Finishing the Crochet Diploma: Certificates & Thoughts

So two months later. Here we are and here are the certificates I received from Centre of Excellence for completing the Crochet Diploma. They took about 4 weeks and 6 weeks to arrive in Sydney from the United Kingdom.   Overall, I really really enjoyed the course. Learned a few new things and picked up…

Crochet Diploma: Module 14 & 15

We have reached the home stretch of the Centre of Excellence's Crochet Diploma. The remaining four units focus on business knowledge and strategies relevant to crochet designers and fibre artists. They are also not as long (or as fun) as the crochet based units so I thought I'd roll 14 and 15 into one post.…

Crochet Diploma: Module 13

In this module, we tackle jumpers (sweaters for our US friends). For many, it is our first complicated large project. The lesson goes over a few different types of jumpers and their general shape and includes a good reference guide for how many metres of yarn you will need for each yarn weight and jumper…

Crochet Diploma: Module 12

Bags! One of my first freeform projects was making a simple bag in the Doc McStuffins colours for my then toddler who loved carrying around her own doctor bag. This module also included an easy bag pattern which happened to be the same basic design as the Doc McStuffins one I made all those years…

Crochet Diploma: Module 11

My favourite crochet subject - toys and amigurumi! I learned most of my amigurumi skills from Youtube by following tutorials on making play food and small toys for my daughter. I used these techniques to write my very first original pattern for crochet macarons. This module covered the basic principles of making toys such as…

Crochet Diploma: Module 10

This module moved on to Afghans. I have never had much patience for large projects and have only completed a few. My favourite of which is the 5 point star blanket from The Crochet Crowd. After a rather (I feel) unnecessary paragraph explaining that an afghan and the tunisian crochet stitch, also referred to as…

Crochet Diploma: Module 9

On we march to Module 9: Shawls & Scarves. A lot of the remaining modules follow the same format - introduce item, yarns, yarn amounts and tension, then a pattern for that item. In this module I learned the difference between a summer scarf and a winter scarf and took note of some more useful…

Crochet Diploma: Module 8

Intro to Design. This module guys, oh my goodness. So much math. This module introduced the idea of creating your own patterns and provided equations for working out where to place increases and decreases. The first parts were about finding inspiration and working with drape. All good so far. We created some swatches of different…

Crochet Diploma: Module 7

Let's level up! This module is called Advanced Techniques and moves into stitch patterns, using open stitches for aesthetic, adding borders and working with motifs. I have not yet made a waffle or basket weave blanket so the run down of how basket weave works was really informative and I can't wait to give it…

Crochet Diploma: Module 6

This module is about Care & Finishing and covers blocking, seaming, weaving in ends and laundering your work safely. They delved into much deeper detail about blocking in this section and covered a few methods such as soaking a piece or steaming more delicate pieces. I have never had much luck blocking acrylic yarn which…