Freeform crochet means creating a crochet surface with any stitches, shapes and colors that you like. No pattern, just going with the flow. Everything you want to do is right! In this video I'm showing the start of a new freeform piece. This is not a step by step tutorial but giving you tips and examples of what you could do. However, the video shows you many different stitches and there are links to more detailed tutorials of those stitches below. For freeform crochet you need to know the basic stitches and have an inquisitive mind not to be afraid to try out new things! Also for an advanced crocheter it improves your crochet skills, especially if you have mainly used readymade patterns until now. In freeform you work out how many stitches and rows work best for the result you want to achieve. This can greatly improve your understanding of how a crochet surface is created.

* * * My favourite crochet hook set, Clover Amour. Great shape and they make crocheting fast: https://amzn.to/45PNt7d

Tutorials for some of the stitches used in the video:

Vstitch:    • How to crochet the Vstitch  
Start double crochet without a chain (chainless foundation):    • Starting double crochet without a cha...  
Bobble stitch:    • Crochet easy bobble stitch  
Front and back post double crochet:    • Crochet stitch tutorial: Front and ba...  

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Content:

0:00 What is freeform
0:42 What you need
2:10 Giving ideas
2:22 First piece
2:40 Method
3:03 Chain loops, basic stitches
6:18 More shapes
7:50 Vstitch
9:10 Chainless double crochet
10:27 Bobble stitch
12:41 Adding a circle
14:36 Filling in a corner
15:58 Front and back post dc
17:25 How to continue
18:23 Filling in with chains