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5 Ebooks with Beautiful Crochet Flower Patterns

Every morning my children ask me if summer is coming yet. I tell them "soon, but we must have spring first" because, really, how could one skip the best time of the year when all the flowers are blooming??? I just love, love, the different colors, shapes, and types of flowers that exist. God's Creation just blows me away.  Recently, I shared a collection of 10 Spring Wreaths that you can crochet with links to free flower patterns. I realized that maybe you'd like to have even a larger variety of flowers to crochet or perhaps you'd like to use them for a different project. So I decided to dig in a little bit on Amazon and I found the BEST 5-EBooks with patterns to crochet beautiful flowers  Each e-book can be opened in your phone, computer, Kindle, etc. Enjoy them! 


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To make a beautiful crochet flower from the list below, you will need:

A Kindle App (Download FREE) or use a Kindle Tablet to keep all your patterns at your fingertip! Recommended Yarn:


Related: Best Places to Buy Yarn Online.

Cotton Yarn from Amazon or Cotton from Craftsy.

5 E-Books with Beautiful Crochet Flower Patterns

1. A Crochet Country Garden: Collection 2

These flowers patterns will teach you how to make square 12" squares using a 5mm crochet hook and worsted weight yarn. These patterns are ideal for making afghans, pillows, and decorative potholders. 

2. A Crochet Country Garden: 6 Elegant high-Relief floral afghans blocks to crochet

Use the patterns found in this book to crochet squares that measure 12" for an afghan, pillow, or even a flowery purse. 

3. A Crochet Garden in Spring, Book 2: 

4. Crocheted Flowers: 20 Projects to Make 

5.  Hooked on Flowers - 50 Flowers, 8 Leaves, 6 Critters Crochet Patterns

This e-book is a KEEPER! If there's a flower you have been wanting to make, the instructions will more than likely be here!  

What flowers are you going to crochet first?

Crochet Amigurumi Gifts to Make and Give for Christmas

Crocheting gifts for family or friends or even to sell is one of the top things to do for the Holiday Season. Perhaps you are crocheting scarfs, cowls, or maybe you are looking for toys to gift to the younger children. Amigurumi toys are a great option. Below you can find some of the best patterns to follow. The results will be divine. 

What are you going to make & gift this holiday season?

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Related Post: What do you need to make Amigurumi?


Make a Gingerbread Man using this pattern from Super Cute Design Shop. I have used her patterns, translated to several languages, easy to follow. And oh-my goodness. Have you seen her super YUMMY Instagram??? Her amigurumi look delicious!!!

You might also like her Christmas Cupcakes. 

Make a Scottie Dog Cushions or a Kitty-Cat Cushion using Annaboo's House Patterns.  These are some really CUTE looking little animals to adorn a bed or a couch. Great to snuggle!!! These make really wonderful gifts and work up really fast. 

If you are looking for a whale, I recommend using this pattern. It works up FAST!!! I completed this one in just a few hours. Loved it! 

Make a cute Deer in Vest using Amigurumi Pattern by Emeren's Love.  

Or this VERY adorable Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer by Rena Tienda. 

You could also make amigurumi cars or airplanes to gift using Marika's patterns. Use your most preferred cotton and G size hook. These work up fast as well. Invest time throughout the week to crochet the wheels and a day to sew up all the attachments. These look so cute made in all kinds of colors!!!

Train pattern 
Airplane pattern  

What are you going to make and give?

Share your pattern ideas in the comments. 

Happy Crochet!

Crochet Dishcloths - Everything You Wanted to Know

Guide to Crochet Dishcloths - Everything You Wanted to Know

Posts are split into 5 parts: 

POST 1:

10 Reasons to Crochet Dishcloths

POST 2:

What type of yarn to use to crochet dishcloths? 

POST 3:

35+ FREE Crochet Dishcloth Patterns

POST 4:

How to Care for Crochet Dishcloths?

POST 5:

6 Key Points to Sell Handmade Crochet 

35+ FREE Crochet Dishcloths Patterns Round Up

This post is part of a series of post related to Crochet Dishcloths - Everything You Wanted to Know. 

First Post: 10 reasons to crochet dishcloths. 
Second Post: What type of yarn to use to crochet dishcloths? 
Third Post: FREE Discloth Patterns <--you are here! 
Fourth Post: How to Care for Your Crochet Dishcloths? 
Fifth Post:  Guide to Sell Handmade Crochet 

FREE Crochet Dishcloths Patterns Round Up

15 FREE Patterns for Crochet Dishcloths/Washcloths - Compiled by The Stitchin Mommy 

20 FREE Patterns to Crochet Dishcloths - Compiled by Oombawka Design Crochet

What Type of Yarn to Use to Crochet Dishcloths? Frequently Asked Questions

Crochet Dishcloths are the one project everyone who crochets has made at one point or another. In reality, it is the one project beginners and crochet teachers turn to when teaching (or learning) to crochet. That is because it is a very simple project, like some sort of admission test to the hobby. 

This post is part of a series of post related to Crochet Dishcloths - Everything You Wanted to Know. 

First Post: 10 reasons to crochet dishcloths. 
Second Post: What type of yarn to use to crochet dishcloths? <--you are here! 
Third Post: FREE Dishcloth Patterns
Fourth Post: How to Care for Your Crochet Dishcloths?
Fifth Post: Guide to Sell Handmade Crochet

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Related Post: Best Places to Buy Yarn Online

Can I Use Any Yarn to Make Crochet Dishcloths?

You could use any yarn that you have on hand to make a dishcloth, like a sports yarn or acrylic as long as it is as a try-out. If you are looking to keeping your dishcloth and using it, then I recommend using the right yarn. 


So What is The best yarn to use when making a crochet dishcloth?



The best type of yarn you will use for making crochet dishcloths is cotton yarn. 


Why Use Cotton Yarn to Make Crochet Dishcloths?

Cotton Yarn is durable, strong, meant to get wet and be used A LOT. 

Cotton Yarn allows a project to hold its shape. Cotton does not stretch. 


Lion Brand Kitchen Cotton is an excellent choice to make crochet dishcloths. 

Lion Brand 24/7 Cotton Yarn is another very good option that will hold multiple washes!  

Lily Sugar 'n Cream is a widely used cotton yarn used to make dishcloths. In fact, the dishcloths made for my Most-Visited FREE pattern in this blog, Summer Breeze V-Stitch Dishcloths, were crocheted using this type of cotton yarn. I loved the rich colors and it crochets really well. Use a good hook and you are good to go! 

Other Patterns Made Using Cotton Yarn:

- Crochet Towel Holder FREE Pattern

- Crochet Tea Bag Holder FREE Pattern 

6 Key Points to Sell Handmade Crochet

Crocheting is fun, relaxing, and you get to  make beautiful things with a hook and yarn. You post a picture online showing your friends and family what you just made (or learned to make!). 

Next thing you know, people are sending you messages asking you to sell them your creations. 

Why not? Some extra cash would be nice AND you get to do what you love.  Sounds about right?

Selling Crochet is a fun endeavor. You get to pick the patterns, yarn, price, and how much you want to sell. 

Since there are many people are selling on Etsy and Amazon....
In a highly-competitive environment, 

Let me just tell you a few things:

You are your work are highly valuable

You are meant to stand out for what you do

Don't settle for less

In order to sell your handmade crochet, YOU need to stand out within the crowd. There are THOUSANDS of pages where people just like you are posting their items, hoping to sell them.

Only SOME actually sell. 


The secret? 6 key points to Sell Handmade Crochet

Guide to Sell Handmade Crochet 

1. Pick a Niche -  Focus on ONLY one type of item or even ONE pattern. 

2. Take beautiful pictures -- see this post where I show you how to take the BEST pictures of your items. 

3. Choose KEY words used for your listings

4. Charge 2 times your cost

5. Choose pretty packaging

6. Pick a time of the month (or quarter) where you plan on shipping