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Spiral Lace Single Crochet Mat
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Spiral Lace Single Crochet Mat

ByJanel April 16, 2023January 1, 2025

Therapy crochet while I listened to a message at home. I started messing with dishcloth cotton because I need some more dishrags, kinda reinvented the wheel (this basic sc lace doily idea’s been around since early times) but then added another petal in between to make twelve instead of six, and AFAIK that’s new. I’m…

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Crochet Openwork Octagon Square Motif
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Crochet Openwork Octagon Square Motif

ByJanel December 5, 2022December 30, 2024

Built from the septagon mat, but I decided to make this a separate post. I was so tickled with how the septagon design looked that I wanted to make some more using flower colors. Good luck joining seven sided motifs, so it had to turn into eight. But a square is simpler! While messing around…

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A Better Spiral Crochet Granny Square
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A Better Spiral Crochet Granny Square

ByJanel August 13, 2019August 29, 2024

I found lots of ideas that were cool and artistic, but they seem to be more complex, more work and less “granny”. The beauty of the granny square is its utter simplicity. I wanted that same classic shape, only in four colors. Only the first round needs to be modified, to attach and spin the…

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Round Ripple Crochet Afghan Pattern with Diagram
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Round Ripple Crochet Afghan Pattern with Diagram

ByJanel November 19, 2012May 4, 2022

When I first searched for instructions there were many, of course, but none of them worked out for me. Finally I found this one little image that was detailed enough to see what was going on, so I followed it. I don’t know whose photo this was (found it in an internet collection) but THANKS…

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Round Knit Dishcloth Pattern
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Round Knit Dishcloth Pattern

ByJanel November 19, 2012June 9, 2025

Cool round doily style cotton dishrag or mat, written out to be ultra simple for non-knitters like me I saw someone making one of these and got stars in my eyes. She was kind enough to write down the instructions from memory. They may have been good instructions, but they didn’t work for me. Neither…

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Latest Comments

  1. Janel on Round Knit Dishcloth PatternJune 12, 2025

    Oh, that. I meant the outer edge of the circle / doily to make it bigger, but of course it…

  2. Robbin on Round Knit Dishcloth PatternJune 12, 2025

    In the post right above mine.

  3. Janel on Women’s Peasant Dress PatternJune 9, 2025

    There I just put it back, sorry about the delay.

  4. Janel on Round Knit Dishcloth PatternJune 9, 2025

    I don't see the words "long end" in the post. Where did I say that?

  5. Chelsie knight on Women’s Peasant Dress PatternJune 9, 2025

    I would like to try this peasant dress pattern but when I print the pattern it only prints the top…

  6. Janel on Dress Pattern for Bellybutton BarbieJune 9, 2025

    That is so very kind of you, thanks! It makes me remember right away the several things I've been meaning…

  7. Janel on Women’s Peasant Dress PatternJune 9, 2025

    I took it off to work on it, haven't done that yet but there, I put the original back. Sorry…

  8. Maggie on Women’s Peasant Dress PatternJune 9, 2025

    This dress pattern is exactly what I am looking for, however the PDF currently only has the pattern for the…

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