Crafting a Handmade Home
Learn how to crochet textured stitch dishcloth! This pattern creates lots of texture – perfect for dishcloths, washcloths or hand towels! This blog post originally appeared April 14, 2017 and has been updated February 22, 2021 to include new photos and updated instructions. I have been crocheting for as long as I can remember. It’s one of the first crafts I ever learned how to
Learn how to crochet the Crunchy Stitch Dishcloth using the crunchy stitch. Crocheted dishcloths are easy to make and make for thoughtful handmade gifts! This blog post originally appeared May 1, 2017 and was updated February 22, 2021 to include updated photos and instructions. Learn how to crochet Crunchy Stitch Dishcloth! Like I shared before, I have been crocheting for as long as I can
With these 25 DIY Heart Sachets to make for Valentine’s Day ideas, you’re sure to find a heart sachet to sew, crochet, knit or no-sew to make for your Valentine! No Valentine’s Day would be complete without hearts. Heart cupcakes, heart Valentines, heart printables, heart-shaped boxes of chocolate or this collection of 25 DIY heart sachets. One of the top 10 blog posts on Ideas
Explore the top 10 most popular sewing, crochet, printables and recipe ideas for a handmade home from The Birch Cottage in 2020. As we usher in another New Year, I always enjoy taking a look back at the past year on The Birch Cottage blog. So, grab yourself a cup of coffee, settle in to your favorite comfy chair and take a little trip down
A collection of 60+ handmade Christmas gift ideas. Whether you like to craft, crochet, embroider or sew – handmade gifts are the best! As I’ve been trying to figure out exactly what I want to make my own family for Christmas this year, I started saving ideas that I found around the web and thought I’d share them with you. I’m hoping they’ll spark some
Learn to crochet a pumpkin with 5 free patterns. These crocheted pumpkins add the perfect handmade touch of autumn to your home decor! This post originally appeared on The Birch Cottage blog on October 11, 2018. The copy has been updated for clarification. I love to crochet. In fact, I just finished crocheting a large afghan for our daughter for her birthday. I had some
Add a touch of fall to your home decor with this easy to crochet Herringbone Crocheted Pumpkin pattern from The Birch Cottage. A couple of weeks ago, I shared with you how to crochet the Herringbone Half Double Crochet (HHDC) stitch. The HHDC stitch creates this lovely textured chevron pattern. Because I just love the way the stitch looks, I thought that it’d make a
Wondering what to do with all those extra plastic shopping bags? Well, learn how to make plarn (plastic yarn) and crochet! Here in Ohio and maybe where you live, too, they have temporarily banned the use of reusable shopping bags due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This can only mean that we have even more plastic bags filling our cupboards, trash bins, recycling bins and land
Add a touch of boho style to your home decor with this easy boho style crochet coaster pattern. The fringe edge just completes these boho coasters! With just one skein of cotton yarn, you can easily make a set of four boho style crochet coasters. Plus, the choice of cotton yarn makes these boho style coasters extra absorbent. I had a reader contact me a
Learn how to crochet the Front Post Double Crochet Stitch (abbreviated fpdc) to add beautiful texture to your crochet projects. The “front post double crochet stitch” sounds a little intimidating, but it’s really just a variation to the double crochet stitch. Except, as the name implies, you’re crocheting around the post of the stitch in the previous row instead of through the top of the
This single crochet thermal stitch potholder uses the single crochet thermal stitch. This stitch is the perfect stitch for crocheted potholders! Last week I shared with you how to crochet the single crochet thermal stitch. This week, I’m sharing with you how to crochet a pot holder using the single crochet thermal stitch. I had a hard time at first trying to understand this stitch
The single crochet thermal stitch creates a solid, dense and very warm textured pattern that is ideal for pot holders, hot pads, warm blankets and mittens. Single Crochet Thermal Stitch I discovered the single crochet thermal stitch after crocheting potholders using the lemon peel stitch. When I made my potholders, I essentially crocheted two dishcloths and then placed them wrong sides together and single crocheted
