Free Afghan Crochet Patterns

Free Afghan Crochet Patterns from Yarn Vendors

A great source for free patterns of any type is the company from which you buy your yarn. These vendors have long offered free patterns to encourage people to use their yarn. With the Internet, it’s even easier to access these patterns, and to see the yarns the pattern has been designed to work with.

These patterns are often trendy, usually have simple, well written instructions and are easily classified by skill level, so you know as a beginner which patterns you will be able to master.

• Coats and Clark has patterns for 10 afghans and is adding more all the time. These patterns use some of the company’s most popular (and cheapest) yarn, so you can get a lot of thrifty inspiration at this site and you’re sure to be able to find the yarn you need.

• If you scroll way down to the bottom of the list of crochet patterns on Lion Brand Yarn’s website, you will be rewarded with more than 30 patterns, some of which are very quick and easy (such as the Super Fast and Easy Throw).

Other Sites for Free Afghan Crochet Patterns

Of course the Internet provides a lot of other places you can find free patterns for afghans and much more to crochet. Here are a few of the best.

• The Craft Yarn Council is an organization devoted to promotion of and education about both knitting and crochet, so this site has patterns for both. Scroll down the page to find about 10 patterns for afghans and throws.

• Crochet Pattern Central has a wonderful collection of free patterns from all over the web. Some are in PDF format, while others are simply on websites. Most of the links seem to be live, but some are very slow to load.

• Crochet N More has nearly 20 patterns, almost all with pictures. Some of these patterns are for squares that you can combine or repeat to make an afghan of whatever size you like.

• Knitting-Crochet has another great list of patterns. Some of the patterns listed are for knitters, but the site also sells a book about how to convert patterns from knitting to crochet or crochet to knitting.

• Another small but good collection of free afghan patterns can be found at All Fiber Arts. You should definitely check out the link to Shady lane if you don’t mind having to register to download free patterns.

Other Sources for Free Afghan Crochet Patterns

Here are some more ideas for where you may be able to find free patterns:

• Other crafty friends. Ask your friends who crochet to share their favorite patterns or sites where they have found good patterns.

• Craft magazines. Go to the library and see if they stock craft magazines like Crochet Magazine, Crochet Fantasy or Quick and Easy Crochet. thumb through the issues and make photocopies of patterns you want to try. And don’t forget to check out online crochet magazines like Crochet Me.

• Garage sales. You may not actually be able to find crochet magazines for free at garage sales, but if you arrive at a sale late in the day you might be able to get the seller to give the magazines to you if you buy something else. You kind of have to keep your eyes open for sales that might have craft books and magazines, but if this works for you once, you’ll be glad you did. Another cheap (but not free) source is eBay, where you can often find lots of crochet magazines for $1 to $5 and pattern books for about the same price.

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