#25 - Continuous Overlay Mosaic Crochet with NO ENDS!
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- WHAT? NO ENDS? Yup! You heard me! Learn how to do my revolutionary technique that I call “Continuous” Overlay Mosaic Crochet (or COM for short), where there are virtually NO ENDS to weave in! You’ll learn the secrets for how to do this new Overlay Mosaic Crochet technique including how to begin & finish rows without all those pesky ends, how to make my special stitch: the Anchored double crochet (Adc) to eliminate gaps on the back of your work and where to insert your hook for successful Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects without all those ends!
Other crochet videos to watch:
#2 - Holding hook & yarn: • #2 - Holding the Croch...
#3 - Slip knot & chain: • #3 - Slip Knot and Cha...
#4 - Single crochet: • #4 - Single Crochet St...
#6 - Double crochet: • #6 - Double Crochet St...
#18 - Anchored dc: • #18 - Anchored Double ...
#21 - Overlay Mosaic Crochet: • #21 - Overlay Mosaic C...
Links:
Dueling Diamonds Mosaic Crochet Blanket pattern (with extra yardage added in pattern):
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Wedding Ring Mosaic Crochet Blanket pattern (with extra yardage already added in pattern):
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Free Overlay Mosaic Crochet Swatch Chart download:
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Crochet Mosaic Scarf pattern on the dress form behind me in this video (done in traditional Overlay Mosaic Crochet without using my COM technique):
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To calculate the extra yardage you’ll need to make your Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects with my COM technique with NO ENDS, multiply the width of the rows in the pattern by the number of rows in each color. For instance, if the project is 36” wide (1 yard) and the project has a total of 180 rows (90 rows in each of 2 colors), you’ll need an extra 90 yards of each of the 2 colors to make your project with the COM technique. That’s not bad considering the fact that you won’t have all those ends on the left and right edges of your project to deal with!
Note: My 2 new Overlay Mosaic Crochet blanket patterns listed above already include the extra yardage in the materials list, so you won’t need to calculate it for these Mosaic blankets!
For well-written crochet patterns, check out my website at www.TheCrochet...
Shout out to everyone else who found this video after completing a ridiculously long project and stared at it like "I don't think im ever doing another mosaic piece" and then found hope after this video.
Bless you Susan thank you so much for this life-changing technique ❤❤❤
You're very welcome, Sarah. Thank you so much for your comment. I enjoy sharing what I've learned (or invented) with others to help make crocheting easier for everyone! God bless you and may all your crochet projects turn out beautifully!
You know...the timing of finding this video AFTER I finished a king sized mosaic bed spread is just impeccable timing 😭 so...many...ends....
I'm so sorry that you didn't find my video until now! I hope your other Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects turn out much easier with my COM technique!
Swatches…SWATCHES!!! We don’t need no stinking swatches….too funny 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for the humour and the ingenious idea 💡
You're very welcome, Monica! I'm glad you enjoyed the video and my husband's humor! He keeps me on my toes!
Thank you for the tutorial this is genius. Love the guy that popped up we don’t need no stinking swatches. 😂😂😂😂
You're very welcome! I'm glad you liked the tutorial and my husband's pop up performance! Happy crocheting to you!
This, madam, is just about the smartest thing I've seen for quite some time - and mind you, I've known how to crochet for more than 50 years by now! :) Thanks for taking your time to make an excellent video to demonstrate your brilliant solution
You're very welcome, Nina! I'm glad you like my video and I hope you'll be able to use this technique to eliminate the ends in your Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects!
What a kind person you are and so so smart 💯
Thank you for your kind words, Teri! Happy crocheting to you now and always!
You are a wonderful teacher. Explaining everything and it's easy to understand. Thank you
You're very welcome, Von! Thank you for your kind words! I hope you enjoy using my COM technique for many overlay mosaic crochet projects! Happy crocheting to you now and always!
I can see myself using this method for a smaller project. But for a larger blanket or something like that, I think I would end up using more yarn than I'd want by carrying it through each row. Thanks for sharing the idea!
You're very welcome! I love sharing what I've learned about crochet to help others! And I love not having all those ends in my Overlay Mosaic Crochet!
Yes. This technique uses more yarn. However, if you typically crochet a double border on a blanket, you use more yarn for that. I think this technique would actually use less yarn than a double border does. And as you said, it would be great for smaller projects!
I hope you enjoy using this technique for your smaller overlay mosaic crochet projects. Happy crocheting!
@@TheCrochetArchitect I hadn't thought about using the same amount or less yarn than the double border. Great point! ❤️
@@TheCrochetArchitect Great point with the double border. You have made me do some thinking. I'm a beginner Mosaic Crochetier.
Welcome to my channel. All levels of crocheters and mosaic crocheters are welcome! I hope your mosaic crochet skills and knowledge improve through watching my videos!
I like the idea. I’m thinking a blanket would be heavier. Some people love heavy blankets.
It's like overlay and tapestry crochet together! I love carrying yarn like that, because it's so much more secure, & does not show through. I never would've thought to do the first trick you showed with the yarn ball - genius! ...as is the technique you came up with for the anchored double crochet!
Yes it is like Tapestry Crochet and Overlay Mosaic Crochet put together! It'll only work when you use my Anchored dc, though. Otherwise the stitches behind regular dc wouldn't cover the carried yarn! I hope you enjoy using this COM technique in your Overlay Mosaic Crochet!
@@TheCrochetArchitect Yes, Thank you so much, I greatly appreciate your videos!
You're very welcome! I'm glad you like my videos and you're learning something new!
Love the COM technique, thank you for sharing. Got a good chuckle at Mr. Guy popping up to say "we don't need no stinking swatches" haha! God bless.
You're very welcome, Joy! I'm glad you enjoyed the Swatches man and my COM technique!
For smaller projects this is an amazing idea but for a huge blanket it will eat way too much extra yarn. And I really like the finish a double border lends to my blankets. 😊
I enjoy using it for all of my Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects, as well as my Spike SC Mosaic Crochet projects. I also like the added strength that it gives my projects (when using the Anchored DC, as well). But I know it's not for everyone. Happy crocheting to you, Benny!
I love this! The blanket will also be thicker and warmer!
Yes it will! Happy crocheting to you!
Getting ready to embark on my first mosaic project. It will be a huge blanket. So so so so glad i found your video before i started!! Thank you - it's genius💜
Hi Cheryl. I'm glad you found my video, too! Just make sure to adjust the carried yarn before starting each row. That way, it won't be too tight or too loose when you start each row. You won't need to work a double border on your huge blanket, saving yarn and time! Happy crocheting to you now and always!
Great idea! Wonderful solution to mosaic crochet ends. Also, "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" was one of my father's favorite movies, especially "stinking badges" line. Thanks for the humorous tribute!
I'm glad you liked my video and my husband's humorous tribute, Alfred! I hope you enjoy using my COM technique for your overlay mosaic crochet projects.
YOU are my hero!!! Love the anchored double crochet, not only does it look so much better but I can now use more than 2 colors. I’m doing the happy dance 😁😁😁
I'm so glad that my Adc stitch could help you with your crochet projects, Rhaven! I hope you enjoy using it in many of your Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects! Happy crocheting to you always!
I wish I had found this video sooner! It would have saved me weeks of work. I was working on a patchwork blanket with several individual mosaics stitches together with the ends hidden on the backside. I thought I'd crochet a back panel to hide all the ends on the back, and once I finished, I realized it would be too heavy and it wouldn't be as functional. I spent so much time trying to figure out what I was going to do and trying to cover up all the ends. Had I known about this, my blanket would have looked so much neater. I'm so excited to try this with future mosaics! Thank you so much for sharing this technique! You are a gem! 💎
You're very welcome! Thank you for your kind words! I'm sorry that you didn't find my video sooner, too! But now you know how to do my COM technique on your future Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects! May all your crochet projects turn out great from here on out!
I want to try this COM method with the moss stitch. ❤️ I see beautiful things in the future! Thank you!
That sounds very interesting! Would you be working all right side rows in moss stitch?
Hi Susan, I only came across your channel recently. It was the ADC you were showing, and after trying it
Out, I love it.I now use it all the time. Now you are sharing another technique, thank you.
Nice to see someone who holds their hook like me.
Sandra
You're very welcome, Sandra! I'm glad you enjoy using my Adc! And I'm glad you hold your hook the "right" way!!! Just kidding! There are several "right" ways! Our hook hold is the knife hold. It's actually easier on the wrists than the pencil hold. I hope you enjoy my new Continuous Overlay Mosaic Crochet (COM) technique!
WOW! YOU ARE ONE SMART WOMAN.
IM JUST LEARNING MOSIAC CROCHET AND I WAS BOTHERED BY ALL THE ENDS. THEN YOY CAME ALONG AND SAVED THE DAY🤣
THANK YOU AND MANY BLESSINGS TO YOU.
You're very welcome, Savana! I hope you enjoy using my COM technique on all your mosaic crochet projects. Many blessings to you, too!
I m here... now i found it thank you my friend and thank you for your kindness and patience
You're very welcome, Silvia! I hope you enjoy crocheting with my COM technique!
So so helpful. Thank you so much UK
You're very welcome, Jackson! Happy crocheting to you!
Wow that is just a stellar idea. I want to learn the mosaic patterns too. I think it is rich in texture and those ends don't even show if the alignment is done like you showed. Bravo for sharing extra yarn is worth the cost not to have to deal with all those ends! thank you so much for figuring it out for all of us crochet'ers. You are a Yarn send.
You're very welcome, Maxine! I'm glad you like my COM technique and I hope you thoroughly enjoy learning mosaic crochet! Happy crocheting to you now and always!
Omg thats so clever. Thank you ❤
You're very welcome! I hope you enjoy using my COM technique for your Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects! Happy crocheting to you!
I did a variation on this idea on my first mosaic crochet project yesterday, i hate weaving ends in and it's prevented me from finishing many projects. So i worked a tiny purse in the round, crocheted a decorative strap, and worked the cover flap almost identically to this. Four ends for the whole thing. I've done virtually no color work in the twenty years I've crocheted, but this technique makes it attainable.
Thanks for sharing this, Beth! I'm with you on weaving in ends! I'd much rather work Overlay Mosaic Crochet with my COM technique than weave in tons of ends or work a double border!
@@TheCrochetArchitect it looks a lot better too, I think, and it's a lot more secure. I have four little ones and good solid, simple finishing techniques are absolutely essential in my household, so I don't have extra mending demands on top of finishing! The body of a project is fun, to do and to watch, but my girls who are learning to crochet and knit don't have enough patience just to watch me weave in more than a few ends! Most of their doll clothes are hairy scary🤣
It sounds like you have your hands busy! Good for you teaching your girls to crochet and knit! We need to teach the next generation so these fabulous crafts don't die out!
You are freaking brilliant!!! Thank you SO MUCH!! ❤❤❤❤❤
You're very welcome! I'm glad you like it and I hope you enjoy using my COM technique for many of your overlay mosaic crochet projects! Happy crocheting to you!
Amazing method! Started my first mosaic crochet project today and was disappointed in how it was turning out with all the ends. Searched CZcams for an tailless mosaic method and found your video. Luckily I was only 8 rows into my project and could just restart it using your method. Thank you, the difference is huge! I’ll never not do it this way.
You're very welcome! I'm glad you found my video so you can eliminate all those ends in your Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects! Happy crocheting to you!
I have been watching mosaic crochet videos and was put off by the ends. When I mulled it over, I came up with the same technique but was not sure how it would work. Your video has answered all my questions, and I now feel confident to do it. For blankets, this is genius. Thank you so much!
You're very welcome, Jewelie! I LOVE using my COM technique! It works really well on scarves that are worked in short/narrow rows, too! I think it also helps give the blanket strength with the yarn that's carried across. And you'll save yourself a lot of time since you won't have to weave in all those pesky ends! Happy Mosaic Crocheting to you!
I'm so grateful to you for teaching me this, I'm glad I found this as a beginner, thank you so much!
You're very welcome! Welcome to the wonderful world of crochet!
Thank you a hundred times over. I avoided mosaic because of all the ends. Your video changed my life. I am halfway done with a blanket and hardly any ends 🙂
You're very welcome! I'm so glad that my COM video was helpful for your in your Overlay Mosaic Crochet project! I didn't like all those ends, either! That's why I came up with this technique to eliminate almost all those pesky ends!!! Happy mosaic crocheting to you!
The begining of the video is so funny....tank you for sharing. God bless you❤😍
I'm glad you enjoyed the video, Andone! God bless you, too.
Wow! I LOVE your Wedding Ring blanket!!! My grandmother quilted (all by hand, no sewing machine at all) and her favorite pattern was Wedding Ring & Double wedding ring, and I have always thought about doing a crochet version, but you already have. Thank You, I will check out your pattern.
You're very welcome! I've always admired the Wedding Ring quilt pattern, too. The lamp shades in my master bedroom were the inspiration for this mosaic blanket pattern. If you decide to crochet this blanket, I'd love to see your finished blanket. Happy crocheting!
Despites the extra yarn that we have to use, this is just what I needed... I'm strugling with the end of the overlay mozaic croche!! Thanks for sharing!!
You're very welcome, Tatiana! The extra yarn used for the COM technique is offset by using less yarn on a double border, which isn't needed with my COM technique.
For a scarf or even a pillowcase, the additional yarn used this way is pretty negligible! For a blanket, it's obviously substantial, but as you say, the time saved is totally worth it anyway. I've been doing yarn carrying before, but your method for tying it off first is brilliant and makes it so much more neat and secure!
Thanks for the kind words! The extra carried yarn is offset by not having to crochet a double border to cover all the ends.
@@TheCrochetArchitect Oh, very true! :o
This was the answer to my prayer. Thanks for sharing.
You're very welcome! I hope you enjoy using my COM technique on all your overlay mosaic crochet projects! God bless you!
This is absolutely genius and a game changer. Thank you so much for sharing!!!!!
You're very welcome, Emily! This is one of my favorite Overlay Mosaic Crochet techniques, since it eliminates all those pesky ends and doesn't require a double border. I feel the little bit of extra yarn that's carried across is less than the amount of yarn that would be used in making the double border to hide the ends. Plus it saves the time and frustration of working the double border, too! I hope you enjoy using my COM technique for your large project and for many other Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects. Happy crocheting to you now and always!
You are wicked smart
Thank you, Anne! Sometimes I think outside the box, but I usually live inside the box! I hope you enjoy using my COM technique for your Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects! Happy crocheting to you!
Came across your video looking for patterns. When I was 6 my Grams taught me to crochet... when changing colors this is how she taught me to do it. She referred to it as a color switchback which her mother taught her to do. I’ve been doing it this way for 56 years now. It’s nice to finally know the name of this method. Thank you for posting this
You're very welcome! Thank you for your comment. However, I'm a little confused. Have you been carrying the unused color across the row from the end to the beginning to use it again at the beginning of the next row of that color in regular crochet projects, or in Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects? Or do you make your color changes the way I make them in my video #37 for changing colors when working 1-row stripes? I invented this method for changing colors in Overlay Mosaic Crochet a few years ago to avoid all the tails at the beginning and end of each row when doing Overlay Mosaic Crochet. I named my technique Continuous Overlay Mosaic (COM) Crochet just this year. I haven't seen anyone use this technique for regular crochet (not Overlay Mosaic Crochet) in the 45+ years I've been crocheting and it's not in any crochet books that I have (and I have a lot of crochet books!).
I look forward to your reply so I can learn more! What country are you from? I'm in the US. I know that many other countries have fabulous, creative crochet skills and techniques!
@@TheCrochetArchitect My Grams taught me to do it when doing a two color yarn mosaic set of crocheted Apache tears pot holders for my moms birthday. She ran the thread back (She called it a color switchback) and then she crocheted over it so it was a constant front side crochet without thread hanging. Her mom (Ma Julie) taught her to do it and Grams taught me. She said that the only time to cut the yarn each time was when tassels were needed. She also did it when she made simple single or double crochet blankets or in her crocheted cotton thread curtains. Ma Julie taught all 5 of her girls to do it. My cousin Cindy and I are the only ones left that crochet in the family and we both do it.
I hope this comment better explained my first comment. I’m sorry I’m still recovering from 6 weeks of Covid 19 and I’m sorry my comment was confusing.
@@TheCrochetArchitect My family came here to America from Ireland in 1887. It was Ma Julie’s Family.
There's no need to apologize. I hope you make a full recovery from COVID-19. Thanks for the clarification. I've never run across anyone who does this. I thought I was the only one! Your Grams sounds like a wonderful, creative lady!
My family came from Ireland in the 1800's, too! They went to Canada, though.
Thank you so much for the video. I had been wondering if it was possible to do overlay without the ends now I know that it most definitely is.
You're very welcome, Vikki! I hope you enjoy using my COM technique on your Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects!
I always knew you were a genius! Thank you for such a well explained tutorial. This is a game changer!!!
I'm not sure about genius, but now and then I come up with a good idea! I'm glad you like my COM technique and I hope you enjoy using it on many of your Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects!
Wow this is amazing. I’m a beginner and you’ve made this sooooo easy. A big thank you
You're very welcome, Karin! I hope you enjoy using my COM technique. Welcome to the wonderful world of crochet!
You are awesome!!! I am new to mosaic crochet after crocheting 60+ years. Love it! Am on my third in-the-round Apache Tears zippered purse. I didn't like how much thicker the worked over color change tails made that part of the piece. My solution on this biggest purse is to make the tails long enough so that the two tails meet! I tie a tight double knot to keep the tails from pulling loose later. Problem solved! I KNOW I would not have thought to apply that method to a flat piece! Now I will, thanks very much to your inventive mind and patient, concise teaching! I am your newest subscriber!
You're very welcome, Rosemary! I'm so glad that my COM technique will be useful to you! Thanks for subscribing to my channel. I'll have new videos coming very soon!
I have been wondering about this for awhile now. I think you have a brilliant technique. Can't wait to try it!
Thank you very much, Debb! I hope you enjoy using my COM technique for your overlay mosaic crochet projects!
Wow! This is gamechanging! I can’t wait to try it! I hate all those pesky ends! Awesome!
I'm glad you like it, Linette! And I hope you enjoy using my COM technique for many of your Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects! Happy crocheting to you!
This is pure genius in its simplicity! Thank you for sharing :)
You're very welcome! I'm glad you like my COM technique!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! Need to work with one color on just the front side of an afghan and I Do Not Want Fringe which is how the pattern is written. It's only taken three hours to find your wonderful video today on how to do this technique. Definitely well worth the time.
I will now be looking through your patterns and videos! Thank you!!!
You're very, very welcome, Patti! I'm glad you found my COM video and I hope you enjoy using this technique for all your Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects! I hope you enjoy my other videos and patterns. Happy Crocheting to you and Happy New Year!
I just knew there had to be a better way. Truly, thank you so so much. I have a blanket that I didnt finish because of the ends. My first big project with the mosiac pattern and I just gave up on it. this is going to make me want to complete my work. again, thank you!
You're very welcome! I'm so glad that my COM technique will have you enjoying mosaic crochet and that you'll be able to complete your blanket without having all those extra ends!
I just learned how to mosaic crochet and was already dreading doing a full-sized project because of all of those ends... So glad I found your video!! 😊🥰
Welcome to the wonderful world of Mosaic Crochet!
@@TheCrochetArchitect Thank you, so much! I also recently learned how to duplicate stitch in my knitting, so I'm just learning all the things! 🥰
LOVE!!! the swatches man! the technique is awesome, can't wait to try it out!
Thanks, Bee! Please let me know how you like my Continuous Overlay Mosaic Crochet technique! My hubby is happy that someone noticed him (the Swatches Man)!
@@TheCrochetArchitect Wash those swatches and they won't be stinkin! :-) :-) :-)
Great technique!
Thanks! I'd better get my swatches washed quickly so the stink doesn't spread to the whole house! Ha! Thanks for the laugh!
You are so sweet explaining this technique, thanks for sharing ❣️
You're very welcome, Estrela! I hope you enjoy using my COM technique and also my Adc (anchored dc) stitch for your Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects!
This is fabulous.I will definitely use this method because my heart hurts every time I cut my beautiful yarn 😅
I'm so glad you found my video and I'm glad you will be using my COM technique for your mosaic crochet projects. It works great! And it uses less yarn than working a double border! Happy crocheting to you now and always!
Thank you for taking the time to make this video! I’m a beginner, working on expanding into new techniques and your instructions were very easy to follow. This no ends approach feels like a huge upgrade for mosaic patterns. :)
You're very welcome! I hope you enjoy using my COM technique and my Anchored dc (Adc) stitch for your overlay mosaic crochet projects!
OMW this is absolutely GENIUS! I'm pretty new to mosaic crochet, but I will definitely be using this in my upcoming projects. Thank You!
You're very welcome! I hope you enjoy using my COM technique!
I just found your channel today. I am so excited at the titles of some of your videos. I have been crocheting for over 50 years. Lately I was thinking about trying my hand at Mosaic Crochet but was turned off by all those ends to weave in. I am now looking forward to giving it a try.
I hope you will consider doing some videos on crochet tops. Your crochet blouse is beautiful.
I'm glad you found my CZcams channel, too! I don't like all the ends on Overlay Mosaic Crochet either! That's why I invented my COM technique.
The top I'm wearing in this video is from a Japanese or Chinese crochet book (I can't remember which one!). I'd love to do a video on crochet tops, but I have to be careful with copyright laws.
This is so logical. Well done. It cannot use that much extra yarn if one factors in the yarn ends that have to be left to sew in.
Thank you! The extra amount of yarn for my COM technique depends on the width of the project and if you would have crocheted a double border on your Mosaic Crochet project.
Hi, love to do mosaic crochet and your videos. I have made a large blanket with one row using numerous colors of left over yarn. I use the overlay method but without having to lay the yarn right across the whole row, I overlay a 4 inch length of yarn at each end and crochet over or weave it in. great way of using up small amounts of yarn.
That sounds like a great way to hide your ends, Michelle! Do the right and left edges get elongated with that many ends covered up in the first/last 4 inches and not the center of the rows?
I am going to try this with a king size blanket I am about to start. Thank you
You're very welcome, Scarlett. I hope you enjoy using my COM technique and I hope your king size blanket turns out beautiful! Happy crocheting to you!
Thank you so much for this. I've wanted to try mosaic but because of all the weaving in of end I haven't now I will give it a try
You're very welcome, Terrill! I hope you enjoy mosaic crochet as much as I do! Happy crocheting!
👍👍👍Two videos and I have 3 new things to try on next project. I have already tried your knife hold on currant project while watching this video. After nearly 5 decades of crochet I believe you are right it is easier on the wrist, THANK YOU! I know I will be doing your Anchor DC on my next project in a few days and may try your COM if I don't want fringes on next project. I just won't know till I know what the next project is. I just know it'll be Mosaic.
You're very welcome! I'm so glad that my videos are helping you!
Thanks so much for sharing your new technique. I'm a mosaic crochet lover so definitely doing to use it.
You're very welcome! I hope you enjoy this technique!
Now I just need a tutorial for regular mosaic/Aztec crochet (no overlay, no ends)!!!
I'm not exactly sure what you're referring to as "Aztec Crochet". Are you talking about an Aztec looking design that is made in the Tapestry Crochet technique? Or one made in Tunisian Crochet with cross stitches on it? Or one made with all sc, changing colors, as necessary, across each row?
Wowwee! This is an Awesome “trick” for mosaic crochet! Thank You Sooo Much!
You're very welcome, Susan! I hope you enjoy using my COM technique on many of your Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects! Don't forget to use my Adc stitch to eliminate the gaps on the back of the work and to hide the carried yarn, too. Happy crocheting to you now and forever!
Absolutely fabulous technique. I need to practise this technique to get it into my brain. But I can see its purpose and bets the thousand or ends at the end. But I guess I do like the purpose of a double border but a double border with no ends would be perfect too! Thank you for sharing. Have saved it to try out the swatch.💖💖
I'm so glad you like my COM technique, Julie! I hope you enjoy using it on your Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects. You can probably skip the back border of the double border when you use my COM technique, since you won't have ends to cover up. Happy crocheting to you!
I just discovered Mosaic Crochet the other day. I was thinking, I don't want fringe, if I ever make one, and then your video popped up.
I hope you enjoy using my COM technique for your Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects. Did you know that there are several styles of Mosaic Crochet? I have a video showing an overview of the different styles/techniques of Mosaic Crochet. You can watch it here: czcams.com/video/wRmL18ZHQ8M/video.html to learn which style/technique you'd like to try first! Happy crocheting to you!
I love your tutorial, I think I will give it a try. Thanks for explaining it so easily.
You're very welcome! Please let me know if you have any questions about it when you're trying it out!
I’m impressed with this method and will try it sometime.
Thank you, Patricia. Please let me know if you have any questions when you try my COM technique!
I'm so glad I found you! Thanks.
You're very welcome, Sheila! I'm glad you found my CZcams channel, too! I hope you learn many new things about crochet from many of my other videos to increase your crochet skills and knowledge. Happy crocheting to you now and always!
Thank you so much this is soooo helpful
You're very welcome! I hope you enjoy using my COM technique for your Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects! Happy crocheting to you!
Holy smokes, this is GENIUS!
I'm glad you like it! I hope you enjoy using my COM technique for your Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects!
Thank you
You're very welcome, Neelam! I hope you enjoy using my COM technique for many of your Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects. Happy crocheting to you!
Absolutely. Genius!! Thank you so much!!
You're very welcome, Tricia! I hope you enjoy using my COM technique for your Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects. Happy crocheting to you!
That's ok if you have a very narrow project but not when it's a wide project. I weave the end in the back loops with my crochet hook and then gets crocheted over when I crochet the next row. The end at the front of the row I just crochet over it as well.
Many people crochet over their ends. I find that my project gets a little stretched out at the side edges if I do that. It's nice to have options so we can pick which one we like best for the project we're making. If crocheting over your ends from each row is what works for you, keep doing it! The main goals of crocheting are to enjoy what you're doing, let the process of crocheting relieve your stress, and enjoy the finished project (or let the recipient enjoy it)! Happy crocheting to you, Lorre!
OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH, this saved my life fr
You're very welcome! I'm glad I could help you with my COM technique!
Wow! I love the anchored dc. I’ve never seen that before. This video has taught me two new skills. I wonder how this will work with center-out squares.
I'm glad you've learned some new skills, Cathy. The Adc should work fine with mosaic squares worked in the round. I don't think you'd need to carry the unused yarn and work over it, though, because it's not finished off at the end of the rounds. You simply change colors in the last stitch of the round (or in the joining slip stitch) and work the next round with the other color. I hope this helps.
Happy crocheting to you!
Your sweater looks fantastic! I'd like to see more of it ad how its made.
Thank you. I'll consider doing a video and/or blog post about the sweater I wore!
Thank you kindly for all the effort you put into this video and sharing your tips, well done.
You're very welcome, Cathy! I'm so glad I can share crochet tips with others through my CZcams videos! I hope you enjoy using my COM technique for many years!
I have never seen this method before, and I think it’s genius. I will try this for sure on a smaller project like a scarf. I have subscribed and am looking forward to more gems from you. Thank you!
You're very welcome! I'm glad you like my COM technique. Thanks for subscribing. I hope you enjoy more of my videos and learn a lot!
Genius! I’ve just started looking at mosaic crochet garments where the fringe / double border isn’t as easy to incorporate so this should save me a lot of weaving!! Thanks!
You're very welcome, Madelle! I'm so glad it was helpful for you!
"we don't need no stinking swatches" ha ha I just subscribed I love your teaching approach and humor. Keeps it light and engaging.
Thanks so much for subscribing, Sidney! My husband is the humorous one. I'm just the crochet talent! I couldn't do these videos without him!
@@TheCrochetArchitect ❤ I am new to crochet. My mom taught basics when I was a kid, but I never really picked it up. Not until a few years ago. I am home taking care of my mom now and wanted to pick up some crafting just to keep my mind active. So, I picked crochet back up. I worked through a couple of projects but the one pattern that just baked my noodle was the granny square. During the pandemic I wrestled with that darn pattern and finally got it! I started working on a coaster and it came out ok so just to make sure it was not a fluke, I made another and another and before I knew it, my coaster project has turned into a ...well it's probably a queen size afghan now ha ha. My husband is also the comic relief (sometimes)
Welcome to the wonderful world of crochet! I hope you enjoy it for many years. It's nice that you can take care of your mom and do some crochet at the same time. I miss my mom. She passed away 6 years ago. Enjoy every day that God gives you with your mom. They're gone way too soon.
I've got a free pattern for a 3-round granny square on my website, in case you'd like to compare it with the one you've mastered! You can find it here: thecrochetarchitect.com/downloads/3-round-granny-square/.
Happy crocheting to you, Sidney!
@@TheCrochetArchitect I am so sorry to hear of your mom's passing. I am appreciative of the time I have with her. Thank you, I am excited to try the mosaic pattern. The mass majority of my squares look the one on your website ..a few of them though...not so much ha ha It's infuriating because I didn't even realize the mistakes until I started putting border color on them and then I caught it. Oh well, that's how you learn.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!
You're very welcome, Faith! I hope you enjoy using my COM technique for your overlay mosaic crochet projects!
@@TheCrochetArchitect I've got my yarn and will be LEARNING it today, thanks to you. GOD bless your hands and protect your soul.
Thank you very much, Faith! God bless you and your crochet projects! Please let me know if you have any questions about my COM technique.
the way I JUST finished the body of a really complicated mosaic crochet blanket.... its the first time ive ever done this technique and this video popped up in auto play. AS I SIT HERE WORKING THE DOUBLE BOARDER HATING EVERY MIINUTE OF IT lol
I feel your pain! I'm sorry that you didn't find my video sooner. But now that you've learned my COM technique (with the use of the anchored double crochet stitch), you can use it on all the other overlay mosaic crochet blankets that you make from here on out! I've never done a double border and I don't plan to ever do one! When you're doing my COM technique, make sure you adjust the carried yarn each time you start a row so it isn't too tight or too loose (NOT being too tight is the most important thing). That's the only time you can adjust the carried yarn. Once you've started that row, you can't adjust it any more. Happy COM crocheting to you!
Thank you for this wonderful tutorial.very easy to follow and a very much needed tutorial.
You're very welcome, Daisy! I'm glad it's helpful for you!
Brilliant
I'm glad you like this and I hope you enjoy using my COM technique for your Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects.
Brilliant absolutely brilliant!!! I really do think I would save yarn using this method instead of doing a double border. Thank you so much for taking the time to share this golden nugget of information. Watching this one video has changed the way I think about mosaic. I can only imagine what else I will learn from you. I just started my first blanket in January. I’m a brand new subscriber so be prepared for some binge watching lol 😂. Hope you have a fabulous day!!
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You're very welcome, Carol! Thank you so much for leaving a comment about my COM technique. I'm thankful that I have a CZcams channel where I can share some of my crochet knowledge with others to help more people advance their crochet skills! I hope you learn lots more from my other crochet videos! Binge watch all you want!
I agree that the yarn you'd use to work a double border is far more than what you'd use when you carry the yarn across the rows with my COM technique. I hope your Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects turn out wonderfully!
You have a fabulous day, as well! By any chance, are you located in the UK?
Amazing! ❤️🧶 Thank you for this tutorial! ❤️
You're very welcome, Lisa! I'm glad you like it! Happy Mosaic Crocheting to you!
Very clear and well explained..thank you for your efforts 😊
You're very welcome, Jackie! I'm glad you like it! I hope you enjoy using my COM technique for your Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects.
You are brilliant¡¡ thank you so much for teaching me¡¡ a big hug from Chile
You're very welcome, Jessica! I'm glad you like my COM technique and I hope you enjoy using it often. Happy crocheting to you!
@@TheCrochetArchitect I am doing a mosaic crochet now, thanks again
Hi Susan, Thank you so much for sharing your talents with us.
To date I have done 2 double border mosaic crochet afghans. That tally almost ended at one - I HATED that dang border so much. It truly almost put me off mosaic crochet forever. For my second project I tried several other suggestions for dealing with the double border, each with a similarly disappointing ease of execution.
Then I came across a video here on CZcams called "Mosaic Crochet. How to hide tails as-you-go, tips and tricks" by BebaBlanket and decided to try her suggestions for cutting my ends and weaving in the tails as I worked. (I've done several crochet projects that involve carrying a second strand of yarn across a project, encasing the carried yarn within the stitches, so that technique was a comfortable, familiar one.) Still, my interpretation of the enclosing of the carried yarn left unwelcome bits peeking through on the drop down double crochet stitches. I resigned myself to declaring those pesky bits simply 'unique design elements'.
However, this CZcams video of yours popped up on one of my Facebook timeline feeds and I had to check it out.
Now I have to admit I'm a trifle obsessive-compulsive. Lights must be switched off if you're leaving a room. Shopping carts are always returned to their corrals. Toilet paper must feed over the top of the roll - never from underneath. That kind of thing. In my core, I am a firm believer in waste-not, want-not. 'Frugal' could well be my middle name. Knowing myself, I knew I could not ever be comfortable & relaxed at 'wasting' all that yarn your technique uses. (Granted, on my list of things I hate, wasting yarn ranks far below my detestation of double borders on mosaic crochet, but I knew it would just eat at me with every row.) Most folks it won't bother a bit. Me, it would.
BUT - it always seems that crocheting knowledge lands in a receptive mind when it is most needed. In watching this video, I became enchanted with your Anchored Double Crochet (ADC) stitch. Could this be the answer to my peeky, pesky bits I'd been wrestling with in weaving in my tails on the drop down double crochet mosaic stitches? Might I adapt this ADC for weaving in the tails on my non-bordered mosaic projects? The answer is YES!!!!!
I'm just ecstatic. No borders. No tails. No pesky, peeking bits.
I leave about 5-6" of yarn tail at both the beginning & ending of each row. At the beginning of rows I carry the tail along, encasing it within the stitches I'm making - using the techniques you show here. The ADC being the key for me. As the end of the row approaches I gently align the previous row's yarn tail along the top of the previous row & work it in that way as well. For me, this slight adaptation works and keeps the Frugal McDougal in me at peace. The combination of working yarn plus carried yarn does make for a bit wider/taller stitch than when I'm using only the one strand of yarn so I'm experimenting with switching to a smaller sized hook for those portions of the rows. Going down 0.5mm has seemed to make for less drastic size differences.
As a side note, I've read elsewhere that the ADC can be used to break up long runs of gaps on the back side of one's work when working a simple drop down double crochet. (I find that executing the ADC takes me a bit longer & out of the rhythm & flow of my pattern so I haven't been using it except when I'm working over yarn tails.) So experimenting to see if I liked that effect (non-gaping backside ... oh dear, now I've got visions of 'plumber's crack' in my head) I tried throwing in an ADC after every third stitch for long runs of drop down double crochet. It still slows my rhythm down, but no droopy loops either. Additionally, that little extra bit of yarn in the ADC stitch makes just enough of a difference that there's a decided little visual blip when it's worked in a line of regular drop down double crochet. Your mileage may vary, but the OCD side of me always works it every fourth stitch so those blips line up nicely and voilà - a welcome design feature!
Again, just a rather extended way of saying THANK YOU for sharing your skills & talents here. You've made my latest obsession with mosaic crochet one that I can enjoy without the impending feeling of doom I was getting whenever I contemplated that dreaded double border.
EDITED to add another method of eliminating the need for working the 'standard' technique of double borders in mosaic crochet. Just found this one a couple of days ago - haven't yet given it a whirl. But I visited the CZcams page for "How to sew down a double border trapping the ends as you go." by Woolthreadpaint. The video has no sound but shows her method for avoiding that dratted double border/slip stitch mess that seems so ubiquitous on most mosaic crochet pattern instructions. In a nutshell, what she does is make a regular old double crochet (DC) border (I expect you could also do a HDC stitch instead) that is twice the depth of the yarn end encasing envelope you need. My guess would be a minimum of a 4 row border - it all would be dependent on how wide you want your finished border to be. Then, you simply fold that border in half, trapping the cut yarn ends, and stitch the top edge to the bottom of the first row. (Aw, shucks - that sounds way more complicated than it is. Just watch the video.)
You're very welcome, Barb!
I'm so glad that my video could help you with your dislike of doing a double border on your mosaic crochet projects! I've actually never done a double border on my mosaic projects and I don't intend to do one! It looks like too much work to me!
It sounds like your technique works great! And I love that you've figured out that using a smaller hook at the beginning and end of the rows will fix the little bit of gauge discrepancy!
It's great how crocheters can share their knowledge and encourage each other to find what works best for each of us!
Happy Mosaic Crocheting to you!
Barb,
I had the SAME thoughts you had as I watched all that carried yarn and fiddly ball/loop contortions. I envisioned my 'flow' at a standstill when making a large project like a blanket or sweater/duster...I have those same OCD compulsions as you. So you're fix is PERFECT for ME! Thank you, thank you, thank YOU!!!! for your detailed tweak technique.
I just discovered MOSAIC crochet 3 days ago (2/22/2021) after crocheting basic stitches for 5 decades! I was about to embark on the INSET Mosaic technique taught by Ellen Gormley here on YT - but decided to keep searching.
Meanwhile I'm also wondering if Mosaic SC rows can be worked in taller stiches - like HDC (my fave crochet stitch)...and DC rows worked in TC stitches... Wish me luck!
Welcome to the wonderful world of Mosaic Crochet! There's always something new to learn in crochet, no matter how long we've been crocheting (I've only been crocheting for about 4.5 decades, so you have me beat)! I'd be interested to hear how your experiments go with using taller stitches for Mosaic Crochet. I think using hdc might make the project lean a little too much, but it's possible they would work out just fine. It's so much fun to experiment with crochet and see what can be invented! I wish you much luck with your Mosaic Crochet experimenting. Please keep me updated on your progress.
@@nuvoclassic Thanks for your comments. I'm still working on my current mosaic crochet project using the technique I initially described BUT - I've seen another method even more recently that I may try next. Please refer to my original comment & scroll to its bottom where I've added an EDITED portion for an explanation.
It's always good to have several arrows in one's quiver of crochet techniques. Perhaps this may prove even simpler timewise than the others.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us🙏🏻. As a beginner I have saved this video for reference. Easy to follow instruction…again thank you🙏🏻
P.S. Love your hubby helping with the video🥰🥰. Please thank him for me…I spit out my coffee🤣🤣….so funny!
You're very welcome, Zoila! I hope you enjoy using my COM technique for your Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects.
I'm glad you liked my hubby in this video! He's quite the funny guy! I'll definitely thank him for you. He's glad when someone notices him and appreciates his sense of humor! I hope you didn't make too much mess with your spit out coffee!
Genius!
Thanks! I hope you enjoy using my COM technique!
I was wondering why my project had a slight list to the right. Thanks for mentioning that in your reply.
Glad I could help!
Very nice technique impressed. Will try it
Thank you, Sanju! I hope you enjoy using my COM technique for many of your Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects!
Very clever; thanks for sharing your genius!
You're very welcome, Roberta! I'm glad you like it! Happy crocheting to you now and always!
This is amazing...thank you madam for the smartest technique..
You're very welcome! I hope you enjoy using my COM technique for all your Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects!
Thank you so much. You are a gem.
You're very welcome! Happy Continuous Overlay Mosaic Crocheting to you!
Nice method
Thanks! I hope you enjoy using it!
You are a genius!
Thank you, Helen! I'm glad you think so! Once in a while I come up with a good technique (it doesn't happen very often, though) and I'm glad I can share it with others! I hope you enjoy using my COM technique! Happy crocheting to you!
THANKYOU!!! oh my gosh, thankyou!
You're very welcome, Emma! I hope you enjoy using my COM technique on your Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects for many years!
Your videos are so helpful. I'm designing a poncho and will be using your COM technique for some sections. Other parts will be using traditional crochet stitches,. I think it will be delightful to see the combinations.
I'm so glad that my videos are helpful for you. I'd love to see your poncho when you're done with it!
Gracias por tu gentileza de explicar tan bien ésta técnica.Te saludo desde Montevideo Uruguay.
You're very welcome, Mercedes! Happy crocheting!
@@TheCrochetArchitect Gracias, gracias!!!
Thank you, This is genius!
You're very welcome, Teri! I'm glad you like my COM technique and I hope it helps you with your Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects!
This is to cool!
I'm glad you like it, Lisa! I hope you enjoy using my COM technique for your Overlay Mosaic Crochet projects!