Harrisville Designs

There are likely innumerable ways to make a pom pom for crafting, or to top a knit hat. In this tutorial, we’ll show how to use our Harrisville Des...

The whip stitch is a useful seam to know. Although it does not create as strong of a seam as the mattress stitch, the whip stitch is an excellent ...

Seaming pieces of knitting using the mattress stitch is an incredibly useful technique. Seams add stability and structure to knit garments, prevent...

The cable cast-on is an incredibly useful technique, which allows knitters to cast-on more stitches in the middle of their knitting, or at the begi...

One of the most common cast-on methods is surely the long-tail cast-on. The edge is stable, without being terribly stretchy, making it perfect for ...

Welcome to Week 4 of the Elara Makealong! If you missed the previous week's tutorials, see the Casting on, and working in the round tutorial, as this week's tutorials build on the stitches learned in that post.

Welcome to Week 3 of the Elara Makealong! If you missed the previous week's tutorials, see the How to Swatch for the Elara Pullover tutorial, as this week's tutorials build on the stitches learned in that post.

Welcome back to the second week of our Elara Makealong! If this is the first post you've seen, and you're new to crochet, we recommend reading the How to Chain Stitch, Single + Double Crochet, and Treble Crochet and Beyond, as these skills are needed in this tutorial.

Note: If you missed the previous posts in our series and are brand-new to crochet, we recommend first reading our Chain Stitch and Single and Double Crochet tutorial, in that order. 

Note: If you missed the first post in our series and are brand-new to crochet, we recommend first reading our Chain Stitch tutorial, as this tutorial builds on skills learned in that post. One last note, we're using American Crochet terminology for these tutorials, and in-pattern for Elara—visit this page for a breakdown between UK and US crochet terminology, if you're familiar with the former.

Welcome to the first of our Elara Pullover tutorials! When this pattern was published, we'll admit to being hopeful more knitters, or crafters who haven't tried it in a long time, might see crochet in nightshades and decide to give it a go. A warm thank you to everyone who reached out to us, in the hopes we'd be able to help explain some of the crochet basics, so they might be able to tackle this design. 

The Nightshades 2019 collection is here Nightshades 2019 is here! A selection of texture-filled designs, eyelets, cables, ribbing, showcasing th...