I've been crocheting for almost 45 years and still can't read a pattern. Having videos like your videos has opened up a whole new world of crocheting for me since I don't have to make up stitches or use the same ones that someone has shown me. I've done quite a few Catherine's Wheel blankets but I love listening to your tutorial over all the others. I get a big kick out of your lovely accent and the way you make it so easy to follow your directions. Thank you for posting!
I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS, I HAD NEVER EVER CROCHETED A DAY IN MY LIFE AND WATCHING UR VIDEOS HELPED ME MORE THAN ANY OTHER WEBSITES/VIDEOS I WATCHED.. THANK YOU BUNCHES!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I have been trying to figure this out with a written pattern, and even though I am an experienced crocheter, I struggled and just could not visualize it. I am so happy I found your video! Wonderful!
Thank you very much for this tutorial! I searched for a blanket pattern to make and decided on this one because it is just beautiful. I'm on row 3 and it's looking great. You are a wonderful teacher.
this is such a beautiful stitch! I am so happy I found your tutorial. i, along with many of the comments above me would love it if you could please post a written pattern for this blanket. I looked in your info box and didnt find it. thank you!
I love your videos! Your demo is easy to see and all we have is your voice. I searched other videos and they are HORRIBLE! There is funky music. the instructor is talking about other things, variations, Oh my... Here I am working on the 2d grandchild's blanket which I thought should be different than the first one. Thank you and keep up the good work.
trying the Cathrie Wheel. so pretty thanks for the tutorial. i love crocheting but fi d soooo many baby things. i dont have a baby in my life so i really appreciate tutorial for other items. i would love to see more of those. thanks.
Thank you for the great tutorial! I've wanted to make one of these for a long time and I think I'm finally going to tackle it. Your instructions are very clear and your voice is pleasant to listen to, as well! If you or anyone else could answer this question, I'd appreciate it. Does the length of the foundation chain pretty closely reflect the finished width of the blanket, or does the chain kind of lose length as you do the first row? That is, if I wanted a blanket that was approximately 60 in wide, would I make the chain about 60 inches long? I understand it is not your job to teach everyone on the internet how to crochet individually. 😂 But if I don't have to start this blanket four times, I'll be grateful. Thanks again!
To make a strong foundation crochet row, see /do a search for Teresa Richardson'sm "Crochet Geek" learning videos,. She teaches how to do the foundation row in either single crochet foundation or double crochet foundation & I use it all the time because with a regular chain, the edge looks sloppy. I you don't want to or can't do that, go down 2-sizes in your crochet needle for the regular crochet edge. Happy Crocheting.
going down in size for your foundation chains can make your starting edge too tight and therefore cause a deformed shape. There's another alternative: working your first row of stitches into the back bump of the starting chains gives a nice edge and making a loose chain will keep that starting row stretchy and not cause your work to be misshapen by a too tight starting edge.
Thanks for the tutorial. It's very easy to follow. I've started (and am almost done) with making this pattern into a baby blanket for my sister in law who is pregnant. Do you have any suggestions on placing a boarder on it. One side is lovely, the other where I'm changing colors isn't quite as polished and I think it would benefit from a boarder, but I'm not 100% sure how to go about it. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!
You have so fantastic voice and project, i love you work and still watiching you on instagram and UA-cam, God bless you because you have so talented ;)😘😘😘😘
Hi there, this video is super helpful, but I was wondering if you could help me work out how many base stitches I should chain if I am using a 3.25 hook and appropriate yarn? I would like it to be approximately 2.5X3.5 feet. but I am also thinking of putting a small border around the edge. Thanks in advance! Robyn.
Is there anyway on getting written instruction on catherine wheel please. It so beautiful all work you do is beautiful Your tutorial is great. I look forward to your next project. Thank you !
wow! have never seen this stitch before,it looks ace,definitely give this a go Thankyou, you explain it clearly and simple like me :) heehee have a lovely day from Wales
Please could you give us the exact details of the wool and colours you are using. I like the colour combinations you use. I learned how to crochet through your videos, something I never thought possible before. Thank you so very much....
For a baby blanket how many chains for the foundation? How is the counting for the foundation chains? In multiples of (?) . Is this pattern to be done all in one color? Thank you for the help.
This is beautiful. Can you please tell me if my rows are suppose to puff up. I'm on the fourth row and every row that I've done puffs up. Just wanted to know if that is normal before I go any farther. Great tutorial. Thank You. Could you PLEASE get back with me so I know if I'm doing this correctly. Thank you so much Roxanne
Hi Roxanne Parker, this pattern does tend to puff up a little bit. If you work your stitches looser it should become more even. Thank you for watching and your lovely comment x
Thank you for the tutorial. You have 5 different colors in this blanket, could you please tell us what colors and what brand of yarn you used? Kind regards.
+spunki79 I just now saw this video, myself, and found the site where you can get all the colors of yarn that she used in the video. It is called "Drops Lima" yarn, and you can see the colors at loveknitting dot com. They won't let me put the actual URL here, so that's why I wrote it as I did. :)
+spunki79 As Cindy said, it's 'Drops Lima' and according to the color chart, it looks like the blanket is made using the colors: Navy Blue, Grey Blue, Ice Blue, Pistachio and Off White. Availability varies so just search by 'Drops Lima' and you'll find who sells the colors you'd like to use (loveknitting dot com didn't have all of the colors when I looked just now).
If I just want to do 7 dc instead of 9 dc, what would the numbers of chains be “before and after” the stitches? Like, instead of the 4 ch and then the 3 ch done after the sc. I can’t really explain it right.
+LemireCassie Hi! I just looked up what I think are the colors on the 'Drops Lima' color chart. It looks like she used: Navy Blue, Grey Blue, Ice Blue, Pistachio and Off White. Hope that helps.
OMG! I must tell I don't know if its possible to have created a 'NEW' stitch, but watching you closely I realize I just made an entire Blanket (king size) with what I thought was a Double crochet. I made my stitch like this: with my starter stitch I yarn over, go into the stitch, yarn over, (this leaves 4 stitches on my hook) pull the 2 & 3 stitch over & off, yarn over and pull the last two stitches off. I thought that was a Dbl crochet! My blanket is GORGEOUS, but apparently I've done it wrong! I've never taken the 1st stitch by itself off! Is this a stitch? What have I done? I'd love to send a picture so you can see it! T.Y. ☺
love this pattern! my only problem is in row one, i have a huge gap in the middle of the 9 dbl crochets. does that mean my chain row is too tight or too loose?
I have the same problem. I tried it on two different types of yarn one is 100% acrylic and the other is a 50/50 acrylic blend and both have the gap in the middle of the 9 dbl crochets.
hi, I love this blanket, but I made a mistake i didn[t end up having a extra 3 chains at the end of row 1. is there anyway to save this or do I have to start ?thank you for your terrific tuortorials
I've pulled my work out twice...she doesn't offer a written pattern and so you have to follow her video...it does not work out at the end of the row....sad
It's a really pretty pattern! I will try it out sometime! :) Good job! It looks like you are starting to crochet in the 6th loop though, but I might be wrong :) Maybe you didn't count the one closest to the hook. Have a nice day!
+Sharon Underwood that is great! For this blanket a simple single crochet border would be nice. Attach your yarn into any stitch around, ch1, work 1sc into the stitch that you attached your yarn into, work 1sc into each stitch around working 4sc into each corner, work a sl st into the first st that you worked at fasten off. Repeat that round 2 more times. To see how to do this please see the end of my baby blanket tutorial (grey blanket with bunny in picture). I hope this helps, thank you for watching x
Sharon, how many balls of wool did you use to do the baby blanket and what was the overall size? I am tempted to try this but don't know if I have enough wool. :)
On the first row how do you stop that loop that you put the 9 dc in, from getting so big. It doesn't look anything like your small holes which are hardly noticeable.
Hi +cloudydaez to stop the big holes insert your hook through more than one loop. If you just go through one loop of each chain you will get big holes. i hope this helps, thank you for watching x
+WoolyWondersCrochet thank you for the reply but I'm watching intently and you are inserting through the top loop so I don't understand what you mean by saying insert through more than one loop. Am I missing something?
+WoolyWondersCrochet it's ok I worked it out thank you it does make a difference going through the two loops I just wondered how it's not making a big hole for you when you're just going through the top loop.
Do you have written instructions somewhere? I'm hard of hearing...sorry. I can't understand the numbers. Foundation chain- multiples of 8?. Then the first time you do the 9 double crochets. You do an extra chain then go back & put it into the 5th chain.
+kina kw She means that you can increase or decrease the size of the blanket using only multiples of 8 or the pattern will not come out correctly. So, 64, 72, 80, 88, 96, 104,112, 120, 128, etc. stitches for your foundation chain. Anything in between won't work in order to achieve this pattern. You determine how large or small a blanket you want. Hope that helps.
first ,I have to say to you this kind ,generous ,talented lady has taken he time to share with YOU how to do this stitch. And second, turn off your speaker instead of being rude on a public forum.
I've been crocheting for almost 45 years and still can't read a pattern. Having videos like your videos has opened up a whole new world of crocheting for me since I don't have to make up stitches or use the same ones that someone has shown me. I've done quite a few Catherine's Wheel blankets but I love listening to your tutorial over all the others. I get a big kick out of your lovely accent and the way you make it so easy to follow your directions. Thank you for posting!
I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS, I HAD NEVER EVER CROCHETED A DAY IN MY LIFE AND WATCHING UR VIDEOS HELPED ME MORE THAN ANY OTHER WEBSITES/VIDEOS I WATCHED.. THANK YOU BUNCHES!
Thank you so much for this tutorial!! I have been struggling with the Catherine wheel stitch, but your explanation of it has helped me immensely!!!
Karly McCurdy I am really pleased I could help, it is one of my favourite stitches! Thank you for watching x
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I have been trying to figure this out with a written pattern, and even though I am an experienced crocheter, I struggled and just could not visualize it. I am so happy I found your video! Wonderful!
No problem! I am really pleased you enjoyed my tutorial x
You explain things so well!!! Somehow you make it all make sense! Thank you please don't ever stop teaching!!!!!!!😍
You are like the Mary Poppins of crochet.
:D x
Hahaha omg yes!! I totally get it! Just a spoon full-ah sugah!
WoolyWondersCrochet mio
Thank you always, its areal joy to take ones own quality time to do this craft.
The best tutorial for beginner in crochet so far. Awesome and keep coming for new learner. Thumbs up!
+Suriani Zainal Thank you x
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It's true! you do make difficult stitches so easy and i love your accent!!! thank you so much for all your help
Thank you very much for this tutorial! I searched for a blanket pattern to make and decided on this one because it is just beautiful. I'm on row 3 and it's looking great. You are a wonderful teacher.
Beautiful work and a great tutorial! Thank you so much for sharing. This will be a Christmas present for my oldest child!
Thank you so much. You make me think I could maybe actually do this!
This is a beautiful stitch. I used cream and country blue and it's lovely.
this is such a beautiful stitch! I am so happy I found your tutorial. i, along with many of the comments above me would love it if you could please post a written pattern for this blanket. I looked in your info box and didnt find it. thank you!
I love you accent. I've learnt so much from you. I love all your work
you helped me different stitches on making blankets, your tutorial is awesome and so easy to follow.
I love your videos! Your demo is easy to see and all we have is your voice. I searched other videos and they are HORRIBLE!
There is funky music. the instructor is talking about other things, variations, Oh my... Here I am working on the 2d grandchild's blanket which I thought should be different than the first one. Thank you and keep up the good work.
🕊🕊🕊your amazing I love the way you explain every step. You are the Queen of Crochet.
Thank you for the video! I followed it and made a blanket. Got a lot of compliments for it too. 😊😊
trying the Cathrie Wheel. so pretty thanks for the tutorial. i love crocheting but fi d soooo many baby things. i dont have a baby in my life so i really appreciate tutorial for other items. i would love to see more of those. thanks.
Thank you for the great tutorial! I've wanted to make one of these for a long time and I think I'm finally going to tackle it. Your instructions are very clear and your voice is pleasant to listen to, as well!
If you or anyone else could answer this question, I'd appreciate it. Does the length of the foundation chain pretty closely reflect the finished width of the blanket, or does the chain kind of lose length as you do the first row? That is, if I wanted a blanket that was approximately 60 in wide, would I make the chain about 60 inches long? I understand it is not your job to teach everyone on the internet how to crochet individually. 😂 But if I don't have to start this blanket four times, I'll be grateful. Thanks again!
Love this stich I have learn so munch from you. Thank you.
To make a strong foundation crochet row, see /do a search for Teresa Richardson'sm "Crochet Geek" learning videos,. She teaches how to do the foundation row in either single crochet foundation or double crochet foundation & I use it all the time because with a regular chain, the edge looks sloppy. I you don't want to or can't do that, go down 2-sizes in your crochet needle for the regular crochet edge. Happy Crocheting.
going down in size for your foundation chains can make your starting edge too tight and therefore cause a deformed shape.
There's another alternative: working your first row of stitches into the back bump of the starting chains gives a nice edge and making a loose chain will keep that starting row stretchy and not cause your work to be misshapen by a too tight starting edge.
Thanks for the tutorial. It's very easy to follow. I've started (and am almost done) with making this pattern into a baby blanket for my sister in law who is pregnant. Do you have any suggestions on placing a boarder on it. One side is lovely, the other where I'm changing colors isn't quite as polished and I think it would benefit from a boarder, but I'm not 100% sure how to go about it. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!
You have so fantastic voice and project, i love you work and still watiching you on instagram and UA-cam, God bless you because you have so talented ;)😘😘😘😘
Beautiful stitch and wonderful video! Could you provide the colors that you used...they are beautiful together.
Hi there, this video is super helpful, but I was wondering if you could help me work out how many base stitches
I should chain if I am using a 3.25 hook and appropriate yarn? I would like it to be approximately 2.5X3.5 feet. but I am also thinking of putting a small border around the edge. Thanks in advance!
Robyn.
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Loving your channel. Your instructions are so clear and easy to follow. Please keep up the hard work on our behalf.
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Kim Perry Thank you very much for your support x
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Is there anyway on getting written instruction on catherine wheel please. It so beautiful all work you do is beautiful Your tutorial is great. I look forward to your next project. Thank you !
wow! have never seen this stitch before,it looks ace,definitely give this a go Thankyou, you explain it clearly and simple like me :) heehee have a lovely day from Wales
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It's very cool. I like this pattern
Please could you give us the exact details of the wool and colours you are using. I like the colour combinations you use. I learned how to crochet through your videos, something I never thought possible before. Thank you so very much....
I love the pattern and am excited try it, can you please tell me how much yarn you used?
Great instruction. I love it.
You're tutorials are so clear! Such a great instructor! Do you have a written pattern somewhere? Thanks for all your work!
For a baby blanket how many chains for the foundation? How is the counting for the foundation chains? In multiples of (?) . Is this pattern to be done all in one color? Thank you for the help.
This is beautiful. Can you please tell me if my rows are suppose to puff up. I'm on the fourth row and every row that I've done puffs up. Just wanted to know if that is normal before I go any farther. Great tutorial. Thank You. Could you PLEASE get back with me so I know if I'm doing this correctly. Thank you so much Roxanne
Hi Roxanne Parker, this pattern does tend to puff up a little bit. If you work your stitches looser it should become more even. Thank you for watching and your lovely comment x
Thank you so much for responding back to me. Roxanne
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Any estimations on how much wool i would need to make an average throw? I don't mind having leftovers, but don't want to run out half way through.
Thank you for the tutorial. You have 5 different colors in this blanket, could you please tell us what colors and what brand of yarn you used? Kind regards.
+spunki79 I just now saw this video, myself, and found the site where you can get all the colors of yarn that she used in the video. It is called "Drops Lima" yarn, and you can see the colors at loveknitting dot com. They won't let me put the actual URL here, so that's why I wrote it as I did. :)
+spunki79 As Cindy said, it's 'Drops Lima' and according to the color chart, it looks like the blanket is made using the colors: Navy Blue, Grey Blue, Ice Blue, Pistachio and Off White. Availability varies so just search by 'Drops Lima' and you'll find who sells the colors you'd like to use (loveknitting dot com didn't have all of the colors when I looked just now).
Would you have a written pattern for this please?
How many skeins of yarn and what size hook please! Thank you!!
If I just want to do 7 dc instead of 9 dc, what would the numbers of chains be “before and after” the stitches? Like, instead of the 4 ch and then the 3 ch done after the sc. I can’t really explain it right.
So beautiful! Can you make a poncho using this stitch please?
beautiful pattern! can i also use this pattern to make a scarf or shawl?
What ply of wool would you use for this for a baby blanket, would 8 ply (double knit)? thanks
I got 3 colors a sage, barn red/dark cranberry, and an ivory tweed. Trying to figure out how to do the colors on this stitch
Do you know of any links showing how to make an edging(border) for a shell stitch throw?
Beautiful! I love crocheting using your videos. Could you please tell me the 5 colors used in this video. Just amazinig!! Thank you.
+LemireCassie Hi! I just looked up what I think are the colors on the 'Drops Lima' color chart. It looks like she used: Navy Blue, Grey Blue, Ice Blue, Pistachio and Off White. Hope that helps.
Thank you so much.
OMG! I must tell I don't know if its possible to have created a 'NEW' stitch, but watching you closely I realize I just made an entire Blanket (king size) with what I thought was a Double crochet. I made my stitch like this: with my starter stitch I yarn over, go into the stitch, yarn over, (this leaves 4 stitches on my hook) pull the 2 & 3 stitch over & off, yarn over and pull the last two stitches off. I thought that was a Dbl crochet! My blanket is GORGEOUS, but apparently I've done it wrong! I've never taken the 1st stitch by itself off! Is this a stitch? What have I done? I'd love to send a picture so you can see it! T.Y. ☺
+Susan Pethtal
ive been doing the same too!
love this pattern! my only problem is in row one, i have a huge gap in the middle of the 9 dbl crochets. does that mean my chain row is too tight or too loose?
I have the same problem. I tried it on two different types of yarn one is 100% acrylic and the other is a 50/50 acrylic blend and both have the gap in the middle of the 9 dbl crochets.
Jennifer Kutrick
hi, I love this blanket, but I made a mistake i didn[t end up having a extra 3 chains at the end of row 1. is there anyway to save this or do I have to start ?thank you for your terrific tuortorials
natalie morgan it happened the same to me!
How did you work it out?
I've pulled my work out twice...she doesn't offer a written pattern and so you have to follow her video...it does not work out at the end of the row....sad
You are talented
It's a really pretty pattern! I will try it out sometime! :) Good job!
It looks like you are starting to crochet in the 6th loop though, but I might be wrong :) Maybe you didn't count the one closest to the hook. Have a nice day!
Leijona88
How do you estimate how much yarn is needed of each color?
Hello, can you tell me where I can get the written pattern for this beautiful blanket?
How much Yarn did you need for the Blanket and what size is it ?
Would you please be able to advise how to do a border on this blanket thankhs
do you have a written pattern? I love this pattern and want to make this pattern but i follow with a written pattern. thank you.
how much yarn do you use for a full size afghan?
wonderful, thank you !
Will you please do the crocodile stitch
Or if you know someone that has the same pattern that you work on that would be great too!
is there a written pattern for this anywhere? i cant find one thats the same as this
Hi, I've just finished my first baby blanket, but I don't know what kind of edging to do. Can you help please?
+Sharon Underwood that is great! For this blanket a simple single crochet border would be nice. Attach your yarn into any stitch around, ch1, work 1sc into the stitch that you attached your yarn into, work 1sc into each stitch around working 4sc into each corner, work a sl st into the first st that you worked at fasten off. Repeat that round 2 more times. To see how to do this please see the end of my baby blanket tutorial (grey blanket with bunny in picture). I hope this helps, thank you for watching x
Thankyou.x
Sharon, how many balls of wool did you use to do the baby blanket and what was the overall size? I am tempted to try this but don't know if I have enough wool. :)
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On the first row how do you stop that loop that you put the 9 dc in, from getting so big. It doesn't look anything like your small holes which are hardly noticeable.
Hi +cloudydaez to stop the big holes insert your hook through more than one loop. If you just go through one loop of each chain you will get big holes. i hope this helps, thank you for watching x
+WoolyWondersCrochet thank you for the reply but I'm watching intently and you are inserting through the top loop so I don't understand what you mean by saying insert through more than one loop. Am I missing something?
+WoolyWondersCrochet it's ok I worked it out thank you it does make a difference going through the two loops I just wondered how it's not making a big hole for you when you're just going through the top loop.
What size hook
What size hook?
Could you plz tell me what size crochet hook you are using plz
Hi susan swanson, I always say what crochet hook and yarn I am using in the description box of each video. Thank you for watching x
Is there a written pattern?
does anyone know why when I follow this I keep getting big holes in each one that I complete? what am I doing wrong, please help me :(
Easy! Thank you. :)
tried to do it twice going wrong at the ends but going to try it a 3rd time lucky
Do you have written instructions somewhere? I'm hard of hearing...sorry. I can't understand the numbers. Foundation chain- multiples of 8?. Then the first time you do the 9 double crochets. You do an extra chain then go back & put it into the 5th chain.
What do you mean the multiple og eight of chain?
+kina kw She means that you can increase or decrease the size of the blanket using only multiples of 8 or the pattern will not come out correctly. So, 64, 72, 80, 88, 96, 104,112, 120, 128, etc. stitches for your foundation chain. Anything in between won't work in order to achieve this pattern. You determine how large or small a blanket you want. Hope that helps.
+Susiehomemaker Smith ...will you pls tell the quantity required for a adult blanket.
Can I use this pattern with a 5mm hook?
Hi Jessica Catalano, you can use whatever size crochet hook you like as long as you use suitable yarn for your hook. Thanks for watching x
Yay I'm so excited!!! I love your videos!!! Me and my daughter have been watching and learning so much from you! Thank you!!!!
Don't kill me ,😂 why can't I find the description ? Would like to see part 2
Love it must try thank you looks beautiful x
Where are the written instructions? Thanks.
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This is a great pattern and excellent tutorial but the stitches are American not UK stitch names. A little confusing at first.
I wish they would add written instructions.
Good
writen intructions please
I'm sorry
Very nice but too much talking Oufffffffffffffffffffffffff :(
1963Sammie this talking is called "explanations".
first ,I have to say to you this kind ,generous ,talented lady has taken he time to share with YOU how to do this stitch. And second, turn off your speaker instead of being rude on a public forum.
Watching her video....it looks like she only has 3 stitches left @ the end of row 1...
Can worsted weight yarn be used to make this
does anyone know why when I follow this I keep getting big holes in each one that I complete? what am I doing wrong, please help me :(