Wherever you live, you might find the need for a summer shawl, or you might want to start crafting one now for autumn. Here are fourteen crochet shawl patterns.

Pick a little posy and hang it on a friend’s front door- they’ll get a pleasant surprise when they arrive home from work. Put a cluster on a hook in the kitchen and they’d be a pretty way to store and display fresh herbs from the farmer’s market. This pattern is for a medium/smallish container, it should fit a container about the size of a soup can or a pint size mason jar or a 4” flower pot. It’s a great beginner pattern for folks that want to branch in to three-dimensional crochet.

Many people around the world are making amazing things from discarded plastic bags. Here's a collection of some of my favorites.

You need a spindle. Not just any spindle -- a spindle that you will love and that will inspire you to learn something new. There are a lot of different spindles to choose from. How do you pick? What do all of these words mean? Drop spindle? Hand spindle? Top whorl? Bottom whorl? What's a whorl?

As you probably know, I’m a huge fan of crochet art. I love seeing the unique and original things that people can do with crochet, putting it together in ways that the rest of us haven’t thought of. If you’re also a fan then you might like today’s round up 25 new examples of inspiring, interesting crochet art.

My first granny square :) I picked up a crochet hook to fix a knitting project and then decided to give crochet a whirl.

Enjoy beautiful blooms year-round by learning how to crochet a tulip flower. This free step-by-step photo tutorial shows you how it's done.

So fun to make! 3.25 mm hook. Yarn is Vanna's Choice in Beige, White, and Chocolate.

Made with Aunt Lydia's Bamboo Crochet Thread, size 10, color Nautral. 2.00 mm hook.

Consisting of a total 999, 2-round, 5cm granny squares I've been slowly putting this single bed sized blanket (pictured on our super king bed) for a few months now.

I've loved crocheting since I was a kid. Very relaxing, and you can make so much! These are just two pics I had knocking around of my favorite pieces so far, but I'm always trying new patterns out and having fun with it.

Thought I could share some of my projects over the past year! Sorry for some instagram-quality photos, I give most of my finished items away, so some are the only photos I had. I collect patterns I find on the internet, but if you'd like me to share any feel free to let me know, and I'll see if I can dig it up for you. :)

I'm thinking of getting into it and am curious if there's a difference.

But Miley Cyrus opted for more of an edgy look rather than sexy for her red carpet appearance at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday night. The 20-year-old slipped into a crochet jumpsuit as she made her arrival at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Here is my crochet home online. You can find my free pattern index, talk about crochet, crochet links, and lots more! Everyone welcome!