Doorstops – a perfect crochet project

I’ve said it before… I know I will say it again. If you are keen to make homemade gifts for the house, crochet is the perfect yarn craft. Knitting has a softness and subtly that is perfect for the cosiest jumpers and hats. If you are using knitting for toys and cushions you need to know that you might get a bit of stretch.

The double crochet stitch (or single crochet in the US) is so strong and robust that it is my choice for household items. In the last few weeks I realised that I had finally got the majority of the doorstop designs back in the house. So I collected them together from their various door homes to photograph them together.

There is only one design I have never written up as a pattern. This house doorstop was created as a commission for a wedding present. When I come to think of it, all these doorstop patterns have been developed from my keyrings.

There are a couple more of these designs in my head, I just need the time to sit down and make them. Sometimes I am tempted to give the doorstops away. But if I am honest there is quite a bit of detail in each one and the thought of doing a duplicate is a bit onerous. I just need to come up with another fifteen designs and I have a ready made book….or not!