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1. Pins Little girls will love flower pins! Pin these on clothing or hair for an extra-cute look.
2. Roses Flower pattern crafts are always popular, and roses are among the best of the bunch. Use our easy free patterns to create flower quilts and crafts of all types.
3. 4th of July Crochet Make this 4th of July special with fun and easy crochet projects! These patriotic crafts make great decorations.
4. Christmas Crochet Check out these free Christmas crochet patterns for ideas on holiday home decor and easy holiday crafts! Free crochet Christmas patterns are great to find and make.
5. Easter Crochet Use free crochet patterns to make some fun Easter decorations and gifts.
6. Halloween Crochet These spooky Halloween Crochet crafts are sure to give you great ideas for holiday decorations!
7. St. Patrick's Day Crochet Try these St. Patrick's Day free crochet patterns for some easy St. Patrick's Day crafts! They are the perfect holiday decorations.
8. Thanksgiving Crochet Thanksgiving Crochet Holiday Patterns are the best way to decorate your home and celebrate the holidays. These are fun, free crochet patterns for Thanksgiving you can craft in no time!
9. Valentine's Day Crochet This Valentine's Day, show the one you love how much you care by crocheting! You can even decorate your home with these adorable holiday crochet patterns.
10. Belts Check out these free patterns for crochet belts for fun accessory ideas! They are super easy and fun to make.
11. Jewelry These free crochet jewelry patterns are all fun crafting gifts! Crochet jewelry is great for any occasion, and it's so easy to make.
12. Baby Afghans Find the perfect free simple crochet baby afghan in this collection of baby afghan crochet patterns.
13. Granny Square Afghans Find the best granny square afghan crochet patterns, including large and small motifs.
14. Lapghans Find free lapghans and small afghan crochet patterns here. These free afghans crochet patterns are the quickest afghans to crochet.
15. Ripple Afghans Crochet Ripple Afghans have a distinctive pattern throughout that makes them unique. You'll love trying these free crochet patterns!
16. Throws Try out these easy Crochet Throw Patterns for yourself or as a gift! These are great free crochet patterns for afghan throws.
17. Baby Hats Try out these crochet baby hats for something snuggly for the baby in your life!
18. Baby Sweaters These crochet baby sweaters are just too cute! You won't be able to wait for your new baby to wear these homemade crochet sweaters.
19. Baby Toys Babies get sick of toys in no time, so why not crochet these easy baby toys? These are great crochet baby toy patterns that are fun to make.
20. Booties These baby booties are just too cute! Crochet one of these free crochet patterns for baby booties for a gift or for your own little one.
21. Bunting Crochet bunting is a great, affordable way to keep your baby warm. Bunting is perfect for newborns. You'll love these free crochet baby patterns!
22. Backpacks
23. Clutches Crochet isn't just for everyday bags! Follow these crochet patterns to crafts clutches and evening bags for special occasions.
24. Crochet Gift Bags Crochet gift bags to give wine and other presents. These crochet bags are presents themselves.
25. Summer Bags Some bags are just perfect for summer! You can make these free crochet patterns for everything from beach bags to pastel purses for a summer night.
26. Totes These are free, easy crochet patterns for crochet tote bags! These crochet purses will save you money and are fun to make too.
27. Children's Hats You'll love crocheting these little crochet children's hats! These are adorable crochet hats for kids.
28. Children's Scarves
29. Sweaters and Ponchos Crochet Sweater and Ponchos are the perfect thing to keep kids warm when it's cool out. These easy, free crochet patterns are great for making kid's clothes.
30. Toys Crochet toys for your kids with these free crochet patterns! These are safe children's toys that are easy to craft.
31. Fingerless Gloves Follow these easy patterns to crochet Fingerless Gloves in no time! There are patterns for both adults and kids.
32. Berets Here's a chic look that's never out of style. Create a real french beret with our free easy beret knitting paterns.
33. Caps (With Brims) Caps with brims are the hat of choice for the country gentlemen. Make one of your own with our patterns.
34. Organization If you're looking for some unique ways to organize your home, try out these crochet baskets and other ways to crochet your way to organization!
35. Pendants and Lights Use free crochet patterns to make some really neat pendants and lights for your home. Get the look of chic with a low budget.
36. Pillows Pillows are a great project to crochet to impress guests. These free crochet patterns are easy, fun decorative crafts!
37. Rugs Learn to make your own beautiful rugs with our patterns. We've got braided rugs and every other type!
38. Coasters Coasters are some of the easiest projects to crochet. Follow these easy patterns for crochet coaster and you'll have crafted coasters in no time!
39. Dishcloths Crochet your own dishcloths with these free easy crochet patterns! These crochet dish towels will be really useful in your kitchen.
40. Potholders, Oven Mitts and Trivets These are free kitchen crochet patters for Potholders, Oven Mitts and Trivets! If you need to handle something hot in the kitchen, why not crochet it?
41. Cardigans and Wrap Sweaters Try out these free patterns for crochet Cardigans and Wrap Sweaters! They are stylish patterns you can craft as gifts or for yourself.
42. Ponchos Crochet ponchos are great for a cold winter day! These Crochet Poncho Patterns are fun, free and easy.
43. Tank Tops These Tank Tops are all adorable crochet shirts for women. They are great in the summer and easy to crochet.
44. Crochet Videos Watch these great crochet video tutorials for amazing step by step instructions. Great for beginners.
45. Prayer Shawls Using a free crochet pattern you can make a gorgeous prayer shawl for a loved one. The making of a prayer shawl is a spiritual practice which embodies our thoughts and prayers for the receiver.
46. Stoles Our glamorous wraps and stoles make for a great topper to any formal outfit.
47. Wraps These Crochet Wrap Patterns are great to throw on over a dress or even a sweater in the winter. These are sophisticated crochet patterns anyone can craft.
48. Men's Hats Try out these crochet hats for men! These free easy crochet patterns are great crochet patterns for men in your life.
49. Men's Scarves Don't waste your money on expensive outerwear when you can use our easy crochet patterns for men's scarves. Create your own men's winter scarves without the fuss!
50. Men's Sweaters Men's cashmere sweaters are the fashion these days why not learn to make them yourself? Follow our patterns, and you'll be able to make 'em all - men's cable knit sweaters, men's wool sweaters, men's cashmere v-neck sweaters - you name it!

Articles

1. Basket Weave Stitch When using free crochet patterns you may come across a basket weave stitch which is a simple crochet technique involving the posts of crochet to create the effect of a wicker basket. This causes material to be more compact and warmer.
2. Beginning with a Slip Knot After choosing your project and hook size you need to start your project with a slip knot. This is the first step in beginning your crochet pattern.
3. Cable Stitch A more complex style of crochet which causes the work to look 3D or stand out. You will typically see cables done on Sweaters or even afghans. Easy crochet afghans are great when you know the cable stitch.
4. Choose Your Hook Learn from Michael Sellick on how to choose the right hook for your next crochet project. These some great tips for your next crochet adventure.
5. Converting Patterns Learn how to convert patterns from U.S. to the U.K. and vise versa. Here you can find a few charts to help you out.
6. Crochet a Throw Crocheted afghans are great to make, but sometimes you just want to make something smaller like a throw. Not sure of what a throw is? Keep reading.
7. Crochet Abbreviations Before you can start crocheting you need to know the basics. Learn what abbreviations stand for, you need to know this in order to read patterns.
8. Crochet Hook Sizes Before you get started on your free crochet pattern you need to be sure you have the correct crochet hook size. If you start and realize the hook you're using isn't the best, it's never fun to start over.
9. Crochet Quilt Crochet quilts are visually incredible but not always time consuming. Read these short tips about crochet quilts, they may come in handy as free crochet patterns may call for it.
10. Crocheting in the Round Crocheting in the round can be very easy to do as Michael would say. Crocheted afghans often use this technique, so read what Michael has to say about it.
11. DIY Shell Stitch Shell stitches, or fan stitches, can produce some of the most dramatic results in a free crochet pattern. When used to finish a piece, the shell stitch can create elegant scallops. Creating a rounded edge can also be done with shell stitches.
12. Evolution of Crochet Learn with Michael Sellick on how crochet all started. We have all these free crochet patterns for you to make but where did it all come from? The evolution of crochet is quite the thought.
13. Free Form Crochet Are you wanting free crochet patterns but you're unsure of how to read them? Free form crochet is when the sky is the limit. You arent following patterns, you are making odd shapes. Go ahead, read on.
14. Granny Square Granny square crochet patterns are the most common pattern done by people world- wide. They are simple to follow and just simple color changes can change the entire look of a square. You'll find many free crochet patterns that use the granny square.
15. How Do You Read a Crochet Pattern? Learn how to read a crochet pattern from this amazing video by Michael Sellick of the Crochet Crowd. If you're just learning how to crochet you'll find this video very helpful.
16. How to Cast Off and Hide Loose Ends This is a great instructional video on how to cast off and hide your loose ends. There's also some helpful tips.
17. How to Crochet Ribbing It is quite possible to crochet the ribbing stitch using the single crochet stitch with one of two techniques. You can either make elastic ribbing or firm ribbing.
18. How to Crochet the Bobble Stitch + Free Crochet Patterns What is the bobble stitch you ask? It's a combination of four double crochet stitches in the same stitch, but you leave each double crochet stitch incomplete and link them together at the end. Find some free crochet patterns using the bobble stitch.
19. Individual Squares Many free crochet patterns use individual squares. Individual squares are pretty simple. They begin with a chain and then build up by going back and forth.
20. Inspire, Create & Celebrate with Crochet Stop creating the same old projects for yourself and get inspired. Create and celebrate with crochet. You can find many free crochet patterns out there that will inspire you to get creative.
21. James C Brett Chunky Marble Yarn James C Brett Chunky Marble Yarn is one of the best yarns you will see around. There are so many colors to choose from as Michael Sellick will tell you.
22. Join as You Go While making free crochet afghan patterns instead of making all the squares the identical size and attaching them together at the end, you will build up your project square by square.
23. Learning the Crochet Stitches There are four basic crochet stitches every crocheter needs to know how to do. We start with single crochet, to half double crochet, to double crochet and triple crochet.
24. Mile A Minute Certain crocheted afghans use the term mile-a-minute. What this is, is fast cast on and cast off projects such as headbands or anything with narrow strips.
25. Motif Afghans Free crochet afghan patterns can use the motif pattern which is usually referred to as a granny square with raised centers such as flowers or designs in the center of the square. Find out the pros of the motif.
26. Ripple Stitch When working with free crochet afghan patterns you may come across a ripple stitch pattern. Michael Sellick says it's visually stunning as one side of your work will have a rippling effect.
27. Sizing for Various Items When making free crochet patterns you might come across patterns you love, but you want to make it in a different size. This article is a great find as it gives you all sorts of sizing for various items.
28. Standard Yarns Learn about all the different types of yarn you can use for your crochet patterns. There are many to choose from, not all of them are listed, but you can learn what your options are.
29. The History of Crochet If you're unfamiliar with crochet it "is a process of creating fabric from yarn, thread, or other material strands using a crochet hook. There are millions of free crochet patterns to learn from, starting with the basics.
30. Types of Yarn and their Weights Learn the types of yarn that are available for your free crochet patterns. You can also find the yarn weight to help you understand what each yarn can be used for.
31. Understanding Written Crochet Patterns If you're having trouble understanding written crochet patterns then read more into this article. It gives you a few tips on how you can learn to have a better understanding of crochet patterns.
32. What Exactly is a Lapghan? Often times people here the word lapghan and look at you with this crazy face. Is it an afghan pattern, is it a blanket? Michael Sellick explains it here.
33. Yarn Flow in Crochet Learn about the yarn flow in crochet and how to avoid foundation problems. In this article you'll find how to make straight edges and how to take care of the most important materials your hands and fingers.