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This is just a suggestion but why not take some of those pieces from the Janie crow blanket you started making and frame them and hang them on the wall as art pieces? They are beautifully made. I enjoy your channel so much. You are an inspiration!
Do they have Japanese? I want Japanese (it is not because of Amigurumis, LOL🤣🤣🤣). Some 30 years ago in college, I took about 1-2 academic years of Japanese and loved it.
I love the 4 categories you set up for yourself. My ADHD brain thanks you! These are definitely something that will keep my attention and not bore me out of making a blanket ❤
Thank you. I love the fact that your videos are not very long. I like to watch different content creators and sometimes I don't have the time for back to back long videos.😊
Ok my friend - I have a complaint. Your videos are to short! I look forward to it every week and it goes by to quickly! These are STUNNING projects! Thank you for sharing these great ideas.
I find this sometimes with other makers and my solution is to make a watch later play list for your chosen channel...so you can watch/save a few videos in a row...❤
Even as a knitter, I find this video very inspiring and getting my creative juices flowing. Your videos are always filled with wonderful ideas and your enthusiasm is infectious.
Beautiful blankets! Appreciate your delving into all these patterns. I am familiar with all but a couple because I study patterns a lot. Just recently discovered Betty McKnit and signed up for her exercise class for crocheters. I would add Rachel of CypressTextiles’ Color Riot blanket. Thank you once again for an inspiring review!
All of the blankets are beautiful. I make an 8 star baby blanket for everyone at my church who has a baby blanket starting one for little boy. Working on it as we travel next week
This is why I have so many projects going at once. If I get bored with one, I put it aside and work on another one. Wish I had the perserverance to do one of those amazing flower blankets! Thanks for great content!
I’m currently making the Painted Anemones by Sandra in Scheepjes yarn nearly up to putting the border on it. ❤️❤️ doing it. Also done her Natures Walk ❤️did while travelling around in our caravan. Like your star one. Margy 🇦🇺👍🏻
I'm typing from my mum's phone. I love your videos! I'm a teenager and I love to crochet amigurumi. I think these projects are beautiful. I wait for a new video every week and I watch them with my younger sisters. 🧶❤️ (I even crocheted your bunny pattern!)
I was 2 minutes in when I decided the 6-Day was the perfect project for me to do while I'm sick. I changed to Betty McKnit's channel, got four rows in, and zipped back here while continuing. I'm now flicking between the two as I work my rows. I wish RUclips would allow me to post photos.
They are all GORGEOUS, but the Macaroon Blossom Crochet Afghan was almost enough to convince me to start crocheting again, despite shelves full of fabrics that I love to stitch on...I think that ruffley border is the loveliest thing I have ever seen
Hello Elise, in a previous video you mentioned taking a course to become a certified crocheter. I am very interested in learning about the process you took to get this class. I believe in taking courses for things I’m interested in. I just found your video stating the program you took. Thanks for that video; I’m going to sign up this week. You have been an inspiration to me and thank you. I’ve been crocheting since I was 7 and now I’m 77. I believe in taking courses for those subjects I’m interested. Did not know they had one for my first love crochet. Again thank you.❤❤❤❤❤ So happy!!!
Have you tried "The Virus Pattern? I have made triangular shawls oblong & square blankets with this pattern.. It is or was also all over Pinterest. I have been crocheting since the age of 10 & now I am 74. I love retirement, I get to crochet daily...all day if I want! I enjoy your channel. Keep it up!
A wonderful video that is right up my alley! Elise, I have been crocheting since 1973 and to this day, I am addicted to making blankets...and the more intricate and colorful, the better! There are definitely more than a few here that I intend to make! I didn't know you had a website! I will be visiting. I really like yarn reviews as so many of the yarns nowadays pill so badly. I have gotten quite picky about yarns but like you, I have a special fondness for Stylecraft Special DK. I love their color selection and I find the pilling is a bit less than comparable yarns here in the US. I've been a silent follower of yours for several years. I've been on RUclips since almost the beginning and I've just lost the desire to comment much but I do leave "likes". I enjoy your channel so much and think you do beautiful work! I loved one of your baby blankets so much in the background that I made in a throw size. So pretty!
Thank you so much! I agree that Stylecraft Special DK is a wonderful yarn for blankets! Thank you so much for your kind comment! It really means so much! ❤️❤️❤️
Jane Crowe patterns are sooo pretty. I was almost disappointed. But you had her as last... pffew 😂 Working on "the spirit of flora" momentarily. Love that. (In stylecraft btw.)
Hi Elise! I started crocheting at the beginning of this month, and I gotta say, your videos have been SOOOO helpful! I'm actually in the middle of crocheting a blanket at the moment (my second ever, my first c2c!) and I'm freehanding it because I don't exactly know how to read patterns yet--I bought a ton of yarn at a yard sale, found a skein of Red Heart Calliope and wanted to make a blanket out of it only to find out that they discontinued that color OVER A DECADE AGO, so I'm integrating so many other colors and I've worked it so I'm working on the borders first???? The inside is still being workshopped. I'm so excited for this blanket! I also want to learn all the different stitches, so I think I'm going to take inspiration from these.
Such beautiful blankets ! I can see why you are in love with them ☺️ . My oldest daughter loves to make one huge granny square blanket, to just relax. I’m working away on the Mr. Monster pattern by aquariwool. I’ve gotten one done but I need two more for my littles ☺️💕. Have a great week and keep cool 😎
Thanks so much again for sharing, and I S❤️ want to crochet that beautiful star blanket that you are making. Just like you, I haven’t dipped my toes into “fresh water” for a while, and I think I need to, after I finish this granny square blanket I’m working on🥴.
Vanilla socks with stripes (from either scraps or minis, etc) can help keep boredom at bay but not make the process too boring. changing for stripes is a good way to make basic socks not too basic haha but making it easy enough to be mindless esp for watching something i'm just finishing up the 2nd sock of this pair for a friend's boyfriend as a gift. i knit a basic vanilla sock except only 2 changes. i knit the cuff & foot in a granite-ish color, while changing to a emerald green/white marled yarn for the heel & toe for color interest. for the cuff, i did a 2 st cable on each end of my 2 needles, then only on the 1 needle for the foot. that way i get a nice little cable on opposite sides on the foot while having a nice heel/toe color!
Thank you so much for including the Macaroon Blossom Afghan. Warms my heart and me my day! I appreciate it more than you can imagine. All the designers/projects are scrubbing. ❤
Your cotton flower blocks, have you thought about blocking them and putting them in Shadow boxes and hanging them as pictures? I bet that would be beautiful.
I made the star blanket this winter as a New Year present for mom as I was really short on money. The design worked fine with a bit of variation of yarn weight so I could use my mixed stash. I also decided to change color each row. It was the most exciting part of the project and the blanket turned out quite psychodelic. 😁 Mom covers her yoga equipment with it now. 😁 Great design and very fun project, no regrets
you had my adhd brain *hooked* at "boredom busting" i love the barbie inspired checkered crop top im making but it's just dcs and im gettin bored of it. i pretty much only do it when i can zone out like when im calming down for the evening with my household, but it isn't helpful when i wanna do a project that's engaging. thanks so much for reccing things in one place! you haven't steered me wrong once yet
@@EliseRoseCrochet thanks! first time using cotton and my very first actual clothing item. very lucky I found a pattern that was really easy to adjust for my size. gonna start incorporating one of these projects in between working on it for sure!
Hi Elise and right now I am working on my cottage core mosaic blanket and granny squares blanket and butterfly mosaic blanket and a baby blanket and I love your channel and your videos and if you keep making videos I will keep watching them and what is your favorite crochet project to work on right now and favorite types of yarn to used when crocheting and keep up the great work on your RUclips channel and keep up the great work on your crochet projects
Thank you, Samantha! I am enjoying the Six Day Star Blanket! It's sitting on my lap right now! ⭐️ your butterfly mosaic project just sounds beautiful! 🦋
thank you so much!!! i get bored easily and i cannot stay focus on one project for a long time!!! I like the star blanket because I can around and around :)
I'm so glad to know I'm not the only one who gravitates to afghans to combat crochet repetition! Although, I do sometimes make a "boring" 2 or 3 row repeat. I've been looking into many different square variations, just to learn stitches and techniques. I'll also work up shawls & doilies for variety. However, it seems I always go back to an afghan. Can never have too many blankets!
Scheepes is pronounced "shape-yes." ❤👍🧶 Janie Crowe is one of my favourites, too! I HAVE TO get back to my Persian Tiles blanket. Thanks for the inspiration.🤗🥰
Another great video. Something to try for the inflammation and pain in your hands would be an elimination diet. Yes, I said it and you can get mad at me...but it works! When I go strict carnivore the pain in my hands is gone within 3 days. No sugar, no alchohol, no grains, even no veg. I know it sounds extreme but it's worth being able to crochet pain-free.
I love making blankets. I make one complicated one every winter, my favorites are any by Helen Shrimpton. I have made three of Mandala Madness (I have two daughters and they always want one).
A suggestion for people for color combinations after hearing about not even considering teaming Hot pink up with the other colors. Use color wheels! I use them a lot for project inspirations ♥
Im in the middle of a six day star blanket (it's taking much longer than 6 days) but I'm loving it! It really is a boredom buster because each row is slightly different
I love this video SO MUCH, it made me really motivated to try out some of these pattern myself! As for the mosaic crochet: it does look intimidating for first and some versions of it (that require you cutting the thread at the end of every row) still aren't my greatest friend, but you don't necessarily have to do that and eventually I found myself completely addicted to it :D It works extra nice for pillow cases!
Dear Elise…I watch your channel regularly. You often mention that you have arthritis. When you crochet you are moving energy from your body through your fingers to your project. I would like to suggest a technique to help you. What you do is to hold your hands up with the fingers spread as wide as you can but not straining or feeling any pain. Then, imagine/visualize energy returning to your body through the tips of your fingers. Work to see this energy moving through the arthritis blockages and soothing them and perhaps making them disappear. This actually doesn’t take very long. Take’s longer to describe than to do actually. I love your channel and have been a fan for quite a while now. Oh, and I’m 76 years young and do the energy technique whenever my hands feel a little stiff when I’m crocheting. I have a touch of arthritis in only one finger and I’m working to clear it. I hope that if you try to this it will help you! Best regards from a fan… Susan
OMG, how gorgeous is the Mixtape Medley blanket?! My Gen X mind has fallen instantly in love with this sassy pattern combinations. It really shows rhyme, rhythm and melody of 80s music! Thank you so much for including this one in your list, at the time it was published I never noticed it. Now I'm plotting out my own color scheme with DROPS Karisma. I've found my fall/winter project!
I'm a fan of stitch sample blankets. I've done a few. I not only learn new stitches I can create a blanket with stitches I like. I have to start using some of my stash. I'm making a bucket list of things I'd like to create. I have to include the 5 Star. the Mosaic. and the Mixtape Medley blanket. Thank you so much.
All very beautiful projects, but that last one you’re correct, takes my breath away too! This is the first I’ve seen your channel. I crochet quite often, especially when giftgiving. I’m working on a beautiful granny square Afghan, that I recently found on Pinterest, made of the circle of friends, granny squares. I have to tell you I was steering away from doing Afghans, but when I saw it, I was so drawn, just as I am to many of these, I couldn’t help myself😀 such a nice channel. I’m gonna check on you again!
Lovely Elise as usual u do not disappoint. I so look forward to your videos.😁 And I really missed u last week, hope all is good.💗🙏 Your enthusiasm and joy for crochet makes me so happy and u constantly inspire me. Love and prayers 💗💗💗🙏🙏🙏🧶🧶🧶
Awwww! Thanks, Beth!!! I'm having so much fun crocheting my Six Day Star Blanket. I won't get to keep it because one of my daughters has already claimed it! 🩵💙🩷🤍
@@EliseRoseCrochet you’ll have to make another one 😂6DKB is addictive! Thanks so much for featuring the blanket in your video. So happy you’re enjoying it 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷
Absolutely love the Macaroon Blossom Afghan and the Fruit Garden Blanket. Bright colors always keep a project interesting. Also, I'm not an expert, but I have heard Sheepjes pronounced Sheep (like the animal) and the "jes" is like the name Jess.
Thank you, Elise, for these beautiful projects. I'm curious, what do you call project mojo that you need to finish a project? I look up inspiration for knitting or crocheting mojo and it's all about how to start getting into it again. I'm looking for the inspirational videos that will help me finish these wonderful designs when I'm in a slump and start looking at the next big idea. Can you make a video about how to power through your WIP before you jump to the next enticing project?
Finger knitting is quite relaxing and you get a bracelet at the end and it is easy it is just some weird slip knots. (Warning you are going to get hooked😂😂) hey elise what is the best yarn out of acrylic, cotton, or woolen please tell me which one is the best😊😊
I love all of your videos. I’m so glad I stopped to watch this one. I’ve been stalking your RUclips for I don’t know maybe a year or more. I haven’t gotten started crocheting again but you make me want to. The projects you featured on this video are amazing. I love the one you’ve started, and I would love to do it in a red and green motif for Christmas. And the last one oh my goodness I’d be so proud of myself if I was able to accomplish it. Thank you so much for sharing these beautiful projects.
Oh my! I have never seen anything more beautiful than these boredom Buster blankets. I pray you can heal fully🙏. I have trouble crocheting due to rotator cuff repair surgery. Pacing our projects is a good idea. Thank you for sharing. Remain happy, joyful and safe …… oh and TEACHABLE.!!!🧶
I’m a blanket maker only. I always need a metallic, sparkly yarn for girls. Variegated to keep my interest. Every one in my family is 5’9”-6’5”. So I make them extra long, so they cover their toes. Edit: just finished yesterday a 60 X 80 blanket. It took me 9 days. I’m super fast with my favorite stitch (1/2 double) favorite yarn (bernat blanket) Love your show & I don’t even make toys. But I learn tons. ♥️from Pittsburgh
Great Video Have you thought of doing a crochet retreat here in England Id book for that. You say "Scheepjes" as Sheep iees A Rep at a Wool festival told C and J are silent Janie Crow is lovely to talk to and she remembers you from last time and Stylecraft is brilliant yarn that bit of Flowers put it on a tote
I have pretty much the same criteria for my projects, be it in very fine thread or yarn. My favourites among the blankets you showed are the Painted Anemones, Mosaic Crochet, Macaroon Blossom and Fruit Garden. So beautiful!
What I leanred while making my first 6-Day Star Blanket from Betty McKnit: 1) Stitch counts matter! 2) Make sure you have the inside and outside corners (bends/dips/mountains/valleys or whatever you decide to call them) figured out before you walk away from the pattern. Yes, each row is a repeat of itself, but you'll wish you had the pattern at hand if you aren't solid on how the corners are treated for each row. 3) It's called a "6-Day" blanket because you *can* make a child's size blanket or lapghan in six days. Anything larger takes much more time as each row after that point is so much longer and *sooooo* many more stitches. In other words, you will **NOT** be completing a blanket for a queen-sized bed in 6 days, generally speaking. 4) If you are not prepared for it, the later and much longer rows repeating the same stitch pattern might bore you. When making a very large blanket, I had several hundred stitches in each row, growing exponentially as I completed these rows and it sometimes seemed never-ending. I'm already planning my next Star blanket, probably the Super Nova. All that noted above not-withstanding, I'm now hooked on these blankets. I'm also keeping a simmering WIP going with scraps, a regular 6-Day Star to eventually be used in the den as a utility snuggle. Does anyone else keep a simmering WIP going on the back burner? I think of it like the old pot of soup that gets all the leftovers, sitting on the back of the stove. Always there to salvage the last bits and bobs and always tasty comforting sustenance when you need it most.
Oh my goodness I’m so glad you made this video. I made a mosaic blanket for Christmas last year (and then gifted it) and I want to make another this year. I haven’t heard of juniper and Oakes until you mentioned her here and I just found she had a mosaic CAL going on right now! I spent the last hour down the rabbit hole and will be pickup up my yarn tomorrow 😂
Hello! These are all beautiful blanket patterns. The one you're making is gorgeous. I usually don't push myself, but I might just have to after I finish my WIP's. TFS Happy Crafting and God Bless
These blankets are absolutely gorgeous! Thank you once again for bringing your passion, energy, and enthusiasm to the wonderful world of crocheting!!!! You certainly inspire us to want to create these beautiful blankets!!!
The 6 day Star blanket looks like something I might actually do! I would normally not have the patience to do a whole blanket, but this one looks varied enough to hold my interest! Also thank you for the intro to Janie Crow - her designs are so beautiful!
I make blankets and amigaromi for the kids at my local hospital and I find I’m always trying to make my blankets super easy so I can mindlessly crochet after making an animal or doll . Thanks for sharing these 😊
Tip: if you type "scheepjes" into Google Translate, it will auto detect the language (Dutch) and give you the right pronouciation. Greetings from a Dutch person who wanted to type it out phonetically for you, but struggled too much with the "sch-" sound :P
Hi Elise, I really enjoyed your video today. I'm looking forward to making the star blanket. I do have a question. I hope you can help me. The various videos I try for making projects don't ever go into if you should block your work. I just finished making an adult hex sweater and 3 kids granny square sweater. Should I block the squares before sewing them together, or after sewing them, or don'tblock them at all? Looking forward to hearing from you. thanks
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I would likely block the squares before joining them and if it needed it I would block them again after it was finished! 🧶🧶🧶
I’ve made the star blanket! It took me around two weeks and allowed me to use all of the purple yarns I had from another project, I would have made it bigger but I ran out of yarn, if I ever find myself with more purple tones I would add to it, it’s on my living room now, as a decoration for my couch
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This is just a suggestion but why not take some of those pieces from the Janie crow blanket you started making and frame them and hang them on the wall as art pieces? They are beautifully made. I enjoy your channel so much. You are an inspiration!
Do they have Japanese? I want Japanese (it is not because of Amigurumis, LOL🤣🤣🤣). Some 30 years ago in college, I took about 1-2 academic years of Japanese and loved it.
Thanks for reminding me how much I looooooove making blankets!! I need another one on my hook asap
Yes!!!! They really are the palette cleaners of the crochet world! 🧶🧶🧶
And another book for us! ❤❤❤❤ 😊😊😊😊
@@EliseRoseCrochet I like that ☺️!
Heyyy, toni!!!
Sometimes you need those projects that give you a challenge. Granny square blankets fit that for me. Ooh wait, just saw the star and I must
I have gifted numerous "star" blankets and found they were being used as rugs! GASP!!! THEY'RE NOT RUGS!!!
I got this reaction too. Is it just because it's circular?
Darn it Elise.....I already have too many projects and here we go again! Thanks for all the research and the skillfully edited videos.
Haha!!! Guilty!! 🤣🤣🤣
I love the 4 categories you set up for yourself. My ADHD brain thanks you! These are definitely something that will keep my attention and not bore me out of making a blanket ❤
Thank you. I love the fact that your videos are not very long. I like to watch different content creators and sometimes I don't have the time for back to back long videos.😊
You are so welcome! ❤️❤️❤️
My responsible side is reminding me I currently have 8 or 9 WIPs...but these all look so beautiful! Maybe I could add just one more...
Lol!!! I totally understand!! 🤣🤣🤣
Ok my friend - I have a complaint. Your videos are to short! I look forward to it every week and it goes by to quickly! These are STUNNING projects! Thank you for sharing these great ideas.
Awww! Thank you!! ❤️❤️❤️
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I find this sometimes with other makers and my solution is to make a watch later play list for your chosen channel...so you can watch/save a few videos in a row...❤
I second this!
Yes 😊I agree. Also need variety after all those lovely Ami projects
I'm never bored with mosaic crochet. Once I start one, I have to finish. Great projects, Elise.
I can't wait to start a mosaic crochet project! 🧶🧶🧶
Even as a knitter, I find this video very inspiring and getting my creative juices flowing. Your videos are always filled with wonderful ideas and your enthusiasm is infectious.
I'm so glad you found it inspiring and got those creative juices flowing! 🧶🧶🧶
I can't believe the Fruit Garden blanket is a free pattern. It looks so gorgeous, OMG
It's incredible!!!! 🧶🧶🧶
My eyes popped out of my head basically when she said that was free!!
She has a book about it too - I ended up having to have the book!
It was free only between April and July 2020, according to the Ravelry page. 😢
Mixtape looks so cool! I have so many random scraps from baby hats, it may be perfect for me!
Yes!! It looks like a great scrappy project! 🧶🧶🧶
Love the colors of your Star Blanket. 🧶
Thank you!! It's for one of my daughters and she loves those colors! 🩷💙🩵🤍
Beautiful blankets! Appreciate your delving into all these patterns. I am familiar with all but a couple because I study patterns a lot. Just recently discovered Betty McKnit and signed up for her exercise class for crocheters. I would add Rachel of CypressTextiles’ Color Riot blanket. Thank you once again for an inspiring review!
You are so welcome! 🤗
🎉 I love your suggestions. The new patterns make me excited to start a new project. It is like a small child in a candy shop, too many fun ideas!
Haha!! That's how I feel too!! 🍭🍬🍫
Wow those are beautiful. And yes I want to do the 6 day star blanket. Thanks for sharing. I absolutely love your channel. Hugs my dear friend
Thank you so much!! The Six Day Star blanket is so much fun to work on! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
All of the blankets are beautiful. I make an 8 star baby blanket for everyone at my church who has a baby blanket starting one for little boy. Working on it as we travel next week
Beautiful! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Such lovely ideas on this video. That last banket.....I'm in awe..... Thank you for your videos❤
Isn't that one stunning? 🧶🧶🧶
This is why I have so many projects going at once. If I get bored with one, I put it aside and work on another one. Wish I had the perserverance to do one of those amazing flower blankets! Thanks for great content!
Those are the most stunning projects!!! 🌺🌸🌼
I’m currently making the Painted Anemones by Sandra in Scheepjes yarn nearly up to putting the border on it. ❤️❤️ doing it. Also done her Natures Walk ❤️did while travelling around in our caravan. Like your star one. Margy 🇦🇺👍🏻
The Painted Anemones is one of the most beautiful crochet blankets I've ever seen!!! 🩷🩷🩷
I'm typing from my mum's phone. I love your videos! I'm a teenager and I love to crochet amigurumi. I think these projects are beautiful. I wait for a new video every week and I watch them with my younger sisters. 🧶❤️ (I even crocheted your bunny pattern!)
Thank you so much!!! And that's wonderful! 🐰
I was 2 minutes in when I decided the 6-Day was the perfect project for me to do while I'm sick. I changed to Betty McKnit's channel, got four rows in, and zipped back here while continuing. I'm now flicking between the two as I work my rows.
I wish RUclips would allow me to post photos.
That is amazing!!! Beth's tutorials are fantastic!! 🧶🧶🧶
They are all GORGEOUS, but the Macaroon Blossom Crochet Afghan was almost enough to convince me to start crocheting again, despite shelves full of fabrics that I love to stitch on...I think that ruffley border is the loveliest thing I have ever seen
Hello Elise, in a previous video you mentioned taking a course to become a certified crocheter. I am very interested in learning about the process you took to get this class. I believe in taking courses for things I’m interested in. I just found your video stating the program you took. Thanks for that video; I’m going to sign up this week. You have been an inspiration to me and thank you. I’ve been crocheting since I was 7 and now I’m 77. I believe in taking courses for those subjects I’m interested. Did not know they had one for my first love crochet. Again thank you.❤❤❤❤❤ So happy!!!
Love those blankets. I want to do one of those more elaborate granny square blankets. Looks like fun. I'll put it on my list.
Me too! Sometimes I want to be challenged! 🧶🧶🧶
Exactly what I was looking for ❤ FYI: Scheepjes is a Dutch brand and it literally means « little boats »
Thank you for sharing! I thought it had something to do with sheep! 🐑🐑🐑
Have you tried "The Virus Pattern? I have made triangular shawls oblong & square blankets with this pattern.. It is or was also all over Pinterest. I have been crocheting since the age of 10 & now I am 74. I love retirement, I get to crochet daily...all day if I want! I enjoy your channel. Keep it up!
I have not tried that one....yet!!! 😅
It is adicting! Easy too with dc & ch & count to 3 or 5 or10.🐱
A wonderful video that is right up my alley! Elise, I have been crocheting since 1973 and to this day, I am addicted to making blankets...and the more intricate and colorful, the better! There are definitely more than a few here that I intend to make!
I didn't know you had a website! I will be visiting. I really like yarn reviews as so many of the yarns nowadays pill so badly. I have gotten quite picky about yarns but like you, I have a special fondness for Stylecraft Special DK. I love their color selection and I find the pilling is a bit less than comparable yarns here in the US.
I've been a silent follower of yours for several years. I've been on RUclips since almost the beginning and I've just lost the desire to comment much but I do leave "likes". I enjoy your channel so much and think you do beautiful work!
I loved one of your baby blankets so much in the background that I made in a throw size. So pretty!
Thank you so much! I agree that Stylecraft Special DK is a wonderful yarn for blankets! Thank you so much for your kind comment! It really means so much! ❤️❤️❤️
Jane Crowe patterns are sooo pretty.
I was almost disappointed. But you had her as last... pffew 😂
Working on "the spirit of flora" momentarily.
Love that.
(In stylecraft btw.)
Oooh!!! They are such gorgeous projects! 🧶🧶🧶
Hi Elise!
I started crocheting at the beginning of this month, and I gotta say, your videos have been SOOOO helpful! I'm actually in the middle of crocheting a blanket at the moment (my second ever, my first c2c!) and I'm freehanding it because I don't exactly know how to read patterns yet--I bought a ton of yarn at a yard sale, found a skein of Red Heart Calliope and wanted to make a blanket out of it only to find out that they discontinued that color OVER A DECADE AGO, so I'm integrating so many other colors and I've worked it so I'm working on the borders first???? The inside is still being workshopped. I'm so excited for this blanket! I also want to learn all the different stitches, so I think I'm going to take inspiration from these.
Wonderful!! You will learn so much by making your blanket and experimenting!! 🧶🧶🧶
I am currently obsessed with mosaic crochet! I wish more you tubers I follow would do more. It looks hard but is not at all!
It is soooo gorgeous and I love the projects from Juniper & Oakes! 🧶🧶🧶
This was a great video! We’ve been so swamped with farm projects and gardening. I’m longing to sit and knit/crochet 🧶
Sounds like you're living the dream! I would love to live on a farm! 🐮🦆🐷🐐
@@EliseRoseCrochet it’s is definitely a dream for us and non stop action ❤️ come visit us any time!!
Such beautiful blankets ! I can see why you are in love with them ☺️ . My oldest daughter loves to make one huge granny square blanket, to just relax. I’m working away on the Mr. Monster pattern by aquariwool. I’ve gotten one done but I need two more for my littles ☺️💕. Have a great week and keep cool 😎
How fun!!!! I love her patterns!! 👹
A coworker of my daughter is just starting Amigurumi, so I directed her to your website. She really loved the Mr. Pencil ❤️
Thanks so much again for sharing, and I S❤️ want to crochet that beautiful star blanket that you are making. Just like you, I haven’t dipped my toes into “fresh water” for a while, and I think I need to, after I finish this granny square blanket I’m working on🥴.
It really is nice to work on something totally new and different! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I’m just curious, if the blanket is easy to do?
Vanilla socks with stripes (from either scraps or minis, etc) can help keep boredom at bay but not make the process too boring. changing for stripes is a good way to make basic socks not too basic haha but making it easy enough to be mindless esp for watching something
i'm just finishing up the 2nd sock of this pair for a friend's boyfriend as a gift. i knit a basic vanilla sock except only 2 changes. i knit the cuff & foot in a granite-ish color, while changing to a emerald green/white marled yarn for the heel & toe for color interest. for the cuff, i did a 2 st cable on each end of my 2 needles, then only on the 1 needle for the foot. that way i get a nice little cable on opposite sides on the foot while having a nice heel/toe color!
Thank you for sharing!! 🧶🧶🧶
I made her 6 day kid blanket and it was so fun!!
It is such a great pattern!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thank you so much for including the Macaroon Blossom Afghan. Warms my heart and me my day! I appreciate it more than you can imagine.
All the designers/projects are scrubbing. ❤
Your designs are absolutely incredible!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Your cotton flower blocks, have you thought about blocking them and putting them in Shadow boxes and hanging them as pictures? I bet that would be beautiful.
That's such a great idea! Thank you for sharing! 🌸🌺🌼
It looks, to me, like those tablecloth my grand mother use to make in I the 80's. with much more delicat yarn the end result looked like lace.❤
I made the star blanket this winter as a New Year present for mom as I was really short on money. The design worked fine with a bit of variation of yarn weight so I could use my mixed stash. I also decided to change color each row. It was the most exciting part of the project and the blanket turned out quite psychodelic. 😁 Mom covers her yoga equipment with it now. 😁 Great design and very fun project, no regrets
How fun!!! I'm really enjoying making it and it will be a gift for my daughter as she loves the colors! 🩷🤍💙🩵
@@EliseRoseCrochet Ngl the color palette you've chosen is very beautiful, both contrast and calm. Beach house sunset I would say. Love it
Great ideas. I love these afghans.
I'm so glad you enjoyed them! 🧶🧶🧶
you had my adhd brain *hooked* at "boredom busting"
i love the barbie inspired checkered crop top im making but it's just dcs and im gettin bored of it. i pretty much only do it when i can zone out like when im calming down for the evening with my household, but it isn't helpful when i wanna do a project that's engaging.
thanks so much for reccing things in one place! you haven't steered me wrong once yet
Lol!! I'm so glad you enjoyed the projects and your Barbie inspired crop top sounds amazing! 🩷🩷🩷
Thank you soo much for sharing. I love your videos! I am going to attempt making the Mixed Tape Melody Crochet Blanket.
@@EliseRoseCrochet thanks! first time using cotton and my very first actual clothing item. very lucky I found a pattern that was really easy to adjust for my size. gonna start incorporating one of these projects in between working on it for sure!
Hi Elise and right now I am working on my cottage core mosaic blanket and granny squares blanket and butterfly mosaic blanket and a baby blanket and I love your channel and your videos and if you keep making videos I will keep watching them and what is your favorite crochet project to work on right now and favorite types of yarn to used when crocheting and keep up the great work on your RUclips channel and keep up the great work on your crochet projects
Thank you, Samantha! I am enjoying the Six Day Star Blanket! It's sitting on my lap right now! ⭐️ your butterfly mosaic project just sounds beautiful! 🦋
thank you so much!!! i get bored easily and i cannot stay focus on one project for a long time!!! I like the star blanket because I can around and around :)
I am currently making the Macaroon Blossom blanket for my teen granddaughter per her request! Enjoying it!❤😊
I'm so glad to know I'm not the only one who gravitates to afghans to combat crochet repetition! Although, I do sometimes make a "boring" 2 or 3 row repeat. I've been looking into many different square variations, just to learn stitches and techniques. I'll also work up shawls & doilies for variety. However, it seems I always go back to an afghan. Can never have too many blankets!
Totally agree! Never too many blankets! 🧶🧶🧶
Scheepes is pronounced "shape-yes." ❤👍🧶
Janie Crowe is one of my favourites, too! I HAVE TO get back to my Persian Tiles blanket. Thanks for the inspiration.🤗🥰
Thanks for sharing!! I think I can say that!!! Persian Tiles is one of my favorites!! 🧶🧶🧶
Another great video. Something to try for the inflammation and pain in your hands would be an elimination diet. Yes, I said it and you can get mad at me...but it works! When I go strict carnivore the pain in my hands is gone within 3 days. No sugar, no alchohol, no grains, even no veg. I know it sounds extreme but it's worth being able to crochet pain-free.
Thanks for sharing! 😊
I agree. For me it's grains, especially bread.
A big meat diet causes diverticulitis…no thanks…worst experience ever, be aware!
I love making blankets. I make one complicated one every winter, my favorites are any by Helen Shrimpton. I have made three of Mandala Madness (I have two daughters and they always want one).
Thank you for sharing! I'll have to look those up! 🧶🧶🧶
@@EliseRoseCrochet Her website is Crystals and Crochet. Any that were crochet alongs are free patterns.
A suggestion for people for color combinations after hearing about not even considering teaming Hot pink up with the other colors. Use color wheels! I use them a lot for project inspirations ♥
Great tip!! ❤️
@@EliseRoseCrochet Glad to help!
Im in the middle of a six day star blanket (it's taking much longer than 6 days) but I'm loving it! It really is a boredom buster because each row is slightly different
Yes!! I'm having so much fun with it too! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I love this video SO MUCH, it made me really motivated to try out some of these pattern myself!
As for the mosaic crochet: it does look intimidating for first and some versions of it (that require you cutting the thread at the end of every row) still aren't my greatest friend, but you don't necessarily have to do that and eventually I found myself completely addicted to it :D It works extra nice for pillow cases!
Thank you for sharing!! I bet those pillows are amazing! 🧶🧶🧶
OMG those websites you showed 😧😍🤯 Unbelievable creators out there!!
Yes!! The talent is unbelievable! 🧶🧶🧶
Beautiful projects! I need to remember this list for when I feel comfortable enough with my skills. Beginner here.
Dear Elise…I watch your channel regularly. You often mention that you have arthritis. When you crochet you are moving energy from your body through your fingers to your project. I would like to suggest a technique to help you.
What you do is to hold your hands up with the fingers spread as wide as you can but not straining or feeling any pain. Then, imagine/visualize energy returning to your body through the tips of your fingers. Work to see this energy moving through the arthritis blockages and soothing them and perhaps making them disappear. This actually doesn’t take very long. Take’s longer to describe than to do actually.
I love your channel and have been a fan for quite a while now. Oh, and I’m 76 years young and do the energy technique whenever my hands feel a little stiff when I’m crocheting. I have a touch of arthritis in only one finger and I’m working to clear it. I hope that if you try to this it will help you!
Best regards from a fan…
Susan
SAME MIXTAPE!!!! Love it! Great round up! Beautiful projects! ☺️🫶🏻🧶 ~ Lisa
Lol!!! I saw Bob Jovi and New Kids on the Block in concert the past few years and boy it made me feel old! 🤣🤣🤣
Gotta check out Janey.... and YES to this Star Blanket with "stash"!
Janey Crow is incredible!!! And the Sox Day Star blanket is so much fun! 🧶🧶🧶
You had me at ‘Anemones’, my favorite flower! That went right on my list. I can’t wait to see your finished Star blanket and how you’ll use it 😊
The Painted Anemones is absolutely stunning!! And my daughter has already claimed the Six Day Star Blanket! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I made that star blanket and will be taking it to a granddaughter in another state tomorrow! Thanks for sharing such beautiful projects! 💗
Awww! I bet she is going to love it!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
OMG, how gorgeous is the Mixtape Medley blanket?! My Gen X mind has fallen instantly in love with this sassy pattern combinations. It really shows rhyme, rhythm and melody of 80s music! Thank you so much for including this one in your list, at the time it was published I never noticed it. Now I'm plotting out my own color scheme with DROPS Karisma. I've found my fall/winter project!
I'm a fan of stitch sample blankets. I've done a few. I not only learn new stitches I can create a blanket with stitches I like. I have to start using some of my stash. I'm making a bucket list of things I'd like to create. I have to include the 5 Star. the Mosaic. and the Mixtape Medley blanket. Thank you so much.
All very beautiful projects, but that last one you’re correct, takes my breath away too! This is the first I’ve seen your channel. I crochet quite often, especially when giftgiving. I’m working on a beautiful granny square Afghan, that I recently found on Pinterest, made of the circle of friends, granny squares. I have to tell you I was steering away from doing Afghans, but when I saw it, I was so drawn, just as I am to many of these, I couldn’t help myself😀 such a nice channel. I’m gonna check on you again!
Thank you so much! Janie Crow is an incredible crochet designer and her patterns are works of art! 🖼️🧶❤️🐑
Wow... some crazy awesome ideas! Thanks for the tips!
You're so welcome! ❤️❤️🧶
Great selection to choose from, thank you ❣️🥰
Another boredom breaker is making tote bags ❣️
Great idea! Thanks for sharing! 🧶🧶🧶
Lovely Elise as usual u do not disappoint. I so look forward to your videos.😁 And I really missed u last week, hope all is good.💗🙏 Your enthusiasm and joy for crochet makes me so happy and u constantly inspire me. Love and prayers 💗💗💗🙏🙏🙏🧶🧶🧶
Thank you so much! ❤️🧶🧶
You are just the best. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Awwww! Thanks, Beth!!! I'm having so much fun crocheting my Six Day Star Blanket. I won't get to keep it because one of my daughters has already claimed it! 🩵💙🩷🤍
@@EliseRoseCrochet you’ll have to make another one 😂6DKB is addictive! Thanks so much for featuring the blanket in your video. So happy you’re enjoying it 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷
Those are absolutely gorgeous. Thanks for sharing!
Glad you like them! ❤️❤️❤️
I've added the star blanket to my queue, but when I'll get to it..........These are all stunning and I may add more to my list as time goes on.
It's such a fun project to work on!! 🧶🧶🧶
I am slowly working my way through the fruit garden in the cream colour scheme. It is tough but oh so much fun!
Oh I'm so jealous!!!!! That one is soooooo beautiful! ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for sharing these blanket projects. I have done the 6 day kids blanket and I love it. the star pattern looks fun.
The Six Day blankets are so much fun to work on! 🧶🧶🧶
@@EliseRoseCrochet All the flowery ones are amazing too! You have great taste in patterns.
Absolutely love the Macaroon Blossom Afghan and the Fruit Garden Blanket. Bright colors always keep a project interesting. Also, I'm not an expert, but I have heard Sheepjes pronounced Sheep (like the animal) and the "jes" is like the name Jess.
Thanks for sharing!! 🩷🩷🩷
Love your star blanket. So pretty.
Thank you! ⭐️❤️🧶
Thank you for showing these gorgeous crochet blanket patterns. 😊
I'm so glad you like them! 🧶🧶🧶
Thank you, Elise, for these beautiful projects. I'm curious, what do you call project mojo that you need to finish a project? I look up inspiration for knitting or crocheting mojo and it's all about how to start getting into it again. I'm looking for the inspirational videos that will help me finish these wonderful designs when I'm in a slump and start looking at the next big idea. Can you make a video about how to power through your WIP before you jump to the next enticing project?
That's a great idea for a video!! Thanks for the suggestion! ❤️❤️❤️
Finger knitting is quite relaxing and you get a bracelet at the end and it is easy it is just some weird slip knots. (Warning you are going to get hooked😂😂) hey elise what is the best yarn out of acrylic, cotton, or woolen please tell me which one is the best😊😊
Thank you! The best yarn really depends on the project! 🧶🧶🧶
Thanks hope a video comes on it soon😊😊. I am working for amigurumi it gets quite fuzzy. Hey can you do a QNA
I love all of your videos. I’m so glad I stopped to watch this one. I’ve been stalking your RUclips for I don’t know maybe a year or more. I haven’t gotten started crocheting again but you make me want to. The projects you featured on this video are amazing. I love the one you’ve started, and I would love to do it in a red and green motif for Christmas. And the last one oh my goodness I’d be so proud of myself if I was able to accomplish it. Thank you so much for sharing these beautiful projects.
I'm so glad you felt inspired!! There are so many amazing patterns to try!! 🧶🧶
I love your choices for projects.
Thank you so much! 🧶🧶🧶
I love that you're my age and you're so energetic! I have adhd, and I feel so kin to you!
Thank you for this VLog.I love! Mcknit 6 days blanket. 4 years ago I did 4 blankets for Christmas presents. Love her VLogs.
Yes!!! They are gorgeous patterns! ⭐️
Oh my! I have never seen anything more beautiful than these boredom Buster blankets. I pray you can heal fully🙏. I have trouble crocheting due to rotator cuff repair surgery. Pacing our projects is a good idea. Thank you for sharing. Remain happy, joyful and safe …… oh and TEACHABLE.!!!🧶
i have been needing a blanket pattern / idea and i have so much blanket yarn ! thank you so much elise , i love your videos ❤ they help me so much
You're so welcome! I'm glad you like them! ❤
Just wow! Now which one to choose😊
Exactly!! I love these projects! 🧶🧶🧶
I’m a blanket maker only. I always need a metallic, sparkly yarn for girls. Variegated to keep my interest.
Every one in my family is 5’9”-6’5”. So I make them extra long, so they cover their toes.
Edit: just finished yesterday a 60 X 80 blanket. It took me 9 days. I’m super fast with my favorite stitch (1/2 double) favorite yarn (bernat blanket)
Love your show & I don’t even make toys. But I learn tons.
♥️from Pittsburgh
Wow!!!! Your family sounds exactly the opposite from mine our tallest is around 5'9"! And you are super duper fast!!!! 🧶🧶🧶
Great Video Have you thought of doing a crochet retreat here in England Id book for that. You say "Scheepjes" as Sheep iees A Rep at a Wool festival told C and J are silent Janie Crow is lovely to talk to and she remembers you from last time and Stylecraft is brilliant yarn that bit of Flowers put it on a tote
Now that would be an amazing trip!!!!! And thanks for the pronunciation tips! 🐑❤️🧶
I have pretty much the same criteria for my projects, be it in very fine thread or yarn. My favourites among the blankets you showed are the Painted Anemones, Mosaic Crochet, Macaroon Blossom and Fruit Garden. So beautiful!
Wow! Thank you for this awesome list and video! I'm a fairly new subscriber and just love you and your work! Thanks again!
Awww! Thank you so much!! ❤️❤️❤️
I appreciate you, thank you for inspiring me 💟
You are so welcome! 🤗
What I leanred while making my first 6-Day Star Blanket from Betty McKnit: 1) Stitch counts matter! 2) Make sure you have the inside and outside corners (bends/dips/mountains/valleys or whatever you decide to call them) figured out before you walk away from the pattern. Yes, each row is a repeat of itself, but you'll wish you had the pattern at hand if you aren't solid on how the corners are treated for each row. 3) It's called a "6-Day" blanket because you *can* make a child's size blanket or lapghan in six days. Anything larger takes much more time as each row after that point is so much longer and *sooooo* many more stitches. In other words, you will **NOT** be completing a blanket for a queen-sized bed in 6 days, generally speaking. 4) If you are not prepared for it, the later and much longer rows repeating the same stitch pattern might bore you. When making a very large blanket, I had several hundred stitches in each row, growing exponentially as I completed these rows and it sometimes seemed never-ending.
I'm already planning my next Star blanket, probably the Super Nova. All that noted above not-withstanding, I'm now hooked on these blankets. I'm also keeping a simmering WIP going with scraps, a regular 6-Day Star to eventually be used in the den as a utility snuggle.
Does anyone else keep a simmering WIP going on the back burner? I think of it like the old pot of soup that gets all the leftovers, sitting on the back of the stove. Always there to salvage the last bits and bobs and always tasty comforting sustenance when you need it most.
Wow, you learned a lot from that blanket! I love that you're hooked on them! 🧶
Oh my goodness I’m so glad you made this video. I made a mosaic blanket for Christmas last year (and then gifted it) and I want to make another this year. I haven’t heard of juniper and Oakes until you mentioned her here and I just found she had a mosaic CAL going on right now! I spent the last hour down the rabbit hole and will be pickup up my yarn tomorrow 😂
I finished my fruit garden blanket last year! I now have one of the cherry heart blankets on my bucket list 😂
Hello! These are all beautiful blanket patterns. The one you're making is gorgeous. I usually don't push myself, but I might just have to after I finish my WIP's. TFS
Happy Crafting and God Bless
You're so welcome! The Six Day Star Blanket really is so much fun to make!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
These blankets are absolutely gorgeous! Thank you once again for bringing your passion, energy, and enthusiasm to the wonderful world of crocheting!!!! You certainly inspire us to want to create these beautiful blankets!!!
The 6 day Star blanket looks like something I might actually do! I would normally not have the patience to do a whole blanket, but this one looks varied enough to hold my interest!
Also thank you for the intro to Janie Crow - her designs are so beautiful!
I needed this video. Ive gotten bored and i have so much yarn left over im looking for something exciting. Thanks for the tip
Well, I have yarn and the heat is supposed to be oppressive today and tomorrow...so 6day blanket it is!!!
Woohoo!! You are going to love it!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I make blankets and amigaromi for the kids at my local hospital and I find I’m always trying to make my blankets super easy so I can mindlessly crochet after making an animal or doll . Thanks for sharing these 😊
Tip: if you type "scheepjes" into Google Translate, it will auto detect the language (Dutch) and give you the right pronouciation. Greetings from a Dutch person who wanted to type it out phonetically for you, but struggled too much with the "sch-" sound :P
Hi Elise, I really enjoyed your video today. I'm looking forward to making the star blanket. I do have a question. I hope you can help me. The various videos I try for making projects don't ever go into if you should block your work. I just finished making an adult hex sweater and 3 kids granny square sweater. Should I block the squares before sewing them together, or after sewing them, or don'tblock them at all? Looking forward to hearing from you. thanks
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I would likely block the squares before joining them and if it needed it I would block them again after it was finished! 🧶🧶🧶
I have crocheted Betty's 6 day ridgy didge star blanket. I enjoyed crocheting it so much that i croched her 6 day ridgy didge kid blanket next.
Her patterns are addictive!!!! So much fun!! 🧶🧶🧶
I’ve made the star blanket! It took me around two weeks and allowed me to use all of the purple yarns I had from another project, I would have made it bigger but I ran out of yarn, if I ever find myself with more purple tones I would add to it, it’s on my living room now, as a decoration for my couch
Oooh! That sounds gorgeous!! 💜💜💜