Crochet Patterns

I recently did a post featuring 15 beautiful free crochet dress patterns. Free patterns are terrific but it’s also great to buy patterns if you can. You often get higher-quality, more detailed designs plus you’re supporting the work of a dedicated crochet designer with your purchase. If you’re interested in buying a crochet dress pattern online, here are 15 terrific options to get you started:

1. Cinnamon Dress by Eleven Handmade

Eleven Handmade is one of my favorite crochet garment designers. She does some really amazing designs. I love the color blocking on this cinnamon dress – so high fashion! This crochet pattern can be bought on Ravelry.

2. Striped Crochet Dress

Ravelry’s FashionMartina has many great crochet dress designs for women. She’s especially good at doing striped crochet designs. I especially like this one, which is called Magic Girl.

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Awhile back I did a roundup of some of the most beautiful crochet mandalas I’ve seen online. But what if you want to make your own? There were a few links to patterns in that post but here are seven more excellent crochet patterns for mandalas. This roundup includes both free crochet patterns and ones that you can buy.

1. Barbara’s Little Spring Mandala

Barbara from Made in K-town shared a free crochet pattern for this beautiful springtime mandala.

2. Overlay Crochet Mandala Pattern

Etsy’s CAROcreated sells the PDF patterns for overlay crochet mandalas including the pattern from this one:

I really love the version of this crochet pattern crocheted by A Creative Being:

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