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CYCA Certified Crochet Teacher and member of CGOA.

Visit my crochet blog Crafty Corral. New patterns are sometimes posted there temporarily.

Note: This site uses American crochet terminology. I have a chart showing the difference here.

Below are my tutorials.
If you want to print JUST the tutorial (for your personal use only), highlight the part you want to print, and choose "selection" when your printer box comes up. About.com has better instructions on how to do this if you need more help.

How to Crochet for Beginners

Alternative to the slip knot video (Windows Media Player version)
Alternative to the slip knot video (Real Player version)

More How to Crochet for Beginners

Basic Stitches

Special Stitches

Shapes

Other Important Stuff

Project Pictures

Please read the Copyright notice
before downloading any patterns from this site.

Patterns are in pdf format. You will need Adobe Reader to view them. You can get it for free by clicking the link below.

If you cannot read pdf files, there is a pdf conversion at the Adobe site. It converts to html. You will not get pics, but you will get all the text. in both formats.

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My faith is an important part of my life.
If you are interested in knowing more about Christianity, please go here.

If you are interested in a Bible study that also incorporates crochet, check out Crocheting for Christ. July 2007 we are studying Women of the Bible. This is our first Bible study, so we're still finding our way. :-)

“Thanks for stopping by! I look forward to your next visit!” --Sandie

Patterns

Please note that all patterns are in pdf format only.

IMPORTANT: Do not save my patterns to your hard drive and then put them on your web site or blog, even if they are in pdf format. This is copyright infringement. Link to the pattern page URL.

Please read my copyright notice before using any materials on this site. For more info about copyright, check these sites:
About.com (excellent article)
Crochet Partners web site on Copyright
The Copyright FAQ for Knitters
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Crochet Kim (list of published designers)
The Girl from Auntie
Knitty.com

If you like, you can subscribe to my e-mail list at yahoogroup. This is an ANNOUNCEMENT list only, NOT a chat group. All e-mails come only from me and let you know when there is a significant update to the Cabana.

Thanks for being a part of the Crochet Cabana family!

Due to spam issues I've decided to get rid of the guestbook and guestmap features. Please use the e-mail "Send" button below if you'd like to contact me. Thanks!

Special thanks to Katy for starting me on the road to crocheting almost 30 years ago!

If you find any errors please let me know so that I can correct them.

I get many requests for this or that pattern. I cannot give out patterns that are copyrighted - don't ask me. If you are looking for patterns, there are several ways to find them. Do a web search, join a crochet list, put a message on several message boards, check Ebay or half.com, buy online or at a local bookstore or other outlet, or use your local library inter-library loan. Please note that any requests for copyrighted patterns will be ignored.

Also, please remember that I am a person just like you, with a life outside of the internet. I answer all my e-mails and really enjoy hearing from you all. Please understand when I cannot take the time to crochet an item you are having trouble with, so I can explain how to do it.

Please also be sure to put crochet or something relevant in the subject line. I do not open e-mails that have no subject line or that just say "hello" or "hi" and many times these end up in my spam box and I never see them.

To EMAIL ME click on the button below.

Note: No offense meant, but when I do e-mail you, please do not add me to your address book and begin to send me all your "forwards". I know these can be cute or inspirational, but I assure you, I've seen them all.

Want to know about Becoming a Christian? Go here.

Thank you for visiting the Cabana!

Note: If you find any links that don't work or pictures that do not come in,
please do let me know. Sometimes when I change one thing, I mess up something else! :-)

My Christian romance books

Angels for Christmas
Angel on the Doorstep by Sandra Petit
An Angel for Everyone by Gail Sattler
Strawberry Christmas by Pamela Griffin
Angel Charm by Tamela Hancock Murray

Crafty little angels put their charm into four holiday romances

In the presence of angels, will these hearts accept God's message of love
and open to each other?

A Time for Angels
Angel on the Doorstep by Sandra Petit
An Angel for Everyone by Gail Sattler
September 2005
ISBN: 1-59310-792-7

Special angels stir up love in the hearts of two couples at Christmastime.

Patterns for both a crocheted angel (by Sandie) and a beaded angel (by Gail) included!

Order from Barbour directly at 800-852-8010
or check your local WalMart, SAM's or Christian bookstore

If you would like an autographed copy of Angels for Christmas, please e-mail me for details.

Buy A Time for Angels online at:
CBD
Amazon
WalMart

FYI, although it is out of print, my first Christian romance novella, Rose in Bloom, is still available in some locations in the anthology the Bouquet (Barbour Publishing). Romantic Times magazine gave The Bouquet 4 1/2 stars out of 5. The book was #1 on the CBA bestseller list for romance.

There are three other stories in the anthology. The other authors are Janet Lee Barton, Diann Hunt, and Gail Sattler. You can read descriptions of the stories at my other site http://www.sandrapetit.com .

The Bouquet is out of print but was still available at Amazon last time I checked.

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Since February 20, 2005
THANK YOU for coming!

Crochet Cabana created in October 1997.
Lost my counter several times so I don't really have an accurate count of total visitors.

Crochet Cabana domain name was purchased March 2, 2001.

Here's what happened at the Cabana in 2007
Unique Visitors - 332345
Number of Visits - 467019
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Hits - 26308485
Bandwidth used - 145.79 GB

This site last updated on June 22, 2008.

Notice: The web site Emagister
is asking people to enroll to take a "Crochet Cabana" tutorial "course" online. This is bogus.
Information on Crochet Cabana is always freely available without enrolling in a course. No one has been given permission by me to develop a course or class online for which you must register. When you enroll in the Emagister course, you must give your personal e-mail and are merely given a link to my site (which you already have if you are here). The link they are using is bad, but they may fix that. I don't know anything else about the site, but would caution you before registering since I have contacted several site owners listed in their course list and they also did not know their materials were being used in this way.

Also, please be careful when searching the Internet. I did a search for "Crochet Cabana" and found a site that claimed to have free patterns and mentioned the Granny Square tutorial at Crochet Cabana. When I clicked on the link, it sent me to one page which immediately redirected me to another page with pornographic photos on it. Of course, I left the site immediately and notified Google of this deception. Just read the URLs carefully before clicking. That's the best you can do.

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