Let’s take the iconic granny stitch, but make it into a garment. We now have a granny raglan sweater, easy, breezy and stash-bustingly adorable. Español Inspiration and Design If you are waiting for a very emotional reveal, I must disappoint you. What motivated this design was pure laziness or, perhaps, a better term for it … Continue reading Granny Raglan Sweater
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Exactly what it sounds like! We are taking a blouse and up-cycling it with crochet terrarium sleeves. Inspiration and Design: Español Hello again! A while back I shared a Pinafore Thrift Flip with you and many mentioned wanting to see more up-cycling ideas. I loved that you loved it! So here I am, once again, … Continue reading Crochet Terrarium Sleeves / Up-cycle
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Welcome to a new realm of second hand fashion with crochet thrift flip. Inspiration and Design Who can resist a bargain? Not me, and when that bargain helps me and mother earth. Well, I’m green! Let me take you back to 2021, I know, probably not the most enticing time travel out there but I … Continue reading Crochet Thrift Flip / Pinafore
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Turning the yavanna vest from cozy wooly vest to swishy crochet summer dress. Design Inspiration I once received a comment about how (x) person didn’t make my patterns because they didn’t like the colors I chose. But I think the beauty of art is that you chose how you make it. You are free to … Continue reading From Vest to Dress
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Say hello to my little stash of stash busting patterns... Horrible humor aside, let's round up some patterns. Stash Busting / Stashtober21 What’s in a stash…I tried to come up with a romantic phrase reminiscent of Shakespeare, alas I have failed. If you can come up with one, please let me know. Either way this … Continue reading Stash busting / a pattern round-up
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In this blog post, I shall be sharing with you, how I style my crochet wardrobe. Don't want to read, then scroll through the (hopefully) pretty pictures and be inspired. Crochet Style How To. Are you new here? If so, hi, my name is Clarisabeth and I love to make and wear crochet garments. Well, … Continue reading How I style my crochet wardrobe
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The oddments cardi cal is an invitation to use up your yarn leftovers and bring color into your world. // Una invitación para usar los sobrantes de tu lana y alegrar tu vida con color. What is it? The Oddments Cardi Cal is the brain-child of @mindandmusecraft. When she saw @zeensandrogers interpretation of the JW … Continue reading Oddments Cardi Cal
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A sample of LatinX crafters, designers, dyers, and podcasters to help you dive down a deeper rabbit hole. This list is the tip of the iceberg! It's not the be all and end all of Latinxcrafters! Hello, I'm Clarisabeth, the human behind the crochetcakes brand. I was born and raised in the Island of Puerto … Continue reading LatinX Crafters- Hispanic Crafter
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Hello Guys and Happy Labor day! Here in Florida, Hurricane Dorian is still keeping us on our toes. We are all hunkered down just waiting to see what happens, but that does not mean that my crafting mind has been idle. In fact, I have had so many crafty thought in my head that I … Continue reading Mischief Managed MAL
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I have been married for two weeks and two days and have yet to share a single thing about my crochet wedding. That is simply unforgivable. The only thing I shared about the wedding was the bridal fascinator I crocheted. I even updated it to include one of the only pictures in which my fascinator … Continue reading The perfect crochet wedding
