Take a closer look at this pattern and notice the deep cutout grooves, which are called the crochet waffle stitch. Unique to this pattern is that the waffles are going in a chevron or wave formation. In person, it's a heavy blanket, and with the highlighting of shadows, it's truly a stunning crochet blanket. This […]

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The Crochet Pinwheel Pop Blanket is my favourite stitch of all time, called the Catherine Wheel Stitch. I experienced this stitch nearly 40 years ago, and it is still a passionate concept for me. Just when I think I've seen neat things with this stitch, along comes another yarn that surprises me with how good […]

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Introducing the Bernat Blanket Big Wheel Crochet Afghan. It uses one of my favourite variegated colours of Bernat Blanket called Silver Steel. This afghan is made with Bernat Blanket Yarn, which is chenille and really thick. To make this generous 50" x 60" afghan, you will need a total of 6 - 300 gram balls. […]

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A request from a crocheter wanting a trending-looking crochet tote came in. Look no further, nothing new to be invented as it already exists. Look at this. Crochet bags and bags that look like this appear to be trending in 2026 for styling up when quickly heading out. Though the pattern recommends Caron One Pound, […]

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Capture the sunset in your crochet with Bernat Blanket Patchwork, and let the stitch wave through its easy, repeating pattern. Let the yarn play its own colour tune, and with the colours used, it's pretty awesome. Combined with this technique are woven strands to pop out the wave colouring using black yarn. The printable version […]

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Let the magic of the night shine bright with the Crochet Starry Night Waves Blanket by Michael Sellick. Using a combination of the latest new extension brand called Bernat Blanket Swivel with Bernat Blanket Mist-ical. Together, they look amazing. This fast-making pattern makes for a beautiful housewarming gift. We have another housewarming blanket you may […]

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How do you make Bernat Blanket yarn go further? Use more spaces and chain work. With the brand new Bernat Blanket Swivel yarn colouring, I really wanted the yarn to go a long way, but also not be overly heavy. Be warned, though, the colouring of this new extension brand is addictive to play with. […]

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The Crochet Study of Blue Blanket has been designed for I Like Crochet Magazine for release in October 2025. A magazine focused on just crochet with easy to intermediate level patterns. With over 700 patterns in the magazines it has published in the past, you'll be hooked on this pattern in Fall 2025. I Like […]

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Mikey from The Crochet Crowd uses textured crochet stitches in stitch samplers pretty consistently. For most projects, an 'odd number' stitch count is usually the easiest to pair fun stitches together. Defining the Odd Number We need to define exactly what an odd number is; it's not the beginning chain count, but the number of […]

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Crochet Cruisers are being asked to present two 12" x 12" squares on board the cruise ship to present to others. Designing can be challenging, but standards make it much easier to understand. Mikey has written the Crochet Design Manual, which focuses on crochet worked row by row or from the middle squares. Mikey designs […]

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Crochet Cruisers and your guests are being assigned pre-cruise homework to go with our theme. We are asking you to make a gondola scarf, an ascot or a wrap prior to joining us in Europe. Our theme is an homage to the gondoliers. Part of your adventure, if you are joining us for the Venice […]

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In the background of Mikey's tutorials or photographs, you are seeing a Wool Genie. In the unboxing below, I give you context on how I discovered this product. Since unboxing, I now own four of these. I love this tool so much that I would possibly marry it if I could! Yeah, yeah, I'm obsessed […]

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