Trending Crochet: Squares, Teddy Bears and More from Instagram

It’s time for the weekly roundup of things people are sharing over on Instagram using the hashtags for this blog. Many, many people are working on crochet squares, especially classic granny squares and large granny square blankets. I suspect that after making a lot of different things for the holidays, everyone wants to go back to more meditative crochet! On the other hand, a lot of people are making adorable amigurumi, including teddy bears, and I’m guessing at least some of that is inspired by the upcoming Valentine’s holiday.

How This Works

In case you’re new to this, I check the hashtags #crochetsavedmylife and #crochetconcupiscence regularly (and now also #hooktoheal for anyone using my new book!) I share the highlights here including featured crochet IGers. You can see everything that people are sharing in this wonderful community by going to those tags on Instagram. It’s a great way to find crafters to follow!

Hook to Heal

Before we dig in any further, I wanted to give a shout out to the three folks who used the #hooktoheal tag this week:

@mammalanie shared some work including this, which is from one of the adventure exercises

@quiltwrapup started this project using the “random lines” crochet exercise

@pam_hooksandhills shared, “Ordered this just after Christmas, so excited that it’s here ?
@kvercillo I figure this will make you smile; your book says hello from a tiny village in New South Wales, Australia.” It did, indeed, make me really happy.

Featured Instagrammer #1: ABagFullOfCrochet

There are two featured Instagrammers this week. The first is the fabulous @abagfullofcrochet. This account belongs to Stephanie Davies, who was previously a featured Instagrammer, but that was with her personal (private) account, and I wanted to point out that she’s now sharing beautiful crochet from this account. This week she shared:

Journal atop crochet

Crochet heart nesting baskets

Featured Instagrammer #2: Plasie3

Our second, new featured Instagrammer is Marléne Scheepers-Fourie of @plasie3. She shares, “I luuuv beautiful yarn, that’s why I became an indie dyer.” And you can see that she uses her beautifully colored yarn to make beautiful crochet items. Learn more about her yarn at One of a Kind Yarns. Here’s what she shared in crochet this week:

Crochet Granny Squares

As I said, granny squares were particularly popular this week:

annesurr

square-based crochet poncho by brihdi_mae_design

Crochet cable squares by crochetgirl99

Retro-style crochet granny blanket duduhandcraft

Tapestry crochet heart squares by flo_and_dot

flossiecottage

Textured floral crochet squares by flzvarol

handmade_by_miss_ellie

jysoulikmamma_brilliantmommy

laura_makes

Floral crochet square by lilac.girl90

lisablue76

mamma_made_that

Beautiful crochet squares blanket by marretjeroos

Crochet flowers and square by nickymirandacrochet

muriesu

ozlmdemrkut

Giraffe crochet lovely and granny square by patternpiper

Large crochet granny blanket by mammalanie

quiltwrapup

rubyjaneslane

Beautiful bobble heart square by thegirllovesyarn

Large crochet granny square by vildandenizci

Stack of floral crochet granny squares by wightkate

Amigurumi Crochet Dolls

People were also crocheting lots of dolls and stuffed animals.

wrappedwithlovebymichelle made this heidibears crochet pattern

thegirllovesyarn shared this owl in the snow for one of the #crochet365 prompts

Adorable crochet teddy bear by samyaun

sabrinamc7 (obviously corn isn’t an animal but it’s a nice stuffed piece of crochet art)

Crochet animal pillow by olivialawsart

Crochet camel by mrsdaftspaniel

Crochet bear by mrisabels

Cute crochet cupids by love2_bloom

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littlepinkcanary

littlecosythings is making crochet lambs

hookabee_crochet

hartandcrafts

coast_torbay’s crochet bunny

teddy bear appliqué by carefulcatherine

Adorable crochet teddy bear all dressed up … by abramva

crochet dinosaur by 78th.stitch

Chevron Crochet

crochetluna

Valentine’s colored crochet ripple blanket by gooseberryfool

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ricepuddingbaby

thepolkdadotgiraffe – a sort of chevron-inspired ombre

Crochet Mandalas

I’m always happy when people share crochet mandalas so I thought I’d highlight them today too. In addition to traditional mandalas there are some embroidery hoops and mandala-inspired designs:

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bathcrochetretreat

Crochet mandala rugs by crochetinpaternoster

deartomyartcreations crochet wall art

elzavan912

flod_and_dot

kurtgulten crochet doily

luadprata

Crochet dreamcatcher by lyndapc

mccalla_camellia

mobiusgirl

crochet wheel cover spotted by stelcrochet

And More Fabulous Crochet Shares

Crochet purse by tintocktap

Love the graphic nature of this work by stitchgwen

silvery_cloud

Adorableness in crochet by seasquint_studios

Fingerless crochet gloves by sawsanqasem

redrocker9 (temperature scarf above and more work below)

queen_babs

poppymaycreations

Ohio State crochet and crochet cupcake by olivialawsart

olivesandpickles

mrsdaftspaniel

monicanotbland

marretjeroos

louloudeane

lou.teacrochet

Crochet cowl and cluster stitch by knitpurlhook

kellykellykellygreen

kellyandcrochet

jrkinyak

isikbalibeyoglu

Crochet bow headband by ilovetinderbox

Stack of pretty crochet from hookybren

Crochet circles by holly_pips

beautiful yarn by hello_kerrin_bee

greenletterday

goed.id.handwerk

Crocodile stitch crochet gloves by gigididthis

esteresa22

elisabethandree

crochetchick31

crochet earflap hat by crochetbetweenworlds

crochet_off (rings of change crochet mandala blanket)

creativedesignsbysheila

crafty_newpea

cozamundo

buttermilkcandy striped crochet blanket

crochet mermaid blanket by audra_hooknowl

crochet books shown off by aslan_design

amikitoramikat

ana.moraissoares