Kitchen Gift Set to Crochet for Christmas or Any Time

Are you in need of patterns for knitting or crocheting Christmas gifts for your loved ones, friends and colleagues? If so, our website is a great place to find project ideas, free patterns and recommendations for pay-for patterns that are truly worth the money.

Pictured above is a set that includes 2 crocheted potholders and one dishcloth. This set makes use of both Tunisian crochet and traditional crochet techniques for an interesting project that is as much fun to make as it is to give. I made my project samples in red, yellow and blue — but wouldn’t this set be adorable if you were to crochet it in red, white and green for Christmas? Or, you could re-color it into just about any 3 colors to match bakeware, dinnerware, kitchen decor, etc. If you have friends or relatives who like to bake Christmas cookies every year, this set would be a charming gift to give each of them.

If you aren’t yet familiar with Tunisian crochet, don’t worry; I’ve posted a free afghan stitch tutorial that will teach you the easy, basic stitch you need to know for crocheting these projects.

The patterns for making this set are free here on our website:

• Click here to get the free crochet potholder pattern.
• Click here to get the free crochet dishcloth pattern.

If you like this idea, but the set you see pictured above isn’t quite what you had in mind, I invite you to browse through our potholder patterns and dishcloth patterns to find more ideas. I’ve posted patterns for numerous other potholders and dishcloths that you might enjoy making — some of which are more “Christmas-y” than this set is. Here are a few highlights:

Christmas Crochet Potholder Patterns:

Striped Crochet Christmas Potholders: Free Pattern

Striped Crochet Christmas Potholders: Free Crochet Pattern

Snowflake Potholders

Crochet Snowflake Potholders

Christmas Potholders With Peppermint Stripes

Pictured at left is a red and white version of this potholder design, which resembles peppermint candy for Christmas. On the right we have the same design crocheted in variegated blue and green yarns — which are more of an everyday look.

Wonderful Knitting Patterns for Christmas and Other Occasions

Arne & Carlos Favorites includes Holiday patterns for Christmas, Halloween and Easter, plus everyday patterns too.

Arne & Carlos Favorite Designs: This is an AMAZING book filled with gift-worthy patterns for Christmas ornaments, knitted birds, toys, dolls, crochet blankets, knitted slippers, Scandinavian-style sweaters and bunches of other super cool projects. If you’re a proficient knitter, and you want to buy one craft pattern book that could give you patterns to use for making gifts for basically everyone on your gift list, this would be my suggestion for the book to buy. Most of the patterns are for knitters, with a few crochet and embroidery projects included as well.

If you need more Christmas gift ideas, I invite you to check out the following pages on our website:

• Christmas Knitting and Crochet Patterns
• Christmas Gift Ideas for Knitters and Crocheters — 2023 Edition

I hope you and yours will have a blessed holiday season this year!

Posted By: Amy Solovay

August Garden Journal Pages for Discbound Planners Like Happy Planner, Arc or Tul

Happy August, Crafty Friends!

Did you plant a garden this year? If so, how’s your harvest coming along? Did you enjoy any noteworthy successes, or did the bugs and birds eat everything before you had a chance to?

To those of you who did plant gardens, I hope your plants are flourishing, and that you havested lots of delightful flowers, vegetables, herbs, fruits and / or nuts — whatever it is you planted.

Have you started a garden journal to track your gardening successes and failures?

Sadly, I don’t have a garden this year. 🙁 But when I am actively gardening, I make garden journal pages to keep a record of what I’ve done and to make to-do lists that keep me on track on what needs to be done in the future. If this topic is interesting to you, you’re invited to check out more of my garden journal pages and read more about my process for making them.

If you maintain a garden journal, I’d love to know more about what you record in it and how it has helped you achieve your gardening goals. What do your garden journal pages look like? The floor is open for comments, so please feel free to ask questions or share insights in the comments area below.

Thanks so much for visiting! I truly appreciate your presence here.

Posted By: Amy Solovay