Crochet Crossword #1

Every since I was little, I enjoyed puzzles – ALL kinds of puzzles. And I’m not bad at word searches and other simple puzzles, but I could never do the crossword puzzles. Not even the easy ones! I purchased many books, but to no avail. My knowledge base just wasn’t big enough. 🙂 So I gave up and I purchased this program that would allow me to enter my own clues so I could create my own puzzles. Well, nearly 20 years later, I’ve finally figured out how to use it! Actually, I finally figured out what the export button does… hahaha.

It’s an old program, but it still kinda works on my computer… It’s giving me a rather messy “solve” puzzle as you can see below. But with the help of Gimp, I was able to pretty much clear the blotchy areas. It also deletes my lists after I restart the computer, but it let’s me do an easy import of my saved lists. And it keeps crashing on me… But I’m hoping to make it work for those who’d like to see more of these puzzles.

And since this is my first puzzle, I welcome all feedback below in the comments. Let me know whether the clues are doable or if they’re too hard.

I don’t have a printer at the moment, so let me know how it prints out for you. There’s a green “print friendly” button at the bottom of the page for easy printing.

It looks like the bottom got cut off, but trust me, all squares are there. I’m not sure how I’d fix that, so if I decide to do more they’d most likely all be like that.

And last but not least, let me know if you’d like to see more of these and I’ll add more clues to the database and try and keep them coming if there’s a big enough audience. Right now, it’s mostly the names of blogs, designers and abbreviations. But if want to see more, I’ll start adding in yarn and pattern names to keep them interesting. We could even do lattice style puzzles with names of new patterns that are being published.

Thanks so much, and I hope you’ll enjoy the puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Free Crochet Patterns and Designs by ___.
8 Pink Snail ___.
12 ___ Girl, Designs by Alice on Ravelry
15 Knot Your ___’s Crochet.
16 ___ Recycled Bags.
17 college degree,
18 ___bawka Design.
20 ___ Nordstrom.
22 ___ Recycled Bags.
23 Ber___.
25 The Left ___ of Crochet.
29 My ___rry Messy Life.
30 Laurie ___liberte.
31 A ___ Sascha.
32 “You Are My Sunshine” E___ Lip Balm Valentine by Repeat Crafter Me.
33 ___anda Evanson.
36 Buy Hook ___ By Crook.
37 Abbreviation for Puff Stitch.
39 Michele ___.
42 Abbreviation for Continue.
43 Abbreviation for Triple Crochet.
44 ___LoveKnots.
45 ___8tion Crochet.
46 Abbreviation for Increase.
47 Free Patterns ___. (2 words.)
49 Jessie ___ Home.
50 Lanas ___ Ana.
52 Music abbreviation.
54 Abbreviation for Chains.
56 Lanas De ___.
58 Abbreviation for Reverse Single Crochet.
61 ___ Dagar som gick.
63 ___anny Square.
65 ___. Micawber’s Recipe for Happiness.
66 An International Photography Magazine.
67 Dips___.
68 Preemie ___ara by Oui Crochet.
70 Rippling Wav___ Bottle Bag by Tera Kulling.
71 Repeat Crafter ___.
73 ___mi.
74 Yarn Over, ___ Through.
76 Treasures Made from ___.
78 Susan ___ of Soulshine Creations By Susan.
81 Moog___.
82 Crochet ___.
83 ___ Ann H of Joyful In Tribulation.
84 Abbreviation for Space.
85 Newborn Gala___ Beanie by My Hobby is Crochet.
88 Abbreviation for Stitch.
89 ___ Crochet Pattern.
95 Trinidad ___ de Corazon.
96 ___ Tejiendo de Corazon.

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2 Do You Mind ___ I Knit.
3 The ___ and the Turtle.
4 One day ___ (2 words) time.
5 Drunken ___t Wendy.
6 La___ Bain.
7 Irish La___.
9 Abbreviation for a yarn weight
10 Fair ___ Crochet.
11 Aurora ___ of DragonFlyMomof2 Designs.
13 ___ Hobby is Crochet.
14 Sometimes referred to as Intarsia.
16 ___ Crafts.
17 ___ Unschoolers.
19 ___dora’s Creations.
21 Yarn ___, Pull Through.
24 ___ Hildebrand.
26 Monster Penc__ Case by Crochet Dreamz.
27 Rainbow ___ze Washcloth by Simply Collectible.
28 ___nnifer’s Crochet & Crafts.
34 Abbreviation for Hook.
35 Imag___.
36 ___ Crochet.
37 Cowl ___ncho by CrochetN’Crafts.
38 ___roken Hearts Granny Square by Posh Pooch Designs.
40 ___sthetic Hooded Scarf by Crochet Dreamz.
41 Abbreviation for Single Crochet.
42 Abbreviation for Contrasting Color.
44 Croch___ Spot.
48 Abbreviation for Half Double Crochet.
51 Pattern ___.
52 Age’s Crochet Pages.
53 ___ 3 Crochet.
54 Abbreviation for Color A.
55 ___fio.
56 Abbreviation for Alternate
57 ___ Handmades.
59 ___ Nash of Soulshine Creations By Susan
60 ___’Crafts.
62 Abbreviation for Loop.
64 Abbreviation for Right Side.
67 Melissa ___.
69 ___ine.
72 ___ Udeshika, owner of Crochet For You.
75 Deza___.
76 Y is for __k: … applique by Repeat Crafter Me.
77 Cat ___p Mouse by JPF Crochet Club.
79 M___ Crochet Lab.
80 Eyeglas___ Applique by Tangled Happy.
86 To wrap the yarn over the hook.
87 ___ Heart.
89 ___ A Crafter xD.
90 Trinidad T___iendo de Corazon
91 Hot ___r Balloon Applique by Crochet Spot.
92 Sofa Tiss___ Cover by Jennifer Down Under.
93 Croche___’Crafts.
94 Abbreviation for Yard.

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