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Tadaa! We are going to start with the large blanket! We will start with the setup, that will be done slightly different than with the practice piece. After that we will do the border and the first  ‘new’ patterne. The border will be done in the same pattern around the whole blanket, and you are already familiar with that pattern by making the practice piece: the stairs. So that’s a nice and easy start. And pattern 2 are the crosses. Also supersimple, but something different right away, to keep this start a bit more exciting. If you haven’t done the practice piece yet, I adviceRead More →

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Today is the day! We will start! Months of preparing, trying things out, designing, drawing and crocheting, thinking of how to setup the video’s, how I wanted to do the tutorials for the website pages, making pictures, writing pattern descriptions, today is the release of all that work. Not that I’m finished, because we still have a couple of weeks to go, but it was all such big fun to do. Yes, I am slightly nervous, because the interest is overwhelming, and so many people are looking forward to do this, that I still feel perplexed. But I’m walking around with a big smile 🙂Read More →

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Index for the practice piece Intro and setup: click here to go to that page Row 1: click here to go to that page Row 2: click here to go to that page Row 3 and finishing: that’s this page The video The video for row 3 and finishing: https://youtu.be/OI13VZDsY48 Or see the link at the end of this page. Row 3 Row 3a, color 1 Written pattern row 3a – front: color 2 on top side st *(back, front)* 10x Pattern charts Turn your work. We will continue with the front side. Here you can see the start of row 3a and how it looksRead More →

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Index for the practice piece Intro and setup: click here to go to that page Row 1: click here to go to that page Row 2: that’s this page Row 3 and finishing: click here to go to that page The video The video for row 2: https://youtu.be/VfMsCILxcRE Or see the link at the end of this page. Row 2 Row 2a, color 1 Written pattern row 2a – back: color 2 to back side st *(back, front)* 10x Pattern charts Turn your work. You will now be working on the ‘back side’, so you must take the pattern of the back side. This way youRead More →

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Index for the practice piece Intro and setup: click here to go to that page Row 1: that’s this page Row 2: click here to go to that page Row 3 and finishing: click here to go to that page The video’s The video for row 1: https://youtu.be/mFN9Wd4ee9Q The video for extra tips: https://youtu.be/WZ1-SWmwI7U Or see the links at the end of this page. Row 1 Because we’re doing a small piece, and the chain row of color 2 is not very long, we will use a way of starting this by ‘weaving in’ color 2 through the openings of color 1. I will giveRead More →

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To reduce the loading time of this page I use ‘thumbnails’. These are reduced, and sometimes cropped versions of the bigger picture. Do you want to see something completely and full size, or download a pattern, then click on the small picture to see it all. Index for the practice piece Intro and setup: that’s this page Row 1: click here to go to that page Row 2: click here to go to that page Row 3 and finishing: click here to go to that page The video’s For each part I made video’s.  The introduction video: https://youtu.be/a9YXKDGgBh8 The setup video: https://youtu.be/7gxhRvNhISs   Or see the links atRead More →

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Welcome to the Hooked and Locked CAL 2018 (HAL CAL 2018) <Edit January 16 2019: The pattern is no longer available for free. You can buy it from my Ravelry shop (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/the-craftsteachers-ravelry-store). You can find the bonusweek pattern there also. The pictures for each row (see examples on this page here) are no longer available online. Please send an email to info@thecraftsteacher.com if you want to purchase them. > Welcome welcome welcome! Nice to see you here! I really hope you will enjoy it to join! For the ones who don’t know what CAL means: it stands for Crochet ALong, simultaneously crocheting on a projectRead More →

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Tadaaaa! It is coming! The Hooked and Locked CAL, or in short the HAL CAL. Today I’m officially announcing it. The HAL CAL learns you how to do the Interwoven or locking crochet technique. A technique that is not difficult at all, you will be able to master this very quickly! When does the CAL start and end The start is planned on September 20 2018. We will then start with the practice piece, and then I will publish a new part each week, so that the planned end date will be December 13. This way everyone, that wants to give this blanket as aRead More →

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Well, to be honest, I’m back home again. About 3 weeks ago I was on vacation at the south of France for 2 weeks at a beautiful resort: Chateau Cazalères at Daumazan sur Arize. So that’s why it has been a bit quiet here. And I don’t want to give it a loud shout out on the internet when leaving my home for some time, so I didn’t announce it beforehand. Hope you didn’t miss me too much 🙂 . I took ‘some’ crafting stuff along with me as you can see. Well, you should have seen our car, totally filled up 🙂 🙂 🙂Read More →