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A ripple baby blanket, ruscus leaves for your bouquets, and the blanket stitch explained.
Jess Moretti
July 17, 2026
Hey there! Here’s your snack-size newsletter with crochet patterns, tips, tools and inspo 🧶
To live a creative life, we must lose
our fear of being wrong.
What We’re Hooked On
Realistic ruscus leaves worked around floral wire, assembled with floral tape into a proper stem. Check it out →
A modified even moss stitch using just slip stitches and HDC but switching the starting stitch every two rows creates a gorgeous diagonal ripple effect. Check it out →
A full step-by-step method for hand-winding yarn into a tidy centre-pull cake using nothing but your hands. Check it out →
Try This!
Dish towels, quilts, fleece blankets, T-shirt hems - the blanket stitch is the hand-sewing technique that makes it all possible. Check it out →
Hope you found something that inspired or helped your crochet today!
I’ll be back next week with more info and inspo soon,
Jess
P.S. Need a little extra help keeping your projects organized and frustration-free? My Crochet Planning Toolkit has everything I wish I’d known when I started - from crochet abbreviations, row counter, to project and gift planners. Get it here →