140 New Photos of Your Beautiful Instagram Crochet

Let’s take a look at this week in crochet on Instagram. Thank you to all of the people who use the #crochetconcupiscence and #crochetsavedmylife tags each week to share their beautiful crochet work with us. Learn more here.

Featured Crochet Instagrammer

This week’s featured crochet Instagrammer is Elza van der Merwe AKA elzavan912 who I believe lives in South Africa. Her tagline reads “crochet, nature, family, life”, which tells us a lot about what matters to this crafter as well as what you’ll find in her pretty Instagram feed. Her feed is filled with lots of lovely crochet photos and a few of those other things as well. This week she brings us:

Special Shoutout

A thanks to maddylopez324 for sharing my book, Crochet Saved My Life, this week. Hope you enjoy it!

Top 10 Crochet Photos of The Week

In addition to the beautiful photos from our featured Instagrammer and the great images that fit into the categories below, here are my ten favorite crochet photos for the week:

1. crochet on photos by louloudeane

louloudeane shared a post about how her grandmother taught her how to crochet

2. floral crochet rug by winterbeachbymab

winterbeachbymab shared this crochet rug

3. Kayla’s Stars by crochetingthruchronicdiseases

The Kayla’s Stars memorial crochet project received over 1000 stars!

4. Crochet rug by elisabethandree

I love everything about this crochet rug by elisabethandree

5. crochet sock monkey by holly_pips

holly_pips added a cute crochet sock monkey motif to finish off this granny square blanket

6. Vintage fan stitch by knitpurlhook

I’m pretty sure that’s the name of this crochet stitch worked in pretty pink, red and white by knitpurlhook

7. Amigurumi bird by ponytales_

Cute little crochet bird from ponytales_

8. Pineapple crochet headband from shopnomihandmade

shopnomihandmade crochet for baby

9. Granny crochet blanket by sweet_sharna

There’s something I love about the blue stitching as well as the way that sweet_sharna laid this crochet blanket against that background for the photo

10. Mandala / dreamcatcher by lisablue76

lisablue76 made this dreamcatcher-inspired crochet square in a circle

Crochet Mandalas

Many people are continuing to make crochet mandalas, especially for the Mandalas for Marinke project.

above and below are crochet mandalas from crochetinpaternoster

daisychainscrochet

78th_stitch

Flo has now joined Instagram as ahappycrocheter – welcome Flo!

crochet spoke mandalas above and below by fidgetyhands; this is one of the most popular free crochet mandala patterns by wink

happy_thimble

knitpurlhook (above and below)

lcs_girl (above and below)

maddylopez324

mammalanie

nickelcreekstitches

rubyjaneslane (above and below)

Crochet Sophies

Several people are working on Sophie crochet.

thegirllovesyarn

mrsdaftspaniel

helenolding

abluebirdonmyshoulder

Summertime Crochet

crochet bikini and halter tops by sweet_sharna

Crochet barefoot sandals and other patterns by lisesolvang in the newest issue of happily hooked magazine

crochet on a boat by holly_pips

crochet swimwear by awesomecrochet

crochet summer dress by annoocrochet

Crochet Grannies – Big and Small

Large crochet granny blankets and small crochet granny squares …

chwhitworth

stelcrochet large crochet granny blanket

makingpolly large crochet granny square

lou.teacrochet granny crochet blanket

thepolkadotgiraffe crochet granny stripe

witzomer crochet granny blanket

hookybren granny square crochet

sabrinamc7 crochet granny square purse

gooseberyfool crochet granny square

kellyandcrochet granny squares

lyndapc crochet granny squares

sweet_sharna crochet granny square anatomy

elisabethandree crochet circle in a square

ektelykke crochet granny cushion

darbawille crochet granny squares

crochetgirl99 daisy flower granny square

Yarn

stitchgwen color planning

stelcrochet

rubyjaneslane

mrsdaftspaniel

knitpurlhook yarn tassels

all_about_clare yarn storage crochet basket

cuddlebugkids yarn and beads

cozamundo

crochetinpaternoster

And More

Scheepjescal2014 from ahappycrocheter

Crochet baskets from all_about_clare

bellazoopuppytales

candicedunlapmiller

canteringcrowcolorworks (above and below)

caswelljones

cattaryna

cozamundo

crochetbetweenworlds

crochetgirl99

crochetingthruchronicdiseases

crochetinpaternoster

cuddlebugkids gauge swatch

dieoranje_skaap

ektelykke crochet booties (above) and hearts (below)

elisabethandree

fleurb2509 crochet scarf

gooseberryfool crochet frozen banner (above) and scarf (below)

hanrosieg crochet cushion

hooked__on__hooky crochet amigurumi (above) and motifs (below)

hookybren crochet ripple

jysoulikmamma_brilliantmommy crochet (above and below)

kelly_green72 crochet above and below

kellyandcrochet crochet hair bows (above) and cool therapy (below)

knitpurlhook (above and below)

littlebirdbunting

littlebirdiecrochet

littlecosythings (one above and two below) … LittleCosyThings was one of the moderators of the craftastherapy IG feed this week (the other was marretjeroos). If you don’t know the #craftastherapy hashtag, I absolutely recommend checking it out for ongoing inspiration!

lou.teacrochet baby dungarees (above) and embroidery hoop (below)

maddylopez324

madebylouiza – c2c crochet blanket

marretjeroos (above and below)

mlissabethgr crochet prayer shawl

nelnanandnora

oksanamitsyak

oliviartcreations

onaturbokick88

ponytales_

queen_babs

redrocker9

rubyjaneslane

sabrinamc7

shopnomihandmade

stelcrochet

stephaniedavies

stitchgwen

suzanne2017

tintocktap tapestry crochet

treble_stitch

witzomer

My Crochet on Instagram

This week, other than mandalas, I’ve been crocheting simple dishcloths and washcloths. I’m using variegated cotton crochet yarn, single crochet, BLO, with a border of dc then fpdc.

Crochet doily rug at a house where I was petsitting

Crochet shell edging added on to a dress of mine

Modme crochet jewelry

Roundup of Mandalas for Marinke submissions