After a long work week, sometimes you just need to sit back with a cold drink in your hand. Don't let the summer heat get in the way by forcing you to suffer through a warm beverage; instead, work up one of these Cool Crochet Can Cozies. The fun spike stitch works well with these stripes, and the color theme can be adjusted to suit any occasion or group-red, white, and blue to celebrate a 4th of July party, camo to suit the hunting fans, or specific colors to support your local sports team. This is a great summer crochet pattern that you can make for all your friends and family, personalized exactly for their own enjoyment!
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Granny Spike Stitch Free Crochet Pattern
We’ve shared a few stitches which became very popular lately. Now if you want to use yet another different crochet stitches to spice up your work, here are some Beautiful Spike Stitch Crochet Free Patterns to create an awesome looking texture. Spike stitches are worked into previous rows by inserting the hook through the fabric rather than into the top of the stitch. They are an easy way to introduce a color work effect into crochet without having to juggle more than one color in the same row. Playing with the depth and frequency of spike stitches along a row can add a variety of geometric color patterns. You can add this type of crochet stitch pattern to anything you make. Happy crocheting.
Red, White, and Blue Plarn Crochet Placemats
Placemats like these would make a fabulous addition to your outdoor picnic table, especially when celebrating holidays like Memorial Day and the 4th of July. They are made with plarn, an interesting material to upcycle for use in crocheting placemats. This free pattern also comes with instructions for complementary plarn coasters.
Note that it's not recommended to use these placemats for hot dishes, but they're ideal when serving sandwiches, salad, pickles, or other similar picnic fares. Best of all, plarn is easy to make (for free) using readily available materials. And of course, you could opt to use different plastic bag colors to make similar crochet placemats without the red, white, and blue theme.
Stars and Stripes Hand Towel
Since designing the Gingerbread Man Kitchen Towel, I've had many ask me to design other crochet keyhole towels for all other holidays and for year-round use. Add a little Fourth of July, red, white and blue, crochet decor to your space with the Stars and Stripes Hand Towel, my latest crochet keyhole towel design. YARN Cotton is the go-to fiber for crochet dish cloths, dish towels, and hand towels as it's the most absorbent. There are several cotton yarns out there that would be perfect for this project, but I chose to use Lily Sugar n' Cream 100% worsted weight cotton yarn. Lily Sugar n' Cream is available in 39 colors so I was able to find the perfect colors I needed for this project within the same yarn line.
Cabled Ice Cream Cozy and Drink Mitt
- Designed by: Jennifer Pionk
If you're looking for a new and fun project to make, you have to check out this cabled cosy drink mitt by Jennifer Pionk! It's genius! Such a simple and fun project, that can be made in a heartbeat. What's more, you can be pretty sure that your hands won't be cold this upcoming winter time.
Garden Party Placemat
Delicate as can be, the Garden Party Placemat will be a delightful addition to your table for any occasion. Whether you're celebrating a milestone or simply having friends over for lunch, make your next event even more special with this crochet doily pattern.
From the blogger: "Are you ready for the warm weather that is just around the corner? Crochet your own placemats for Easter dinner, graduations, weddings, anniversaries, tea parties, and receptions with this simple placemat/doily pattern. Each Garden Party placemat uses less than one ball of Lily Sugar'n Cream, and works up fairly quickly. You'll have a 12 piece setting in no time!
