Rose's Rows Crochet

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Filet crochet is a sequence of meshes and solid spaces alternated to form a larger picture, as complex or simple as desired. The term "filet crochet" has been around since at least 1912, but this simple technique - made to mimic more complicated lace techniques and formerly called "square crochet" - has been around for much longer. It is versatile in both what you can make, and the fact that you can use nearly any kind of needlepoint graph, grid, or chart to create a filet crochet piece. You can even make your own on graph paper, or use websites like StitchFiddle to make a digital version. You can even reverse designs so that open squares are solid and vice versa for a different look. Written instructions for filet crochet exist but they are less common than the chart form, so this post will focus on how to read and interpret filet graphs and translate them to written form. Plain mesh is pretty simple to create - typically 1 dc, 2 ch, sk 2, repeat ad nauseam ,...

Anyone who has ever lived in an apartment or other place that has no in-unit laundry can attest that lugging a full hamper to the laundry room/laundromat while juggling the detergent bottle and other things like coins and dryer sheets is a royal pain. What we wouldn't give for somewhere convenient to put those things so we can focus on the heavy hamper... Well, look no further for a solution, fellow laundry-luggers! This little Plarn Laundry Caddy will give you a designated space perfect for a 40-60oz detergent bottle, as well as a bit of extra room to slip in your coin pouch or dryer sheets, all without taking up space in your hamper. The pouch is also a great place to stash your clean socks or undergarments on the way back home, and when not in use you can just leave the pouch attached to the hamper until it's time to do laundry again. Ad-free printable PDF file now available for purchase on Ravelry.com! Buy now ! Difficulty: Easy to intermediate Materials: ...

Today's post combines two of my passions - music and crochet. I am a trained operatic soprano, and although I don't do it for a living, I do sing with my local chorale. I couldn't find a good treble clef crochet chart for a scarf I'm considering making, so I utilized my favorite chart-making site StitchFiddle.com and a free vector image of a treble clef found on Google Search to make my own! I love the versatility of StitchFiddle - you can not only make crochet charts but also knitting and needlepoint, with multiple different types of each (for example, corner-to-corner aka C2C or filet crochet). You can either start by uploading your own image - which StitchFiddle will use in conjunction with settings like number of colors, pixels/squares, and gauge to generate you a chart - or you can start with a blank canvas and hand-edit each pixel. I did the latter with my clef because I wanted to fit it into a space 35 pixels high and the uploaded image lost too much detail in ...