Pepperberry Crochet

Crochet Basics Ebook / PDF

Whew, it's done!

Right Handed Crochet Basics

Left Handed Crochet Basics

There's one for lefties and one for righties, so make sure you pick the right one. It would be rather challenging to learn to crochet with the right-handed instructions when you're left handed, and vice versa. For reasons that aren't entirely clear to me, this was more difficult to put together than the patterns usually are.

I've decided to give Scribd a whirl for hosting the PDF files, mainly because typepad was struggling a bit with the upload, and this way you can be absolutely sure they're free of viruses.

At any rate, enjoy it, feel free to share it, and if there's something that needs to be fixed or that isn't entirely clear, by all means let me know and I'll try to correct it!

Brittle Star Crochet Pattern

The brittle star crochet pattern is finished!

Download brittle_star_pattern.pdf (735.5K)

I hope you enjoy it, and as always, I'd appreciate any feedback. :)

Pollen Count Free Pattern is Ready!

The pollen count pattern is finished and ready to go. I've added a download link here, and you can see more details about the pattern on the sidebar. Enjoy. At least these pollen grains won't give you the sniffles! :)

Download pollencount_pattern.pdf (577.5K)

Sneak Peek: Pollen Count Free Pattern

In homage to the pollen afflicting me and so many others, I'll be adding a free pattern to the site soon for various pollen grains. That would be grass pollen, pictured.

I've been waiting for Flickr to finish loading some images and reading through the storque, here's a post you may have missed that I think is important--it's about how the new optimized etsy search engine works.

Pop Tab Snowflake

Bonnie made the pop tab snowflake, but added extra rounds in the beginning to make it six pointed! Fantastic. :)

Guilt Notice Update

I've updated my infamous "Guilt Notice" on free patterns on this site. To sum it up (really) briefly, in it I state that I don't think it's creative or in the spirit of indie business to sell items made from other peoples' patterns, and that it's like saying "I'm not good enough".

This statement has provoked several nasty emails recently, and I've felt the need to add some information to it.

Normally, I would just add the info (which includes a new clause about items made for charity)  but I've added some information on The ARC of the United States, an umbrella organization of hundreds of ARCs around the US. The ARC is a non-profit organization supporting individuals with intellectual disabilities that needs help, from advocacy, to volunteers, to fundraising, and you can check out their website if you're interested in helping. The situation facing adults with intellectual disabilities in the US is pretty dire right now. I felt they were worth mentioning on the main page, too.

Pop Tab Snowflake Tutorial

I've spent the day working on pop tab snowflakes. I have a tutorial to make this that is available as a PDF, which you can access by clicking here, but I'd strongly recommend that you head over to Ravelry and get the PDF there. :) Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Lacet Scarf Pattern Available

If you go ahead and check out the sidebar to the left there, I've added a free pattern for a scarf. Happy Halloween!

Lacet Stitch Scarf

Lacet Stitch Scarf
Originally uploaded by crochetsamurai

Here's my latest. I printed out a list of vintage text crochet instructions, played around with one of them, and ended up with this scarf. It looks vaguely like hairpin lace crochet, sort of. I'm going to write up a pattern for this, since the vintage instructions are borderline incomprehensible (I'll post those and a link to the original soon) :) I'll have the pattern up at some point.

Amigurumi Alien Pattern

There's a new free pattern. You can grab it in the sidebar here or via Ravelry pattern download as a PDF. Enjoy labor day! :)