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A picnic-themed collection of crocheted objects
This collection created by Preeti Samraj and Jade Carrico of the International House of Crochet is a picnic-themed collection of crocheted objects. The collection includes a charcuterie board, spilled wine, cherry pie, crudites, shrimp cocktail, soda…
"Some Days I Don't Even Think of You" illusion knit
"Some days I don't even think of you" was a formative illusion knit in Emma Oliver's MFA program at Illinois State. It was the first time the illusion knits she made were hung in a room instead of being pinned to a wall, allowing the pieces to take…
Armadillo Wrap from Wild Knitting
The Center for Knit and Crochet’s July 2021 newsletter, In the Loop, invited readers to join a “What’s Your Favorite Vintage?” make-along. My mind immediately went to the knitted Armadillo Wrap from Angela Jeffs’ book, Wild Knitting (1979). I had…
Decorative Knitted, Beaded Collar with Bow
This is a beaded collar accessory designed to be worn over a sweater or top to dress it up. I made this to support and participate in CKC's Collar-Along Make-Along activity -- a make-along held in 2025 that was created to call attention to the beauty…
Metamorphic Magic, a crocheted mandala part of Mandalas of Transformation Collection
This piece is a crocheted mandala designed and made by textile artist Michelle Beerbower. It was made in 2025 as the commencing piece in her collection "Mandalas of Transformation". The artist used US crochet hook size I-9 and acrylic blend yarn.…
Pinky Bear
Long-time CKC Board member and Treasurer Marilyn Huset shared a pair of crocheted bears to CKC’s Community Collection: Crocheted Teddy Bears http://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/28639
CKC’s Board of Directors was charmed by the…
Scotland Shawl, Hand Knitted, with Cables
I traveled to Scotland with my husband in about 1998. He had cancer at the time and he wanted to make one last trip -- he chose England as his destination, and I said that if we went there, we would also have to go to Scotland, so I could enjoy…
Spindles, Peru
Spindles, Peru, 2017.
As an avid spinner, I was eager to bring home some spindles from our hiking trip to Peru in 2017. Our guide helped me find them during a visit to a weaving and textile cooperative called the Asociacion Civil Apu Salkantay,…
1970s Yellow Mohair Sweater
Description: Hand knitted Yellow Mohair Sweater, 1978, with V-neck, ties, cap sleeves.
Construction Details: knitted in flat pieces (back and front), seamed at sides and shoulders, with sleeve edges and neckband picked up after seaming to finish.…
A knit teddy bear named Biggie Bear 2.0
This bear was knit as a replacement for the original "Biggie Bear," a knit bear created using Bobbi Intveld's Baby Bobbi Bear pattern. Rebecca made it for her niece, and he became its owner's favorite stuffed bear. Unfortunately, the cotton yarn and…
A lily corsage crocheted with various threads
It's a corsage featuring two lilies and two button shaped circles crocheted added with an old cotton lace ribbon and strings of various kinds. I use this on a simple summer basket tote bag.
A mixed pale pinkish knitted cap
My mother's knitted gift to me one winter when I was still without any knit caps. Too girlish to be worn to work but I liked the colour mixtures and the quality of yarns. She added a matching floral broach to add some decorative element to it.
A multi-coloured snood
Mother made this for me when I needed something colorful to put on over around the neck of a colorless midnight navy blue A-line top to wear with skinny pants of white or light grey using whatever threads she had including feather type long haired…
A pale blue cap and a stole
This was made by my friend for me using the yarn I had bought in Australia on a trip. It's mohair, mixed water blue and smokey purple colours. The cap has ribs for a better fit, and the stole must be worn with a brooch as it is short.
A patchwork patterned knitted pouch
My mother, Teruko Hattori, made this pouch for me as a winter vanity case of a sort.
A patchwork patterned knitted pouch
My mother knitted this and gave as a wintertime key case.
A purple stole with sequins
My mother’s creation of a stole knitted with small sequins. It came with matching fingerless gloves but I have lost the gloves.
A Rainbow Snood
Knitted by my mother using a thin mohair thread of rainbow colors in a 7 color gradation. Knitted with a reverse in the middle of 14cm side.
Amigurumi squirrels and crochet woodland set
The Big Acorn Race is a 72-page crochet story and pattern book by Jennifer Olivarez that was published in 2016. The story follows the amigurumi characters from the crochet blog, Squirrel Picnic, as they compete to see who can get an acorn out of a…
Baby Layette
This layette set of cap, sweater and booties were made for Marilyn Huset by her mother, Marcelle Huset. The pattern came from the Jack Frost Baby Book Volume 47 published in 1946 with the price of 25¢ printed on the cover. The pattern number is 4701…
Baby pink untwisted snood
My mother Teruko Takahashi made this pale pink snood of elongated basket weave patterns with silk containing thread for an early spring use.
Ballerina Bunny, hand knit doll
This Ballerina Bunny was created in celebration of many important apects of my life. I was raised in a household where giving and receiving handmade dolls was a very big part of our family culture. The joy of making them has never gone away and only…
Basket knitted 2 samplers and a pouch made out of such with a string
Morhet was once very keen on learning this knitting pattern and made quite a few samplers of the same shape, in different but matching shades of colors and patchworked, appliqué to woolen cloth made bags of tartan patterns, and these small pouches.…
Basketweave patterned knitting made into a shoulder bag with suede leather
It's a smokey blue suede and shoulder length bag with my mother's knitted basketweave patterned front and back sides a little bigger than a half moon bag. Meant for use in winter with a magnet button in the inner middle with polyester lining with two…
Beaded Crocheted Jug Cover with 3-D Teacup
This crocheted jug cover has eighteen deep points around the outside edge. All but two points are weighted with yellow glass beads. It looks like two beads may have broken off; the loops that held them are still there. The center of the cover…