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Flip Flop Crochet Booties – This is my first crochet booties using a pair of flip flops (aka slippers, thongs). So there was a lot of frogging and experimentation along the way. I will try my best to detail the steps I took.
Flip Flop Crochet Booties (CH0522 -n/a)
MellowMe Cast On (MM Cast On) is my personal nickname for this crochet method of starting the foundation row in lieu of the standard chain cast on. The MM Cast On also makes a great crochet cord!
Actually there are 2 real names for the this method, depending on the function you intend to use it for. They are:
Too much of a mouth full even when acronymed don’t you think?
This method of starting a crochet piece was created by Melissa of MellowMe Creations and has been copyrighted with the US Copyright Office.
I was initially a bit skeptical – yet another way of doing things to have to learn. Waste of time, or so I thought. But I finally took the time, and it is definitely my favourite way of starting a crochet foundation chain from that point on.
Here is her youTube video.
Main Benefits of MM CastOn:
I use this method everywhere I can, be it for long or short pieces of work.
Tip:
You need to have a “tail” to start the MM foundation row. That is usually about 3 – 3.5 times the length of the final length you want.
I designed this Hello Blanket with the thought of providing some cuddle comfort to a child who might be going through a tough time in hospital. I hope to be able to send my finished Hello Blanket to a children’s cancer hospital. I am also planning to list the graph for this for anyone interested in the design.
Hello Blanket, C2C Crochet Blanket (CH0521 – n/a)
Lattice & Buds Fingerless Gloves happened in the lull between doing something else and waiting for the materials to arrive. While waiting, and twiddling my restless thumbs, feeling the cold seeping in through the doorways … my fingers itched for something warm to cozy up to. So I found myself in the long hallways of creating a full blown pattern tutorial for making these set of winter gloves.
Lattice and Buds Fingerless Gloves/Pattern (CH0520a&b)
The Invisible Join aka Needle Join (NJ) is a most useful and, in my opinion, a beautiful way to end a row of crochet stitches. This is used in circular work (e.g. making crochet mandalas, overlay crochet) … whenever you have to end one colour at the end of a circular row and switch to another colour.
I prefer the name IJ (Invisible Join) because you don’t always need to use a needle to effect this join. And it does produce an invisible joining stitch. Basically it invisibly joins your ending stitch to your starting stitch in circular work.
How to crochet the Invisible Join/Needle Join
Let’s do it!
