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Member's Newsletter | January 2012

Making it Simple

Ahh, the square: the most basic and versatile of our geometric friends! Every pattern you receive today is made from squares. Accessories, cozies, and dishcloths prove... it's hip to be square!

Learn or teach someone else to knit or crochet with these great patterns! Each includes diagrams and instructions, so those new to the art will have help every step of the way.

Knit Tutorials

Basic Dishcloth

Basic Dishcloth

Learn to make a square in garter stitch and you've learned the basis for so many other objects.

What You'll Learn

  • Casting on
  • Knit stitch
  • Casting off
  • Weaving in ends

Basic Striped Dishcloth

Shifting Colors Scarf

Basic Striped Dishcloth

Learn how to carry colors up the side of you work so you can create funky stripes.

Shifting Colors Scarf

Make five Basic Dishcloths and four Basic Striped Dishcloths - then learn how to seam them together into a fantastic color-blocked scarf!

What You'll Learn

  • Casting on
  • Knit stitch
  • Changing colors
  • Casting off
  • Weaving in ends

What You'll Learn

  • Casting on
  • Knit stitch
  • Changing colors
  • Casting off
  • Weaving in ends
  • Flat seam

Color Block Placemat

Tea Cozy

Color Block Placemat

Once you know how to make the Basic Dishcloth, learn how to seam!

Tea Cozy

Use seaming in specific places for specific uses - in this case, a tea cozy!

What You'll Learn

  • Casting on
  • Knit stitch
  • Casting off
  • Weaving in ends
  • Flat seam
  • Blanket stitch
  • Assembly diagram included

What You'll Learn

  • Casting on
  • Flat seam
  • Knit stitch
  • Casting off
  • Weaving in ends
  • Flat seam
  • Running stitch
  • Creating three-dimensional shapes

Free Crochet Tutorials

Basic Dishcloth

Basic Dishcloth

Learn the basic single crochet stitch and make dishcloths with these handy diagrams!

What You'll Learn

  • Slip knot
  • Chain stitch
  • Single crochet
  • Fastening off
  • Weaving in ends

Basic Striped Dishcloth

Potholder

Basic Striped Dishcloth

Changing shades becomes easy once you learn how to join colors together and weave in ends!

Potholder

Seam two sides of a dishcloth together for a thick, durable potholder!

What You'll Learn

  • Slip knot
  • Chain stitch
  • Single crochet
  • Joining colors
  • Fastening off
  • Weaving in ends

What You'll Learn

  • Slip knot
  • Chain stitch
  • Single crochet
  • Fastening off
  • Weaving in ends
  • Securing double thickness

Soap Cozy

Basic Striped French Press Cozy

Soap Cozy

The simple addition of a button and loop turns the Basic Dishcloth into an ingenious spa-themed gift!

Basic Striped French Press Cozy

Two dishcloths seamed on the edges makes an easily-adaptable french press cozy!

What You'll Learn

  • Slip knot
  • Chain stitch
  • Single crochet
  • Button loop
  • Fastening off
  • Weaving in ends

What You'll Learn

  • Slip knot
  • Chain stitch
  • Single crochet
  • Joining colors
  • Fastening off
  • Weaving in ends
  • Seaming sides

Lily Sugar'n Cream is available year round for your home decor projects, kitchen items, gifts, or anything else you can imagine making with your hooks and needles.

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Keep stitching!
- The Lily® Sugar'n Cream® Design Team

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