enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Shell stitch - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_stitch

    A shell stitch (or fan stitch) is a crochet motif often used as a border around other patterns or in staggered rows to create a distinctive fabric pattern. Shell stitches take the shape of arcs and semicircles, hence the name. [1] Shell stitches are often used as edging for crocheted items such as Afghan blankets and sweaters. [2]

  3. Picot - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picot

    Bobbin lace border with picot edging, Study Collection, ST271, ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen To create a picot in tatting, the first half of a double stitch is made, but instead of pulling the half-stitch taut against the stitch before it, the half-stitch is pinched against the foundation thread and held some distance from the stitch before it.

  4. Granny square - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granny_square

    According to Edie Eckman in The Crochet Answer Book, The familiar granny square is a special form of square motif. Although there are many variations on the granny square, the traditional one is a double-crocheted square made with a series of chains and double-crocheted blocks—a kind of filet crochet in the round.

  5. Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more.

  6. AOL Mail

    mail.aol.com

    Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!

  7. Afghan (blanket) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_(blanket)

    Although not a requirement, an edge or border is most often added to nicely finish off the blanket. [7] A graphghan is an afghan made by following a flat chart. This method uses a grid of colored squares to create a visual design. There are three main methods to making a graphghan: pixel crochet, corner-to-corner crochet, and tapestry crochet.

  8. Eliza Warren - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza_Warren

    Eliza Warren née Jervis (1810–1900) was an English writer on needlework and household management, and editor of the Ladies' Treasury magazine. She was best-known professionally by the pen-name Mrs. Warren, but after a second marriage was also known as Eliza Francis and Eliza Warren Francis.

  9. Overcast stitch - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overcast_stitch

    Overcast stitches may be reversible, as when they are used to join crochet block pieces of afghan blankets. There are several different kinds of overcast stitches. A straight overcast stitch is used for finishing edges in eyelets and cutwork. [3] A blanket stitch, used to finish edges of wool blankets, is another common overcast stitch.