Class
Nature-Inspired Crochet: The Leaf Collection
$39.99
$8.00
At a Glance:
- In-depth Instruction; over 369 mins
- On-demand video access anytime
- Bonus downloadable PDF resources
- Access to class Q&A
Item:
W0857E
This nature inspired class centers around crocheted leaf motifs that are created with post stitches. Crochet instructor Brenda K. B. Anderson designed three exclusive projects for this class: each project with a different unique leaf-inspired stitch pattern to learn. Each project was designed in such a way so that you will learn the leaf stitch pattern right away, as you begin, and if you choose to create the whole scarf, you can just keep working in the stitch pattern- no need to make a separate swatch! Brenda walks you through each project, each step of the way so that you can create your own scarf alongside her.
The first project we will make features a large leaf and flower bud arrangement on each end of a short, wide scarf. This scarf is just long enough to overlap across the chest and can be tucked into your coat or worn fastened in place with a shawl pin or cloak pin as shown in this video. This is a gorgeous but practical way to keep warm and doesn’t require a ton of time or materials to complete. All the post stitches are created on the right side of the scarf, which means that all the wrong side rows are simply working the basic stitch pattern across.
Next, we will be working up the Cascading Leaves Scarf. This generous scarf is extra cozy with cushy post stitches worked throughout the fabric, on both right side and wrong side rows resulting in a highly textured scarf that looks great on both sides. You will learn the difference between working front post stitches and back post stitches, as well as how to make post stitch decreases that will help shape the graceful leaves. This scarf is quite long but can easily be shortened (or lengthened) as Brenda explains in the class. Brenda also demonstrates how to create the decorative fringe across the ends of the scarf.
The third project is the Travelling Vine Scarf. This lovely scarf features an organic winding vine that grows out from the center of the scarf and travels to each end. The smooth background is created with one of Brenda’s favorite stitch patterns for framing post stitches. It lays flat, has minimal holes between stitches and really helps those post stitches pop!
For each lesson, Brenda shows you how to create the leafy stitch patterns as she works form a stitch chart. Each chart is included within the pattern download, so you can follow along. If you aren’t familiar with reading crochet charts, don’t worry! Brenda devotes an entire lesson to help you with this valuable skill! Charts are so helpful when creating post stitch patterns such as cables or these leaf motifs. Knowing how to work from them will help you understand how all the stitches relate to each other and will make the pattern so much easier to understand and therefore memorize.
Blocking is extra important for these stitch patterns and Brenda shows you how to do it for each project. Often, this is a step that crafters will skip, but you will see what a difference it makes! The cables become crisp, the edges neater, the stitches even out and perhaps most
noticeably, the fabric will soften and gain noticeable drape! You won’t want to miss this lesson as it will add that professional touch to your beautiful work!
With more than 6 hours of clear video instruction and access to three exclusive crochet patterns with charts designed just for this class, you will be well on your way to creating beautiful and unique handmade crochet pieces that celebrate nature.
In this session, Brenda introduces us to the three lovely designs that were made exclusively for this class: the Flower Bud Short Scarf, Cascading Leaves Scarf, and the Travelling Vine Scarf. Each project features a different stitch pattern to learn and a different style of construction. Brenda discusses the materials you will need for this class as well as what to expect to learn.
Crochet charts make it so much easier to understand how stitches relate to each other, which becomes more important for more complex and varied stitch patterns. In this lesson, Brenda explains what the stich patterns represent, and how to read them. She also gives tips for left-handed crocheters so that they know how to flip their chart so that their chart can be read in the same direction that they crochet and the written directions and the chart will match and make sense.
This session Brenda shows us how to create the Flower Bud Short Scarf. We will learn how to work in the knotted double crochet stitch pattern which is fantastic for the background of this scarf. Next, we will learn how to create post stitches and Brenda shows us row-by-row how to create this scarf. Brenda also discusses a simple modification we can make if we are using an inelastic yarn or are having trouble with the motif constricting the fabric too much vertically. At the end of this lesson Brenda demonstrates how to block the scarf for a more polished finish.
Brenda shows us how to create a beautiful all-over leaf pattern while making the Cascading Leaves Scarf. As she demonstrates each row, she shares tips so that we can gain a deeper understanding of the stitch pattern which makes reading your stitches (or memorizing each step) much easier to do. Brenda finishes this lesson by teaching us how to add the fringe and how to block the scarf for drape and to enhance the leaf pattern.
Brenda shows us how to work combinations of post stitches to create this organic design on a background of knotted double crochet. We learn how to make repeats in this stitch pattern to create a scarf. Along the way, Brenda shares tips to make reading your stitches easier. This helps to keep your place as you work through the pattern and makes it less likely to make a mistake.
In this lesson Brenda shows us how to work a modified repeat of the travelling vine stitch pattern to create each end of the scarf. She also shows us how to block our scarf and lastly how to add a small surface crochet detail to attach the “floating leaves” to the vine at the center of the scarf.
Brenda K.B. Anderson
Brenda K. B. Anderson crochets, knits, and sews into the wee hours after her kids have gone to bed. She loves designing stuffies that make her laugh, and accessories that beg to be worn over and over again by her friends and family. Brenda is the author of Beastly Crochet and Crochet Ever After and also teaches a Craftsy Class: Crochet Mittens and Fingerless gloves. She has contributed to several books and numerous magazines and is the managing editor of the Creative Crochet Corner. She lives in a little house in Saint Paul, MN where it is sweater weather nine months of the year and blogs about her crafty adventures at Craftsplosion.com.
Cascading Leaves Scarf
Travelling Vine Scarf
Flower Bud Short Scarf
Bonus Materials available for download after purchase.
