


I am delighted to bring you this original easy crocheting pattern for beginners designed by my Grandma. It is such a great original idea that it is launching a whole new product for my website Crochet Collection.
This easy crochet pattern is a kitchen towel topper. What makes it unique is that it will turn every towel in your kitchen into a crochet top towel. And better yet it does not need to be continually washed and will continue looking good as new!
Also you can use what ever colors match your room and/or your towels. You can put a button on it, or simply make a shorter top over the circle if you have knob handles in your kitchen, or make a self-tie version like the one pictured.
I was able to complete on in about twenty minutes, so if you are looking for a great new gift giving idea, you can whip these out in no time flat.
This is an easy crocheting pattern for beginners because
it only involves single crochet and double crochet stitches.
Kitchen Towel Topper Pattern (self-tie)
Supplies:
small amount of worsted weight yarn
size H crochet hook
3 inch ring - we recommend the Endu-RING
Begin by single crocheting around the three inch ring. I usually only need about 36 stitches to make is around without the ring showing. It's okay if you need a few more or a few less stitches depending upon your gauge, hook size, and yarn. Once you get around the ring, slip stitch to your first stitch. Then chain 3. Double crochet into the next four stitches of your ring (completes row one).
*ch3 and turn (counts as first double crochet) and double crochet in the next four stitches (completes row two).
Repeat from * until you have 8 completed rows.
Row 9: ch4, double crochet into the third stitch, ch 1 and double crochet into the last stitch, turn.
Row 10 repeat one row at *, do not fasten off.
Now you will edge your holder. Chain three, single crochet all around your project. I usually single crochet into the side of each of the double crochet stitches and when I go around the ring I skip a stitch (for example ch3, single crochet into second stitch all the way around).
Fasten off when you get back to where you began your edging.
For the self-tie, you need to make a 50 stitch crocheted chain. Put the tie into the top area of your circle (or just above it in your first double crochet row) and then draw the tie into the two slots you created in Row 9. Tie in a bow.
What I really like about this project is the versatility. You can create a seasonal gift, or a very personalized gift in just a matter of minutes. Also the ring is very durable and should last a life-time under normal use. We also offer a larger 4 inch ring. You can make this same project with the larger ring, but of course you will need more stitches to go around the ring.....otherwise the pattern is identical. If you wish to add a couple more stitches to the double crochet row, you can do that too. It is very versatile.
You can skip the self tie and make only one hole in the center of Row 9 for a button, or only make a couple of rows with a hole for a kitchen knob to pop through. There are so many different variations, it's so much FUN!
We will soon have a video on how to create this product.
For more information on the Endu-RING click here!
More Easy Crocheting Patterns for Beginners
February 03, 2010
Easy Crocheting Patterns for Beginners
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Endu-ring Enduring Extreme Crochet Ring
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January 08, 2010
Crochet Magnet
Tonight Chelsea prepared a wonderful "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" (by Julia Childs) menu. Pumpkin soup baked in the shell, potato and carrot gratin, a trussed roasted turkey and creme brulee. What does this have to do with crochet you may wonder? Chelsea's friend Taryn helped with the dinner preparations and after dinner, Taryn joined Chelsea on the couch to receive some crochet instructions. Not one of Chelsea's friends has escaped "Mastering the Art of Crochet". Chelsea is a little crochet magnet.....attracting novices from every corner of the earth and turning them into crochet experts. Several years ago we counted up the dozens of people she had started in crocheting. Now we've lost track....hundreds is the ballpark.
Keep up the good work little crochet magnet! Crocheting makes the world a brighter place!
Love,
Mom
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December 25, 2009
Confessions of a Crocheter
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Mom is KNITTING!
Merry Christmas!
Today, Christmas 2009, mom became an all around accomplished fiber artist! Not only can she spin yarn, felt yarn, and crochet yarn...she can KNIT it too! After years of frustration with knitting she picked up a learn to knit DVD at the library Monday. Within minutes of starting the dvd mom was knitting successfully! Little did she know that all these years she was yarning over the wrong way. But even so, mom states that she still prefers crochet to knitting (I can confirm that fact: She crocheted dad a hat yesterday and is crocheting him slippers now too!). Way to go mom! Here is to learning yet another lifelong skill before the new year!
Happy Crocheting!
Chelsea
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December 24, 2009
A Very Merry Crocheted Christmas
Hello and Merry Christmas everyone!
Throughout the month of January we are going to be introducing some new products! We are very excited about these and cannot wait to share what we have up our sleeves.
Merry Christmas, and Happy Crocheting!
Chelsea
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December 15, 2009
November 09, 2009
Crochet Collection Goes to Uganda
Today is my Birthday! And to celebrate I am taking time off from my studies and I am .........
you guessed it......CROCHETING!!!!!
My parents are going on a mission trip to Uganda very soon. My mom plans to help the economic conditions of women by teaching them to crochet wash cloths to sell on her website
These washcloths are going to be designed by me to fit round and rectangular hand-crafted spa soaps. I am very excited to be a part of this project and wonder where this will lead me in my crochet career. Below is a donate button if you wish to make a contribution to this effort. All donations will be used strictly for purchasing yarn for this project. Also further below is a cool clip from Krochet Kids International who are also working with 10 women in Uganda. Isn't it cool to know crocheting CAN make a difference in the life of a woman!
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Make it With Wool Contest - Outfit 2
Hey Everyone!
While I was looking through my ravelry profile today, I noticed I never shared a picture of my Lilac Lace Dress all finished. The picture was taken at the Make it With Wool contest in September. I loved making this dress, from the very beginning stages of dying the wool from white to lilac, to the last details of weaving in ends. I accented the dress with an amazingly beautiful hand knitted shawl that belonged to my Great-Grandmother. I'm dying to wear this dress, I know that it will be much loved next summer!
Happy Crocheting!
Chelsea
P.S. Today is my birthday! I'm 17 now, it feels like I'm getting so old!
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October 27, 2009
Free Crochet Patterns for Round Tablecloths
I've been searching for free crochet patterns for Round Tablecloths. I have only found a few, but they are really pretty!
Beautiful Round Tablecloth Pattern
Valentine's Round Tablecloth
Over-the-edge Tablecloth
I hope you enjoy these!
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Free Crochet Patterns for Round Tablecloths
Hello Everyone!
Today I enjoyed some time looking through my favorite online pattern databases for free crochet patterns for round tablecloths. I found some gorgeous patterns that are made out of cotton thread that would make beautiful round afghans if made from a bigger hook and worsted weight yarn.
Pineapple Tablecloth
Round Pineapple Tablecloth
Round Centerpiece
Round and Round Tablecloth
Round Pineapple Tablecloth
I hope you enjoy these free crochet patterns for round tablecloths! I had a blast looking through the numerous patterns and bringing you my favorites!
Happy Crocheting!
Chelsea
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September 26, 2009
Orchard Mitts Revealed!
Hey Everyone!
The Fall 2009 issue of Interweave Crochet is out at long last, along with the third published pattern I am proud to call my own. The Orchard Mitt's were crocheted out of the gorgeous Manos del Uruguay's Silk Blend yarn in the woodland colorway. I designed these gloves last winter for my mom's Christmas gift, and they are very simple to make. The interesting stitch pattern makes the pattern appear much harder than it actually is. I hope everyone likes the pattern, and be sure to add it as a favorite on Ravelry!!
Happy Crocheting!
Chelsea
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September 14, 2009
Mood Fabrics!
Hi Everyone!!
I have some amazing pictures from my trip to Pennsylvania now...thanks Gabrielle!
While I was visiting my friend, we took a trip to NYC and had the opportunity to visit Mood Fabrics! Yes, the very Mood fabrics that the amazing designers of project runway visited for 5 years in a row. The fabric selection was amazing, as you see in the clip of picture above. There was floor to ceiling shelves absolutely jam packed full of rolls of fabric. When you get in there, you're so overwhelmed by the selection, you wonder how you can ever choose just one fabric. I can only imagine having 15 minutes to try and pick fabric for a look....it would simply be overwhelming!
On a more crocheting note, I am starting to design a fall line of girls wear...stay tuned for more details!
Happy Crocheting...and keep an eye out for Make it With Wool look number 2!
Chelsea
Make it With Wool Contest - Outift 1
Hey Everyone!
As you probably know, the Wisconsin Make it With Wool contest was this weekend. Being the ambitious teenage girl with a mission, I created two outfits for the contest this year, finishing both outfits only 3 hours before it was time to leave for the contest (the 2 hours were spent sleeping and the 3rd getting ready to leave). This outfit displayed here is the duster I made with Cherry Tree Hill's Oceania yarn. It is a boucle yarn with a strand of nylon and a metalic running through it. The duster is amazingly gorgeous and sparkly, It will be fabulous to wear all the time! The suit is made from a fabric bought off the $5 fabric table at Paron fabrics in New York City. The suit pattern is a vintage simplicty pattern from the 1970's, bought for a dime at a local thrift shop. I heavily modified and fitted the pattern with my friend, her mom, and grandmother as well, while visiting her in Pennsylvania. I had a great time talking to the judges about this outfit, and while it didn't win, the sewing skills I put into this outfit were 100 million times better than any other sewing I've done in my life. I'm very proud of my work, and I plan to keep up sewing and have them near perfect by the next make it with wool contest.
Happy Crocheting...stay tuned for pictures of outfit number 2!
Chelsea
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September 06, 2009
Another update!
Hello Everyone!!
Hot off the hook, my duster is finished! I got it done in 4 weeks, and I just have to block it, and sew a few more ends in. There are only 6 days left until the contest, and every spare minute has been spent preparing! I am about 3/4 of the way done with the sewing for this outfit, and I'm almost done with the sewing for the purple dress! Everything is falling into place perfectly...I'm "Making it Work" as Tim Gunn would say on Project Runway :)
Happy Crocheting...I'll update again this week with more pictures!
Chelsea
P.S. Isn't the yarn lushious?! It's Cherry Tree Hill Oceania in the Cabin Feaver color way. I bought it while I was in Buffalo New York for the Knit and Crochet Show! That is a whole new blog post to write, but now I've got you curious! Check back soon for a show report!
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September 02, 2009
A quick Update
Hello Everyone!!
I've been pretty quiet for a while. I got the opportunity to go to Pennsylvania and visit one of my best friends for 2 weeks, and I got a lot of work done on my Make it With Wool outfits! Here is a picture of outfit number one, which is about 80% of the way finished. Not cool, considering the contest is only 10 days away!
Enjoy the picture!
Chelsea
(p.s. my arm isn't broken, it's an opera length gauntlet! The other one is just in very beginning stages!)
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July 14, 2009
Make it With Wool - Outfit Number 2
Hi Everyone!
So, after yesterday's post about Make it With Wool, I'm going to continue on and show off the plans for this years outfits. Just for the fun of making you wait, I'm sharing with you the outfit that is still in the planning stages. I picked up this vintage Simplicity pattern at St. Vinnies (remember Marianne? That's where we got her too!), one of our local thrift shops, for a dime. I can't believe I found it in this condition, every piece is there...and it's just the perfect size for me! The view I plan on making is the one in all red, but I'd like to add a belt like the red shirt/plaid pant ensemble. Since I am taking a trip next month to visit my friend Gabrielle (who actually won the Junior division at the Nat'l MIWW contest the year I went!), I'm planning on constructing the entire garment while I'm vising her, getting the sage advice from her, as well as
her mom-who got 5th in the nat'l adult contest last year-on my sewing!
Now, for the good stuff! In Doris Chan's book Everyday Crochet: Wearable Designs Just for You, I saw this amazing duster. I knew the very first time I saw it that it was MIWW contest material. I'm planning on making it out of the recommended Berroco Ultra Alpaca yarn, which is 50% Wool and 50% Alpaca. I'm very excited to see how it turns out! I'm still deliberating on a color combo, but I like the Autumn shades they chose for the model. I may go along with the 70's look provided by the sewing pattern, but I still haven't made my mind up...
Be sure to check back tomorrow for the first half-way finished outfit!
Happy Crocheting!
Chelsea
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July 13, 2009
Make It With Wool!

Hey Everyone!
By now I'm sure all my faithful readers are familiar with the Make It With Wool Contest. For those of you who have not heard of Make it With Wool (MIWW here and throughout!), this contest encourages people of all ages to promote the beauty and versatility of wool fabrics and yarns, and also encourage creativity in sewing, knitting, crocheting, spinning, and weaving wool fabrics and yarns. For the past 2 years I have participated in this contest. The first year, 2007, I crocheted a purple trench coat that won my state contest, qualifying me to attend the National MIWW contest. While I didn't place at the national contest, I had an amazing experiance and gained a friend that will last a lifetime.
This past year I had another great MIWW experiance, although I learned a dissapointin
g pitfall to our state contest. While the contest is open for every kind of use of wool, as stated above, there seems to be an emphasis placed on the importance of sewing used in the contest. In my 2008 outfit, I spent well over 50 hours creating a beautiful, unique, one of a kind coat that I took from icky, greasy fleece to dying, to spinning, and crocheting. Then I decided that since I really wanted to go on and win the National contest, I'd sew a pair of pants to complete my ensamble. As you may have surmised, sewing my pants ended up being a major disaster that compromised the coat that could have won very well on it's own. Not winning our state contest last year made me more determind than ever to learn to sew WELL and be able to pull of a victory at the 2009 contest.
This year, I've taken on 2 new challenges in the contest -
1. I am no longer in the Junior Category. Now that I'm a "Senior" I have to battle it out against the other 17-24 year olds, most of whom have much more sewing experiance than me.
2. Rather than entering the typical 1 outfit like everyone else, I'm making 2 outfits! I'm very excited at this new challenge, and am putting every ounce of perfection I can into every piece that goes into each outfit.
Now, are you excited or what? Why don't you find out if you have a Make it With Wool contest in your state...Yes, they have an adult category! Check back here over the next few days to see what I've made so far for the contest!
Happy Crocheting!
Chelsea
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Red Heart Yarn -- Not so bad after all?
Hi Everyone!
Today our lovely friend Jodi came to our house for a visit! While we were talking and enjoying ourselves, she whipped out her current knitting project - a pair of baby socks. The yarn that she was using was so pretty. Naturally, I asked what ki
nd it was. Mom and I were amazed when she told us it was Red Heart's "Heart & Sole", a super fine sock yarn with aloe in it. The yarn's self striping looks great, and it knits up to be the cutest socks (as you can see over on the left).
So what happened to Red Heart being the super clunky, obsolete yarn on the market? As much as I don't enjoy working with Acrylic yarns, Red Heart stands up to the test of time by washing and wearing better than most yarns. While I agree that other more luxurious yarns are much more fun to work with, if you're going to make something that will be used a lot, Red Heart is the way to go. And hey, if Red Heart is going to start making more green, eco friendly, fun yarns that colors don't suck, isn't that an added bonus?!
What do YOU think? Comment away!
Chelsea
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July 08, 2009
Sneak Peak!
So, at last, the promised sneak peak for all of my faithful followers!
I'm very excited about this pattern...
It will be coming soon!
Happy Crocheting!
Chelsea
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