Nursery to Toddler

Organic Baby Crib Blanket $39 Pamper Baby Pamper baby with elegance with warmth with softness Pamper baby with this luxurious blanket This beautiful crochet blanket features an attractive fringe and is made of the softest cotton organic that gentle enough for the most sensitive baby skin

Afghan Hound Blanket $47 Nothing beats the exceptional look and quality of our Afghan Hound Blanket. Among the finest made, you will be provided with great satisfaction and long lasting enjoyment. Why not pamper yourself or give a loved one a Afghan Hound gift to show them how much you care. The Afghan Hound Blanket will make the perfect gift for any Afghan Hound lover. Shop with confidence, because all products come with a 100% customer satisfaction guarantee. Click over now to see the big selection of Afghan Hound gifts we offer.

Personalized Fleece Baby Blanket $29 The perfect baby gift This sumptuous blanket is crafted of the softest fleece and finely finished with a crochet trim Add a monogram to commemorate the special little person who will be using this great gift

Safety Pins Baby Afghan $42.99 FOR NAPTIME CUDDLES or bedtime snuggles, an adorable safety-pins-and-animals afghan. Counted cross stitch kit includes 18-count ivory afghan cloth, cotton floss, needle, chart and instructions. 29″ x 45″.

Afghan Stitch Crochet $29.7 This book is in Like New condition

Gentleman Golfer Afghan Throw Blanket $36.95 Whether you’re relaxing at home or in your golf cart on a chilly day, Hornungs’ afghan is wonderful to wrap up in. Woven from soft combed cotton. Measures 47″ x 60″; machine-washable.

Lady Golfer Afghan Throw Blanket $36.95 Whether you’re relaxing at home or in your golf cart on a chilly day, Hornungs’ afghan is wonderful to wrap up in. Woven from soft combed cotton. Measures 47″ x 60″; machine-washable.

Leisure Arts Dressing Up Baby 5 Sets To Crochet $10.95 Like the precious little child in your life, these blanket, jacket, hat, and bootie crochet sets by Darla Sims are geared for greatness. Ideal for use with washable medium weight yarn, 3 sets are for novice knitters and the other 2 are for those at an intermediate level. All 5 make for perfectly warm, dressy layettes.

Personalized Fire Fighter Afghan $59.95 Personalized afghan salutes our heroes. Woven cotton blanket, with all-around fringe, honors the courage and commitment of our brave fire fighters and police personnel who serve and protect us. Please specify rank, up to 24 characters/ spaces; and name, up to 24 characters/spaces. Please allow up to 3 weeks for delivery. Sorry, express delivery is not available. Machine washable. Made in USA. 46″ x 60″.

Personalized Police Officer Afghan $59.95 Personalized afghan salutes our heroes. Woven cotton blanket, with all-around fringe, honors the courage and commitment of our brave fire fighters and police personnel who serve and protect us. Please specify rank, up to 24 characters/ spaces; and name, up to 24 characters/spaces. Please allow up to 3 weeks for delivery. Sorry, express delivery is not available. Machine washable. Made in USA. 46″ x 60″.

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Bk601, Knitted on Hand Knitting Machine Baby Pink Cotton 31 By 45 Blanket Trimmed By Hand Crochet with White Chenille for Newborns and Infants $45.99 Knitted on Hand Knitting Machine Baby Pink Cotton 31″ by 45″ Blanket Trimmed by Hand Crochet with White Chenille for Newborns and Infants…

Beyond the Square Crochet Motifs: 144 circles, hexagons, triangles, squares, and other unexpected shapes $11.39 Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee….

200 Crochet Blocks for Blankets, Throws, and Afghans: Crochet Squares to Mix and Match $13.90 From Art Deco-inspired geometric designs to traditional checkerboard stripes and elaborate motifs, this guide helps crafters rediscover crochet with more than 200 fabulous block patterns. Employing traditional styles and contemporary colors, crocheted blocks inspire crafters to create a dynamic palette of color, pattern, and texture by mixing, matching, and combining. Step-by-step instructions acc…

Knit Your Own Dog: Easy-to-Follow Patterns for 25 Pedigree Pooches $8.48 The knitted dog is indeed the ideal companion. There’s no feeding, barking, shedding, or vet’s bills, and he’ll live forever! Knit Your Own Dog is the irresistible guide to knitting the perfect pup. By authors Sally Muir & Joanna Osborne…

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Is Crochet An Art?

Simply because crochet is rapidly becoming a new medium for men and women trained in what we have known as “fine arts.”  This is as true of various other areas traditionally called “crafts,” notably pottery and weaving, but crochet offers unique opportunities for freedom.  You will hear one artist after another cite this as the raison d’etre of their work.  Artists speak of the excitement of exploration suddenly made wonderfully possible with the “new” materials of crochet-the working with one continuous thread and the sudden changes of direction permitted through crochet.

Many artists have been quite articulate on this subject.  Listen to Janet Decker: “To be completely free in my work is my objective. Crochet has succeeded in this respect as it is virtually limitless and is easily integrated with other media. Although I am employing a craft-oriented vehicle, the crochet stitch, I am not merely dealing with design and color. I am concerned with expression via sculpture. Crochet is not the primary medium, the medium is sculpture, but the fact is that the crochet stitch is the best to build with.  There is always one stitch on the hook at a time. This freedom leads to a learning experience for me as I work.”

Or hear Camillo Capua: “To come upon a thing and to comprehend it in terms of its physical matrix leaves its purpose free to stand or fall on its own strength. The simplicity of crochet allows for minimization and a more basic reaction.  Perhaps the nicest thing is that the product is made of one strand of material, mathematically maneuvered, and remains one strand when complete.  I believe this is vital” as vial as the strand that all things are made of.”

Crochet is not really something new.  It is a four hundred year old lacemaking art which became home and wardrobe decoration for generations, but it has only lately matured in its imaginative uses and technical approach to the heights represented by non functional art forms.  In contrast to weaving, crochet has never been a textile craft necessary to man’s survival.  Lacemaking and crochet, generally associated with a particular refined way of life, are relatively modern developments, creations of the grand period of the Italian Renaissance. For years doilies and delicate lace done with microscopic needles were considered the epitome of the crocheter’s art.  Now embellishment is not done for its own sake but to enrich a form without destroying it. More and more modern crochet demonstrates a kind of integrity or wholeness.

In an important way, then, crochet is in its infancy; it is a new frontier that has not been regarded as such.  Its newness makes it an exceptionally appropriate avenue to creativity.  Artists break rules and crash through the old barriers between art and craft. In a nutshell, the whole debate over art versus craft is becoming increasingly irrelevant and unimportant.  Other cultures and other eras made no distinction between fine and applied or useful art.  The Maori people do not label an object practical or fine art; in their minds there is only good or bad work. Now, that makes the point clear and simple. A common bird perch may bear carved designs as exquisite or “fine” as the posts of ceremonial buildings. A tribal group in Kenya has a word for beauty that can be used for aspects of many kinds of objects including milk jugs. For this group, art is a state of being, a quality. We come closet to this usage when we call something a “work of art” and mean it as an appreciative judgment.

The point is worth repeating: We still have a long way to go.  Crochet as art is now a fruitful and exciting subject because it is a most dramatic example of the need to look at craft in a new way.

Pick up your yarn, pattern and needle and let’s start crocheting, and it will become your very own art.

About the Author

Linda McRae is a retired Postmaster, who has a business at home. She has written many articles about the loves of her life, while working from home. This one being about her hobby of crocheting, you can find some beautiful vintage crochet patterns here <a href=”http://www.craftycrocheters.com”>Vintage Crochet Patterns.</a>