The Shtick I Do

My lovely sister, Shelon - who has the blog Gems from God , has requested a pattern for how I made this spike stitch beanie so I'm going to post that for today. I hope you enjoy it. Feel free to share pics of your hat over on my Facebook page, Crochet2002 !   Spike Stitch Beanie Materials : 2 colors of Red Heart Soft size I/5.5MM crochet hook scissors yarn needle for weaving in the ends Close up of the Spike Stitch Stitches used : Chain (ch) Slip Stitch (sl st) Single Crochet ( SC ) Double Crochet ( DC ) Spike Stitch ( SpSt ) Magic Circle I use American terminology; here's a converter! US UK chain(ch) chain(ch) single crochet (sc) double crochet (dc) double crochet (dc) treble (tr) half double crochet (hdc) half treble (htr) triple crochet (trc) double treble (dtr) slip stitch (sl st) slip stitch (sl st)         (Image from Yarn Forward ) NOTES : As always the color choice is your own but for a more dramatic...

So, this week I’m trying something different. I want to make some videos for my mother (who lives over 900 miles from me) so she can learn some of the tricks I’ve picked up along the way. Mostly shortcuts that make some stitches easier and others that just make the stitches look better. Most of them I’m sure you guys already know. This video is one of those tricks. I picked it up on the internet, and much to my chagrin, I can’t remember where I learned it. I didn’t save the link so I’m lost as to the site name. If someone knows where that might be, please, comment below and provide the link or the site name. That would be very much appreciated! Along with not being able to remember the link/site, I can’t remember what she called it! But it needs a name, right? I think I’ll call it a Modified No-chain Starting Double Crochet . I know it’s a mouthful but that’s what it is. Previously I’d tried to make some videos using one of my kids as a cameraman (riiiight) and that didn’t turn o...