops, switching between colors to accommodate the waves.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
Two different kinds of waves make these mitts unique: At the back of the hand, the line between the two colors moves like a wave. At the other side, one long wave is formed with overlapping short rows.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
The fingerless mitts are worked flat sideways in turned rows, featuring a horizontal cable on the back of the hand and a construction with short-row shaping and crocheted seam for the thumb. The initially flat piece is seamed into a tube shape afterwards, using the invisible seam technique.
Crochet: Cowl
The cowl is worked sideways flat in turned rows, featuring four horizontal cables and short row shaping. With some of the shaping located between the cables in the front and back, and three short-row triangles each at the sides, the finished cowl stays safely put on the shoulders. The flat crocheted piece is seamed into a cowl shape afterwards,...
Crochet: Shawl / Wrap
Vielseitig (the German word for “Versatile”) is a stole, a scarf, an instant rain cover, a baby blanket… with this shawl, you are prepared for anything! It doesn’t even require blocking, and can just be squished into your bag to be taken along on short notice. With its simple, but intricate ribbing pattern, it is truly eye-catching! The yarn go...
Crochet: Blanket - Other
Animal loveys or security blankets are doubly functional, as a comforting blanket and plaything. This cat works up quickly and, owing to the slip stitch fabric, has an interesting texture, is soft and pliable. The bottom edge features a crocheted-on cord, easy to grasp even for tiny fingers.
Crochet: Cowl
Crocheted in a luxurious silk yarn, which drapes well and feels very pleasant worn next to the skin, this cowl is truly a special treat! Its smart stripe pattern in three different colors, thanks to very short rows, can be worked with a regular crochet hook - no special tools required! While the unusual construction might seem complicated at fi...
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
Hand-dyed yarn is a special treat, and with these fingerless mitts, mini skeins can be turned into something stylish and practical. This way, you can admire the gems of your stash anytime on your hands.
Crochet: Headband
This headband will keep your ears warm in the colder season. The perfect little project for your first steps in the slip stitch crochet technique!
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
Nowadays, logical formulae are written like text with special signs. But logic can be expressed graphically, too. Charles Sanders Pierce developed a graphic notation for first order logic. Assertion of a symbol is done by writing it down, negation by circling it.
Crochet: Throw
Fall is approaching, time for a cozy lapghan! Its graphic pattern can either be just enjoyed for its nice looks, or with appreciation of the math behind it: The numbers of stripes in each pattern rectangle represent all factors of 24. Teiler is the German word for factor.
Crochet: Toy Plant, Decorative - Other
Sometimes, you just need the luxury version of a crocheted pumpkin! Here it is, created in slip-stitch crochet, featuring my horizontal cables which additionally incorporate short-row shaping.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
Venn Diagrams are a neat way to visualize sets and intersections. They originated with Leonhard Euler and were popularized in the 1880’s by John Venn. Applied to fingerless mitts, this yields math to snuggle up in!
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
These delicate mitts take up the pattern of my shawl ‘Entangled’, the decorative cables supply the thumbholes.
Crochet: Shawl / Wrap
This shawl is designed to show off the subtle color changes of A Hundred Ravens’ fade set.
Crochet: Shawl / Wrap
Do you know those days when you just want to cuddle up in something large and, well, cuddly? This wrap fits the bill. It has an interesting texture with a cable pattern that gradually expands over the whole length of the wrap. It is worked with slip stitches, featuring my technique of horizontal cables.
Crochet: Animal Toy
Nowadays, ammonites are just know by their fossils — and the Nautilus has a similar shell. They used to be colorful and happy, roaming the Sea. With this pattern, you can make your own colorful and happy ammonite!
Crochet: Shawl / Wrap
Vielfarb (many colors) came to be because I had an Advent Calender by Colourful Creativity and wanted to use all the mini hanks. Handdyed yarn with lots of color changes looks best with short rows, so I chose an entrelac pattern. By making changing the size of the entrelac fields in my version, you can also see how the color changes develop wit...
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
A braid made out of braid is the base of this hat. It is worked out of pure silk and thus it is light and comfortable to wear.
Crochet: Throw
A snuggly plaid with an eye-catcher: The extraordinary braid pattern consists of horizontal cables, a technique that I invented. The plaid is made with slip stitches.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
Sometimes you just need an eye-catcher. These mitts are fetching from afar, with their bold color blocks and fetching from near, with their intricate cable design, featuring a woven version of my technique of horizontal cables. Slip stitches makes them stretchy
Crochet: Scarf
A cuddly, wide rib scarf is a classic. This scarf has the typical zigzaging slip stitch crochet ribs which sets it apart from similar knitted scarves.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
Sometimes, you just need that bit of extra warmth on your hands, not on your arm. Thus, these mitts cover the wrists only. The decorative Tunisian cables are worked with Tunisian short row cords and cables, a technique I invented. The rest of the mitts is
Crochet: Shawl / Wrap
This wrap was inspired by Japanese mangas. Wear them to fight Evil in style! In particular, pair them with a pair Warrior Mitts!
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
These mitts were inspired by Japanese mangas. Wear them to be quick and nimble like lightning in your fight for good!
Crochet: Shawl / Wrap
This shawl is inspired by Japanese mangas. Wear it together with the Perfect Lightning Mitts to be quick and nimble like lightning in your fight for good!
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
These mitts were inspired by Japanese mangas. Wear them to fight Evil in style!
Crochet: Cowl
Spiders weave the most intricate nets. They look most beautiful in the early morning, when they are sprinkled with dewdrops. Spiderwebs are made with two different threads. One is for the spider to move along in the net, the other kind of thread is sticky to catch insects. This cowl picks up on this duality, using two kind of yarn, Zitron High ...
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
The serrated ruches on the backs of the hands look like the back of a dragon, thus I named these mitts ‘Drachenpfoten’ (dragon paws).
Crochet: Scarf
The pattern is part of My Year of Techniques 2019 --- every month featuring a new technique of mine.
Crochet: Cowl
The pattern is part of My Year of Techniques 2019 --- every month featuring a new technique of mine.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
The pattern is part of My Year of Techniques 2019
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
This pattern is part of the #happinessmakealong2019, starting on June first. Join our group: Happiness Make-A-Long
Crochet: Cowl
This is the fourth pattern of My Year of Techniques 2019.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
The pattern is part of My Year of Techniques 2019 --- every month featuring a new technique of mine.
Crochet: Scarf
This is the second pattern of My Year of Techniques 2019.
Crochet: Beret, Tam
This is the first pattern of My Year of Techniques 2019.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
This pattern is part of the mystery crochet along with the fingerless gloves fanatics on Ravelry, in April 2018.
Crochet: Cowl
This cowl is crocheted entirely using slip stitches. Combined with elegant angora by Seidenhase it is soft and warm, like a small fire around your neck.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
These mitts are worked in two colors, with two kinds of ribs. This makes them very stretchy and lets them hug your hand and arm nicely.
Crochet: Cowl
Mulit-colored yarn can form stripes, it may have subtle color changes over hundreds of meters, or it can have repeating color sections, as is often seen in hand-dyed yarn.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
This pattern is the last pattern of My Year of Mitts, a pattern collection with 12 mitt patterns.
Crochet: Scarf
Have you ever walked along the coast of the North Sea in autumn? Have you ever felt the light breeze blowing on your cheek, smelled the scent of autumn and salt sea on the air? Have you seen the gray waves of the North Sea as they approach the beach? This is the inspiriation for this scarf, Nordseewellen - North Sea Waves. The striking gray ref...
Crochet: Shawl / Wrap
I like hand-dyed yarn where the same color has been used to dye different fibers. Here I have used both Merino and Mohair in this Möbius Shawl.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
This pattern is part of My Year of Mitts, a pattern collection which will contain 12 mitt patterns by the end of 2017.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
This pattern is part of My Year of Mitts, a pattern collection which will contain 12 mitt patterns by the end of 2017.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
This pattern is part of My Year of Mitts, a pattern collection which will contain 12 mitt patterns by the end of 2017.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
This pattern is part of My Year of Mitts, a pattern collection which will contain 12 mitt patterns by the end of 2017.
Crochet: Potholder
Möbius strips are both simple and surprising. They form a continuous loop with just one side (i.e. if you start at some point and run on long enough, you end up on the same point, but on the other side of the strip). You can make them from paper but their beauty shows best when made from yarn. I like to make Möbius potholders. They make the per...
Crochet: Shawl / Wrap
This shawl is wonderful - bright and cheerful and perfect for snuggling up.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
These fingerless gloves feature horizontal cables (a technique I invented) in the form of stacked hearts. At the same time, the cables remind me of seamen’s knots and the North Sea is for me a place of holidays and happy memories. Therefore, when my friend Waltraud suggested “Nordseeliebe” (North Sea Love) as a name for these mitts, it fit perf...
Crochet: Shawl / Wrap
This pattern is part of the #happinessmakealong2017, starting on June first. Join our group: Happiness Make-A-Long 2017
Crochet: Skirt
Shaped like a classical pencil skirt, this skirt uses two different types of slip stitch crochet ribbing. This makes them enormously elastic and the two rib patterns together create the visual detail.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
This pattern is part of My Year of Mitts, a pattern collection which will contain 12 mitt patterns by the end of 2017.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
I created this pattern for the magazine Das Lavendelo (The Lavender) (issue 2, March 2017). The theme was Beauties of Nature.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
When my friend Linda saw these fingerless mitts she said they had a heroic look - hence the name!
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
These fingerless mitts are both elegant and comfortable. They are made using slip stitch crochet, which creates a very elastic fabric.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
This pattern is part of My Year of Mitts, a pattern collection which will contain 12 mitt patterns by the end of 2017.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
This pattern is part of My Year of Mitts, a pattern collection which will contain 12 mitt patterns by the end of 2017.
Crochet: Pants
These baby bottoms are crocheted in two styles of slip stitch crochet ribbing. This is very stretchy and will fit an amazing amount of baby in! They may even grow with the baby for a while.
Crochet: Animal Toy
Gudrun is an enterprising little pig. She runs around happily, poking her snout into everything that takes her fancy. When she returns from her jaunts she gives wild accounts of her adventures - accounts no-one can check for no-one would be so daring as to follow her!
Crochet: Cowl
I love big shawls, those that you can wrap around you, use as a blanket or a cardigan. But sometimes, I just need a little something around my neck and so I made a Mini. It is made from wonderfully soft Traumseide, perfect to wear close against your skin. And if you like, you can work the pattern larger until you have a big snuggly wrap…
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
These mitts are crocheted using two different types of slip stitch ribbing. This makes them enormously elastic and the two rib patterns together create the visual detail. A gradient yarn such as Zitron Seidenstrasse highlights the variation in the stitch pattern.
Crochet: Softies - Other
Fred, the monster, is a nice but chaotic little guy. Given some wire and tape he will tinker with all sorts of crazy things. A failed experiment with electricity some time ago has left his hair shocked into standing straight up at all times. In his spare time Fred likes to bake and decorate his cakes with chocolate.
Crochet: Animal Toy
Lore is an Owl of the World who loves to travel. She explores forests and cities alike, always on the look out for new stories and new experiences. Whoever looks into her big eyes feels they can trust her to keep even the deepest secret. Lore is herself secretive and will not pass your secrets on.
Crochet: Animal Toy
Gisela is a cuddlebug; she is so cute and loves belly rubs. She loves to fall asleep in the arms of her favourite people, day or night. If there’s no-one around to give her attention, she will find a sunbeam and doze in its warmth. Then, she will give herself a good grooming to get ready for the next round of cuddles.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
I wrote this pattern for a mystery crochet along with the fingerless glove fanatics on Ravelry, in July 2016. To be published in several chunks, the pattern had to be modular, and I decided to use the modules to explore different textures. As the original pair is worked in bright orange and they fit snuggly like a second skin, I called them Ora...
Crochet: Animal Toy
Guido the Zen frog is very relaxed. He likes to sit in the sun all day long, just looking at the clouds. If an insect happens to fly past him, he catches it with his tongue so quickly that it’s hard to be sure that he even moved. And if there are no insects about, why move at all?
Crochet: Shawl / Wrap
This shawl is wonderfully snuggly and great to wrap up in. It begins narrow and becomes broader as an asymmetric triangle with the top cut off.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
I created this braid while on a trip to Berlin. While travelling there I was wondering how I could crochet a French braid. In Berlin I tried it out — and when I came across this turquoise yarn with bright specks at a trade fair, it all fell into place.
Crochet: Shawl / Wrap
This shawl is inspired by Sabine Fritz’ (Freche Wolloase) scarf
Crochet: Beret, Tam
Sometimes, you need a hat even in the warm seasons, shielding you from wind or light rain without being too warm. This hat is worked from fine merino silk lace and with front loop only slip stitches. It is surprisingly simple and gives you a bit of luxury on your head. The hat is worked top down so size adjustments are easy. The band is worked ...
Crochet: Booties
Baby booties make quick and fun projects - and great gifts. These booties feature an interesting zigzag seam on the top and a shell border.
Crochet: Cozy - Other
Need to gift some money in a pretty wrapping? Want to store your yarn money in a stylish way? This savings sock is just what you need!
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
These fingerless gloves keep your hands warm while going on a walk to enjoy the early spring weather or while sipping hot tea at home in autumn. Working into just one loop of each stitch gives them some interesting texture without making them hard to crochet.
Crochet: Shawl / Wrap
This elegant shawl is worked in a variation of the entrelac style. It has a striking geometric pattern, combining simple double crochets with a nifty construction.
Crochet: Throw
This cute baby blanket is worked in a variation of the entrelac style. It has a striking geometric pattern, combining simple double crochets with a nifty construction.
Crochet: Cozy - Other
Automatic tape measures are very useful for all kinds of crafts. This cozy makes them cheerful. You can also work the little flower on its own and use it as a decoration.
Crochet: Drawstring Bag
A quick bag, easy to adjust to any size. You can put one into your purse so you are always prepared to carry home that extra bit of shopping.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
Need something stylish to wear on your head? This cap is fun to make and carssses your head with the softest merino fiber.
Crochet: Electronics Cozy
This cell phone cozy is pretty and a quickly made gift. It is worked in the round with back loop only stitches giving texture which can also be used as a grid for embroidery. The closure is easy to use, will not damage your phone with metal parts, and is cleverly made.
Crochet: Animal Toy
This owl is cute and quick. Make one in every color! You can easily adjust it to different sizes, too. The owl is worked with sc in the round. You learn how to work around a chain and how to do the magic ring.
Crochet: Shawl / Wrap
I created this shawl because I had to make a shawl from 100 g of silk for a swap and I like working shawls in a semi-circle. Since I did not know how many rows I would get, I used many short pattern repeats in an increasing number of repetitions per row.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
Eight years ago I crocheted some wristwarmers for my friend Petra and then forgot all about it (the wristwarmers, not my friend). When we met recently she was wearing them and I decided that now would be a good time to write the pattern. The originals were in back loop only single crochet but I prefer this slip stitch version.
Crochet: Beret, Tam
Slip stiches in continuous rounds result in a spiral being formed. In this pattern the spiral is enhanced by the addition of new ridges to each section.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
The mitts are crocheted in back loop only slip stitches, which makes them very stretchy and flexible. They are long and have a thumb piece, ideal for windy weather.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
These mitts were created at the Regensburger Wool Festival 2015. On Saturday, I found the yarn at the Nature’s Luxury booth and by Sunday afternoon they were completed.
Crochet: Cowl
This snuggly cowl is worked in Zitron Luv & Lee; the fire engine red of the yarn caught my attention and gave the pattern its name of heatwave. The cowl is crocheted in a flat rib which, when combined with the zig zag, gives a textured wave pattern.
Crochet: Cuffs
These mittens are thin and light, yet warm due to the cosy angora yarn. A ridge pattern with symmetrical zigzag ruffles at one side gives visual interest. They are crocheted in slip stitches.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
These mittens started with a trainride to Berlin: I was sitting for hours and had just one skein of yarn to play with. High time to incorporate Möbius Strips into mittens! They are worked symmetrically, that is, for each hand the Möbius Strip twists in another direction.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
These mittens are decorated across the back of the hand with a loop stitch pattern. The rest is crocheted in stretchy ribs, making them very comfortable to wear.
Crochet: Potholder
Judges’ Nominee for Best Coaster or Potholder 2015 in The Crochet Awards
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
These mittens are made out of stretchy slip stitch ribs. The decorative large eyelet is formed by a variation on horizontal cables, a technique I invented. You can work the
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
These wrist warmers use three crochet techniques: The main part is crocheted in back loop only slip stitch, which is wonderfully stretchy. For the decorative section at the back of the hand I invented a method of combining Tunisian Crochet with Bruges Crochet.
Crochet: Shawl / Wrap
This shawl is formed from tapered segments. It can be made using two colors or each strip can be a different color. Each tapered point is decorated with beads which ensures the shawl drapes nicely as it is worn. My sketch for the shawl looked like a hedgehog, hence the name Igel, which is German for Hedgehog. The yarn also fits: Hedgehog yarn f...
Crochet: Shawl / Wrap
This snuggly shawl is worked in Zitron luv & lee. A ridged ripple pattern gives the shawl a lot of texture. The ripples are shifted such that the shawl is not rectangular but forms a parallelogram. The shawl matches my Heatwave Hat and Mittens.
Crochet: Gloves
These gloves are the perfect wintertime accessory, warm and comfortable. Make them in one color, as a stylish understatement piece, or in two colors, for some fun. The gloves are crocheted in slip stitches.
Crochet: Shawl / Wrap
This shawl is crocheted entirely in slip stitches. The pattern is based on a wonderful feature of crochet: With each stitch, you are free to take your stitches in a new direction. Out of this feature I developed a technique of crocheting with long rows, resembling Peano curves. For those who are not mathematicians: A Peano curve fills an area b...
Crochet: Softies - Other
This gingerbread man originated over a holiday when I started missing Christmas cookies. It is worked in sc, with the help of foundational stitches to avoid cutting the yarn more than absolutely necessary.
Crochet: Shawl / Wrap
This shawl is crocheted entirely in slip stitches. I wanted to make a striped rectangle that is worked from the inside out. As slip stitches done in rounds shift and thus all corners are askew, I developed the two-step construction which is worked in rows, each color separately, with proper corners.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
These mittens feature an unusual cable pattern that decorates the back of the hand.
Crochet: Potholder
These textured potholders are worked entirely in slip stitches. Short rows and modular crochet result in an interesting form.
Crochet: Shawl / Wrap
The stripes in this shawl twist and turn to form diamonds, arranged in a parabolic curve. It is crocheted in slip stitches. The shawl is based on my technique of long rows: Once the setup row is done, the rest of the shawl is relatively mindless.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
These mittens are crocheted with slip stitches. Two short row spirals wind around the thumbs, forming an ammonite. I designed the mittens for a friend’s birthday. Renate loves being at the sea and she loves my mittens, so she got a pair with a maritime theme.
Crochet: Doll
This is a crochet version of pezi888’s knitted Knubbelchen.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
These mitts feature an unusual cable pattern that decorates the back of the hand.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
These unisex fingerless mittens are worked entirely in slip stitches. The smooth main pattern goes well with variegated yarn, the thumb part adds some interest in texture.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
These mittens are both simple and nifty, with their cabled thumbhole. They are crocheted in back loop only slip stitches. The cable is worked horizontally - a technique that I invented.
Crochet: Scarf
Affairs of the heart can be tricky. The best ones warm your soul.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
These elegantly cabled mittens are knitted sideways, in rows. They feature horizontal cables that can be used as thumbholes. The pattern is derived from a crochet pattern, my “Himbeerwellen”. I used to think that horzontal cables (which I invented for crochet) were too fiddly to knit --- you’d need way too many cable needles. When I looked at k...
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
These lacy mittens are worked in slip stitch crochet. They feature a wavy lace pattern at the back of the hand and stretchy ribs to make them sit snuggly. The pattern is symmetrical in the left and right mitten.
Crochet: Fingerless Gloves
These elegant fingerless mittens are worked entirely in slip stitches. A textured feather adorns the back of each hand. The feather is a variation of the peacock feather in my “blinking peacock” shawl (which in turn is the crochet version of Michael Schmidt’s awesome knitted “Drachenfeuer” shawl). The mittens do not have the typical eye of a pe...
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
The cabled beanie is crocheted entirely in slip stitches. The beanie is worked from the rim upwards, starting with the braid.
Crochet: Shawl / Wrap
This shawl mimics the feathers of a peacock. Each eye in the feathers is of a different size, as if they are blinking in slow motion. The shawl is entirely crocheted with slip stitches.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
This slouchy lace beanie is crocheted entirely in slip stitches. Once you got the lace pattern down, it is worked up in a breeze. And if lace is too open for you - there’s a basic version, too.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
The cabled beanie is crocheted entirely in slip stitches. Like candles on a birthday cake, twenty braids reach up to different heights, each dwindling to a flame. The braids are worked horizontally - a technique that I invented.
Crochet: Potholder
This nifty potholder is worked modularly, in one piece. The back loop only single crochets enhance the unusual construction.
Crochet: Cozy - Other
This fish got hooked! It tried to swallow a whole key and now just stays on stubbornly.
Crochet: Scarf
This scarf is worked entirely in slip stitches, with both chevrons and welts for an interesting texture.
Crochet: Hanging Ornament
I wrote this pattern for a mystery CAL in my German crochet forum.
Crochet: Vest
This is the English version of a pattern by Katrin Schenker. Katrin allowed me to make a translation and upload it on Ravelry.
Crochet: Cuffs
A pattern for the Häkelclub’s Christmas Calender 2011.
Crochet: Applique / Embellishment
The original use for this is as a soap dish. You can use it as an applique, too.
Crochet: Animal Toy
Yarn substitution is possible, but the sea slug is most fun when it glows in the dark and is water-proof. Use polyfill for filling if you substitute with any regular yarn.
Crochet: Skirt
It is more instructions than a pattern with every detail fixed - you have to take your own measurements and make your own calculations (no hard math, though). And you are free to choose what yarn you like, what stitch you like and what hook you like to use.
Crochet: Booties
A knitted version of this is described here: http://www.jemelv.dk/Undersider/baby/babystrik/babysok1.html albeit in Danish - so I just took a look at the construction and made a slip stitch version.
Crochet: Scarf
This pattern was inspired by Ola’s one million giraffes-project on http://www.onemilliongiraffes.com/ The goal was to collect one million giraffes within one year. He made it!
Crochet: Scarf
This scarf pattern can be easily adapted to a shawl or a blanket - choose your favorite width and length.
