Category: crochet

Embroidery on Crochet 4: Weaving, whipping, and couching

How to weave, thread, whip, and couch. Part of a series on embroidering on crochet at revedreams.com/.

This fourth and final post about crochet embroidery takes us full circle, in a way, going back to backstitching and weaving. If you have any last questions or comments please do leave them. I’m open to a follow-up post in a week or two tying up any loose ends (so to speak).

As always, the photos link to larger versions, and the full post is behind the cut.

Inside this post:
Whipped and threaded stitches
Couching		 Spider’s wheels
Detached woven picot

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Embroidery on Crochet 3: Linked stitches

How to embroider the chain, blanket, and feather stitches on crocheted items. Part of a tutorial series at revedreams.com/.

Welcome to Episode 3 of this series about embroidering on crochet. I often call lazy daisy and fly “caught stitches.” We’ll see more caught stitches this time, but I’m calling them linked stitches to evoke the fact that they are multiple stitches in a row, rather than separate. Remember that if you have any questions or suggestions, I’d love to hear them!

As before, the photos link to larger versions, and the full post is behind the cut.

Inside this post:
Chain stitch
Blanket stitch		 Feather stitch

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Pi for Pi Day

Today is Pi Day, 3/14 (at least in the US).

Big and little pi, a crochet pattern from ReveDreams. Get it at revedreams.com/shop/.
Big and Little Pi Pattern

You saw a Pi and pi I made for my sister back in late 2012, with the pattern for little Big Pi. That version of big little pi required sewing to shape the curved foot. (The little Big Pi shown also had one leg longer than the other, due to a counting error.)

This version is sewing-free! The pointed foot and “horn” of the top bar curve through a combination of increasing/decreasing and a method I developed to collapse pairs of rounds into single rounds on the inside of the curve. The stitching takes some paying attention, but it isn’t difficult and all stitches are common (very common, in fact: slip stitch and single crochet).

But enough about that. I was fortunate enough to capture some pictures of Pi and pi in their usual haunts…

Big and little pi watch the pendulums for relaxation. Get the pattern at revedreams.com/shop/.
They love the soothing motion.

Big and little pi play their favorite game. Get the pattern at revedreams.com/shop/.
I think they’re gambling?

Big and little pi float peacefully in their favorite spot. Get the pattern at revedreams.com/shop/.
Where they go to relax!

Their individual beauty shots are on the pattern page.