Crochet.

Oh Liz45, we all do it. I am being ruthless with myself at the moment or no one will get Christmas presents

Thank you for all the links and recommendations. I like the look of the ripple blanket and will give that a try when I have finished my knitting. I have been a bit daft and am halfway through four different things so am disciplining myself not to start anything else until they are all finished.

Thanks atvan, I now know how to use DS's printer so I will now be able to print off patterns I find online. I will give the sites you mention a go and see what I can find.

I prefer crochet to knitting - the process not the result - but have only knitted stockings.

This is what came up when I put "crochet Christmas stockings" into Pinterest www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=Crochet%20Christmas%20Stocking

They won't all have patterns but some are sure to.

I would also say Ravelry. Are you near a library hilda - where you could print out your patterns?

try www.AllFreeCrochet.com there is also www.AllFreeKnitting.com and www.AllFreeSewing.com i get daily emails from them and have found many projects there.

I've been taking Crochet Today, an American publication which is bi-monthly. I haven't received the last one, and the newsagent can't find out why. Thanks for the info about the UK mags., I'll ask the newsagent about them. Thanks Gen

I've been taking Crochet Today, an American publication which is bi-monthly. I haven't received the last one, and the newsagent can't find out why. Thanks for the info about the UK mags., I'll ask the newsagent about them. Thanks Gen

There are two monthly UK crochet magazines - 'Inside Crochet' and 'Simply Crochet'. Both are well worth a look. I love crocheting, too and find it very therapeutic. I recently finished a ripple blanket for my granddaughter - the pattern is on Lucy's blog, Attic 24 and is called a 'Neat Ripple Pattern'.

There is also a site called 'hooked on crochet' I belong to the 'crochet crowd'' which is American so you have to translate their patterns, but it's a friendly site with free video tutorials from 'Mikey'

I crochet and have made several blankets.
You can get free patterns from lion brand wools

Trouble is Tanith I haven't got a printer and it's an awful job writing out a pattern longhand! I learned to crochet at nightclasses. I've made all sorts of things from baby blankets to intricate lacy garments and I need a new project. The mag. I get from the newsagents comes from the USA and appears to have gone astray. I'll just carry on with the Santa stockings for now, thanks.

Oh yes me too, I love Lucy's blog Nanabelle
attic24.typepad.com/

I love crocheting too. I made a colourful stripey pushchair blanket for my first gd and have made a granny square blanket. There is a brilliant blog called Attic24 and she has lots of tutorials which are so clear - but none for clothing! I learnt how to join granny squares as you go from her, so no sewing up at the end! Have made flowers and in the 60's made a crochet dress and a bikini (I think they were lined!).

I knit but one day I will teach myself to crochet.
Do have a look at Ravelry, mostly knitting but some crochet too and patterns are either free or very reasonably priced. www.ravelry.com

Try pin interest or ravelry I think they both have crotchet sections with free patterns. I used to crotchet in the dim and distant past but no more.