If you crochet,

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where do you get your patterns? Do you have a website or books to recommend?

I'm working on an afghan for my mom. It's almost finished, so I'm looking for some new ideas/patterns.

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I've only been crocheting since last October. I'm not even close to serious about it. I just like to crochet for fun and it reduces my stress from work.

[luvvy]

Lion brand yarn has a ton of free patterns. They also group them by difficulty.

[cereal K]

i bought a book once that had a baby blanket pattern in it i liked. i've made about 10 of these things.

i haven't ventured out to much more. i found a couple of patterns on websites via pintrest. and i second yarn-brand websites.

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Thank you for the suggestions.

What are some things that you guys have made lately? I'm also thinking about making some Christmas Stockings, but I don't know if I should crochet them or look into sewing them.

[luvvy]

I haven't done much lately. The last few things I have made are baby blankets and baby hats.

[childofhiphop]

m.allfreecrochet.com/Tops/Delicate-Open-Weave-Top/ml/1

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Aug 11, 2012 20:51:08 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

I made stockings last year using this pattern: www.redheart.com/free-patterns/quick-easy-stocking

Thanks!

[maggiemoo]

Google. Sometimes I just go to the store and pick a yarn I like. Most have patterns on the label. Slippers are going to kill me. I can never get it right. Bernat and lion brand are a couple of sites. There is red hart too, but the yarn isn't very soft.

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Aug 11, 2012 21:14:52 GMT -5 maggiemoo said:

Google. Sometimes I just go to the store and pick a yarn I like. Most have patterns on the label. Slippers are going to kill me. I can never get it right. Bernat and lion brand are a couple of sites. There is red hart too, but the yarn isn't very soft.

I use Google a lot. I mostly search images.

I use this pattern for slippers. I like to use Caron Simply Soft yarn. thelittlehousebythesea.wordpress.com/2009/09/03/free-pattern-for-mary-jane-slippers/ I love it. They're pretty quick and very comfortable. I actually just started a pair about an hour ago aInd just realized it's a British pattern. Where it says DC, it should actually be an American SC. I'm half way through the first slipper and was wondering why it looked so big. I may just leave off the strap and make them men's slippers. Lol.

[broc]

google, mostly. I also re-pin things I stumble across that I find to be interesting, fun, what have you... I have designs on making Joaquin some leg warmers with a really cool scale stitch soon, and I need to decide which hat(s) to make her before it gets chilly, and maybe some mittens. I did a bunny last year. This year I'm going to do a cloche-style, and some yet to be determined animal. With the animal hats I usually just wing it.

[fuckstick]

Youtube. I can't understand written pattern directions worth shit, I have to watch it being done and then I can do it.

[frauschmindy]

Google, ravelry and etsy. I like buying cheap pdf patterns on etsy because you can find some seriously cute shit, like star wars amigurumi.