I really like the chart for a filet crochet doily :))
Links:
Filet Crochet Doilies (Zählmuster für runde Deckchen in Filethäkelei) (German)
…compilation of tutorials
I really like the chart for a filet crochet doily :))
Links:
Filet Crochet Doilies (Zählmuster für runde Deckchen in Filethäkelei) (German)
Filet crochet in rounds? What for?
Well, I find that it looks simply better with symmetrical patterns like those of the random squares pattern generator :)
It can that you don’t see any difference from far away, but from close I find it more beautiful if the stripes pattern made from the double crochets radiates from the center.
And that’s how the same pattern looks if filet crocheted the normal way.
The other one is much more beautiful, isn’t it?
;-)
Actually it’s another form of crochet medaillons, that you simply join.
You can have a filled or empty middle square…
…that you crochet the normal way:
You crochet the empty middle square from 4 ch for the ‘bottom’, 3 ch for the right side, 2 ch for the ‘lid’ and 1 dc for the left side (that are 9 chains and one double crochet in the first chain) and
you crochet the filled middle square from 4 ch for the ‘bottom’, 3 ch for the right side, 3 dc for the ‘filling’ (these are 7 chains and three double crochets in the first three chains).
Or you can have four filled or empty middle squares.
You can crochet the empty middle squares the normal way, too (7 ch for the bottom of two squares, 3 ch for the right side, 2 ch for the ‘lid’, 1 dc for the side, 2 ch for the ‘lid’ of the left square and 1 dc for the left side), then turn and add two more squares on top.
You should begin the filled middle squares in the center: 4 ch for the bottom of the 1st square, 3 ch for the side of the 1st square, 3 dc for the filling and the other side of the 1st square, then 3 ch for the side of the 2nd square, 3 dc for the filling and the other side of the 2nd square in the last dc of the 1st square, continue this way until you have crocheted all four squares.
Here you see using the example of an empty middle square from the top how to continue: you crochet 3 ch for the side of the 2nd square(!) of the 2nd round, 3 dc to fill and finish the 2nd square. For the empty corner square you crochet ‘around the corner’: simply 5 ch and a filled square again by crocheting 4 dc. Continue this way until you join the round with a slip stitch at the end.
For filled corner squares you always(!) crochet it to be the first of the side by crocheting 3 ch as for the empty square but then you crochet the following two dc in the last dc of the previous square.
Here you can see again how a filet crochet square worked in rounds with one middle square is constructed (I turned the numbers so that you also can see the work direction of the actual square).
You can see at squares 2 und 10 that you begin a round always in the same column.
And here you can see how a filet crochet square worked in rounds with four middle squares is constructed (here again I turned the numbers so that you also can see the work direction of the actual square).
You can see at squares 5 und 17 that you begin a round always in the same column.
That’s the pattern I used for the swatches, I let it generate with the Random Squares Pattern Generator.
Of course ;-)
(To save the pictures click them with the right mouse button and select ‘Save image as…’ or similar)
The pattern:
The quarter pattern:
The border:
The repeated pattern:
And perhaps the whole as a summer shawl, straight or triangular:
Well, the whole thing is ‘cheated’ from photos of my swatches, especially ‘cheated’ because a single square is crocheted from cotton thread and has only a side length of about 10 cm. As per Pythagoras Calculator the triangular shawl was about 70 cm at the longest side and therefore rather a kerchief ;-))
Links:
Here at unikatissima:
Random Squares Pattern Generator
Clothes From Crocheted Medaillons
Entries containing the word ‘medaillon’
Online Pythagoras Calculator
Instructions for filet crochet:
Filethäkel-Anleitung (CROCHET TUTORIAL) (English)
Filethäkeln-Grundanleitung (German)
At both tutorials there are instructions for increasing and decreasing, too, which you can use e.g. for the triangular half squares of the triangular shawl on the photo.
I know filet crochet with strewn little flowers for any length of time, but when I found an instruction I had to give it a try:
It’s fun! ;-)
On the photo you see my first try, I’m thinking of crocheting a tote for me with this pattern ;-)
Links:
Filet Crochet with Strewn Little Flowers (Filet Crochet Patterns. Part 2. Design your own 3-D filet crochet pattern.)
Recently something took me and I thought that you can use those two-coloured charts which are usually associated with filet crochet or cross stitch for a loooot of other techniques, too.
I had this idea already before, in my entries about intarsia knitting, the cross stitch heart, the beaded square stitch heart and the polymer clay letter cane.
On the photo you see some letters worked in different techniques (I’m working on letter charts at the moment ;-)):
'u' -
Knit-Purl Knitting, each X is a purl stitch
'n' -
Fair Isle Knitting, each X is a white stitch
'i' -
Sequins Embroidery, each X is a sequin
'k' -
Tapestry Crochet, each X is a white stitch
'a' -
Filet Crochet, each X is a filled filet crochet square
't' -
Cross Stitch Embroidery on paper, each X is a black cross stitch
'i' -
Loom Beading, each X is a black bead
's' -
Stamping with square stamps, each X is a black square stamp
's' -
Illusion Knitting, each X is a black stitch over two rows
'i' -
Crochet Yoyo’s, each X is a white crochet circle from dc’s
'm' -
Inverted Filet Crochet, each X is a empty filet crochet square
'a' -
Macramée/Friendship Bracelet, each X is a white knot
But then I came up with more techniques and if you still have more ideas I’d be glad if you wrote a comment about.
I added for every technique what would be a square of the chart.
Please remember: Not all ‘units’ are square so that the result can look quite different from the chart!
Knitting
Crochet
Beading
Embroidery
Knotting
Weaving
Sewing
Other
By the way I found an blog entry of an embroiderer who thought about the same subject and has more ideas.
Links:
Double Knitting
Picture for sequin embroidery (scroll down to about the middle)
Description of French Knot
Heather’s Friendship Bracelets – Alphabet Patterns
Geometric stitching
Google image search result for ‘yoyo blanket’
Google image search result for ‘ministeck’
Here at unikatissima:
Celtic Cross Stitch Generator
Heart Template (at Beaded Square Stitch Heart)
Patchwork Knitting
Bead Knitting
Illusion knit
Tapestry Crochet
Beautiful Filet Crochet Patterns
Loom Woven Bead Bracelet
Beaded Square Stitch Heart
Bead Knitting
Freeform Bead Embroidery
Bead embroidered Paisleys
Friendship Bracelet
Crazy Daisies
Crazy Daisies II
Mosaic Table Light (Glass Paint)
Polymer Clay Letter Cane
Mosaic from Plaster
Eraser Stamps
Another discovery at Project Gutenberg: The Ladies’ Work-Book – Containing Instructions In Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, &c. Unfortunately I don’t know when it was published.
You can find there very interesting patterns, e.g. beautiful filet crochet patterns as on the picture.
One day…
;-)
Links:
Project Gutenberg
The Ladies’ Work-Book – Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, &c.
I find the crochet motif blanket very nice!
I will work it one day – just as the crochet summer blanket, the crochet hexagon blanket, the colourful crochet blanket and of course the colourful crocheted hexagon blanket ;-)
Links:
Crochet Motif Blanket (Filet Flower Square – FREE Pattern) (Dutch and English)
via: Filet Flower Square
Here at unikatissima:
Crochet Summer Blanket
Crochet Hexagon Blanket
Colourful Crochet Blanket
Colourful Crocheted Hexagon Blanket
I present a couple of nice generators and calculators.
YouKnits Designer
YouKnits are lace patterns which you can combine freely and the YouKnits Designer helps you with it
unikatissima’s random squares pattern generator
Let generate random squares patterns, you can make so much more than filet crochet and cross stitch with them
unikatissima’s cellular automaton pattern generator
Let generate cellular automaton patterns with which you also can make so much more than filet crochet and cross stitch
unikatissima’s maze pattern generator
Let generate your own mazes
unikatissima’s online Pythagoras calculator
Sometimes you simply need a Pythagoras calculator ;-)
unikatissima’s online cone calculator
Didn’t you always wanted to calculate a cone for a lampshade, a cat feeder station or something else?
Here you can find some decorated crochet patterns, even more textured than the filet crochet with strewn little flowers.
Links:
Textured Crochet (Crochet patterns with volume elements) (russian)
English Google translation of entry
Here at unikatissima:
Filet Crochet with Strewn Little Flowers
I compiled a list before about what you can do with filet crochet/cross stitch embroidery charts and offered a heart stitch chart, now I found still more inspiration: you can e.g. show your rabbit that you love it ;-)
Links:
More Heart Stitch Chart Uses (Heart Stitched on Cardboard)
Here ati unikatissima:
What Can You Do With Filet Crochet/Cross Stitch Embroidery Charts?
Beaded Square Stitch Heart
crochet medaillon
There are gazillions of potholders, but I find these here something special anyhow :)
As for how to thread the crochet chains through the net to get this beautiful pattern, see the pictures from the tutorial pictures from the tutorial.
Links:
Crocheted Potholders (Topflappen) (German)
there you can find the link to the tutorial at the end
The original site doesn’t exist any more and is now available through webarchive: link to the tutorial
To see how-to crochet a net, see the Google search result for ‘tutorial filet crochet’ and
to see how-to crochet a chain, see the Google search result for ‘crochet chain’.