Elaine's Craft Page


My dragon is about 30 cm high, and is knitted in the round on double pins. If you fancy a challenge to your knitting skills, why not take the pattern?

My dragon's spine is finished in crochet.

I am a member of Crochet-Partners, an e-mail discussion group for crocheters, that I joined when it began, in January 1996.

Crochet-Partners have a web page full of interesting crochet information, including how to join the discussion group. You can get to this from my home page.

Here is a text document which shows the names for crochet stitches in several languages, and also gives a description in English of how the stitch is made, since American and British names for crochet stitches are different!

Crochet terms with English explanation

Here's another idea I had, while discussing filet crochet. It's a way of graphing text for filet work without any special software - just the standard accessory programmes you get with a window interface.
Description of graphing filet work using 'paintbrush'

If you like crocheting, how about trying my version of the popular British children's characters, the Teletubbies.
A teletubby

Here is a suggestion for a shrug - make one in fancy yarn for evening wear, or in a nice cozy yarn as a bed-jacket.
Shrug instructions

Or if you crochet and enjoy geometry, what about a Klein bottle?
A Klein Bottle


A simple (simplistic?) calculator is provided here for working out row/stitch numbers from a swatch (tension/gauge square)

And you could also look on my dance page for some skirt-making tips.

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