I first learned about freeform crochet back in the mid-2000s. I must have stumbled on it during an internet search because the exact details of how I discovered it elude me. Freeform crochet combines a variety of colors, stitch patterns, and yarns to create a piece of fabric art. Except for a few guidelines, you are free to improvise and experiment as …
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I discovered freeform crochet back around 2004 and fell in love with it. There is so much freedom in what you can create. But it’s also a little intimidating if you’ve only worked from patterns. However, having very few rules to follow makes one a more confident crocheter. See for yourself in these blog posts just how daring and creative freeform crochet lets you be!
In Part 1 of this blog post, I described the Bernat Sesame yarn I received as a gift from a good friend and how I had to prepare it (i.e., hank, wash, dry, and skein the yarn) before I could actually begin crocheting. I learned a big lesson in that I really need to take the time to thoroughly wash …
Yarn for My Monochromatic Freeform Crochet Purse The grandmother of a good friend of mine passed away a while back, and this friend generously offered to give me the yarn that remained in her grandmother’s stash. You can well imagine how my eyes lit up just thinking about getting my hands on FREE yarn, but then common sense took hold. …
Lion Brand “Outside-the-Lines” Freeform Crochet Purse I’ve commented in previous posts that I designed this purse for Lion Brand back in 2006 and didn’t see a published pattern until some time in 2010. Yes, I know, freeform crochet is supposed to be a “patternless pursuit,” but Lion Brand wanted me to create an easy project that crocheters who are new …
Say, Freeform Flickr Photostream, three times as fast as you can! Even if you can’t say it, please take the time to check out Prudence Mapstone’s Photostreasm on Flickr to see some incredible freeform crochet and knitted pieces. The piece below is from her “Pink Project.” Prudence hails from Australia, and is one of the preeminent freeform fiber artists in …
I was floored and amazed to find out a couple of weeks ago that a freeform purse I’d designed for Lion Brand back in 2006 has been published. Floored and amazed because, after I’d submitted the pattern, I searched and searched for it in LB’s free pattern catalog, but never found it. So I just kinda forgot about it until …
Hot of that press, it’s finally here – the International Freeform Fiberarts Guild’s latest challenge in book form, called Four Seasons. Fifty-two freeform artists, including yours truly, participated in this challenge to use freeform fiberart to interpret the 4 seasons. Myra Wood did an excellent job in putting the book together. All the proceeds from the sale of the …
This post contains affiliate links. Read my Disclosure Policy for more information. Thanks for your support! As promised, I’m going to describe how I made the “rainy season” purse which appears in the 2009 International Freeform Fiberarts online exhibit. Yarn Selection Of course, you can’t do freeform without the right yarn, and I knew I wanted a variety of yarns …
This post contains affiliate links. Read my Disclosure Policy for more information. Thanks for your support! Yes, I’m still crocheting but not writing much about it these days (those YouTube videos sure are handy when you’re in a writing slump). New Freeform Crochet Online Exhibit But I had to come out of writer hibernation to let you know that the …
For you freeform fiber arts enthusiasts, I just learned of a new blog by Master Freeformer, Prudence Mapstone of Australia. She has decided to create a scrumble for each week of 2009. They are absolutely beautiful and inspiring. She includes information about how she is making them, so the site is instructional as well. Please click the LINK to see …
I wanted to tell everyone about a wonderful project that is being spearheaded by Prudence Mapstone, Australian freeform fiber artist extraordinaire. It’s called The Pink Project. The inspiration came to Prudence as a result of having participated in the International Freeform Crochet Guild’s Coat of Many Scrumbles in which members from around the world sent freeform “scrumbles” to Prudence who …
Here’s a freeform project that I started a month or so ago. There’s some interesting history to this project. Designing a Freeform Crochet Purse for Lion Brand I was contacted by a Lion Brand representative to create a freeform purse for use in their online, free pattern catalog. This was back in 2006, I think. The contact had seen my …
This post contains affiliate links. Read my Disclosure Policy for more information. Thanks for your support! I haven’t done any freeform projects in a while, so, having been inspired by Lisa Randolph’s freeform crochet purses, I decided to try some of my own. I figured this would be a great way to get back into freeforming without taking on a …
“Through Our Eyes” – A New Freeform Crochet Online Exhibit I can FINALLY post about my participation in the International Freeform Crochet Guild’s latest project, “Through Our Eyes: 35 Freeform Artists Express Their View of Life Through Yarn.” I missed out on participating in two previous projects all of which you can see at the website. But I was able …
I can’t believe it’s taken me so long to get back into blogging. Yes, I have been crocheting up a storm, but also doing taxes for three people (myself included), so that’s why you haven’t seen my “face in the place” for a while. My Knit for Kids Crocheted Sweater Pattern So here’s what I’ve been up to. I’m still …