Foundation stitches in crochet are a lesser-known alternative way to start your crochet project. If you’ve been trying to crochet or have known how to for awhile, you’ve probably already learned that the first row is the hardest. Oh yes, there may be difficult parts later on in the pattern, but getting that first row […]
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The Russian Join is one of the absolute best ways to join yarn due to it’s secure hold and invisible finish. And it’s easy to learn! As enjoyable as it is to crochet and knit, weaving in ends or creating knots is generally not part of the fun. In fact, if you talk to crocheters
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Learning how to crochet a granny square will give you such an appreciation for the simplicity and beauty of this classic design. The granny square may not have the most exciting name, but it’s an absolutely brilliant concept. This incredibly classic crochet idea uses chain stitches and another basic stitch (often double crochet) to create
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The magic circle is an incredibly useful crochet technique for starting a crochet project in the round. In this tutorial on how to crochet a magic circle (also called a magic ring), I’m going to be demonstrating a step-by-step process of how to easily work a magic circle, AND I have a few tricks that
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Crochet Stitches that are taller than treble crochet aren’t used as often, but they don’t have to be intimidating and are pretty easy to learn. Today I’m going to talk to you about some pretty tall crochet stitches. Although they aren’t quite as common as the shorter, more basic crochet stitches, they are still quite
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If you are eager to start crocheting, then learn these 6 basic stitches, keep practicing and you will make beautiful projects in no time! If you are trying to learn how to crochet, you’ll probably be very encouraged to hear that crochet stitches are not all so different that they each require a bunch of
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Hey there! Thanks so much for popping by to work on the treble crochet stitch. Hopefully if you’ve spent any amount on this site at all, you’ll be able to see that my mission here involves helping you to learn crochet and work on fun projects, even if you are really busy. I absolutely love
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It’s one thing to learn the basics of something, but it’s a whole other thing to start learning the specifics of a skill. At first the thrill of succeeding as a beginner gives you a rush of excitement, like riding a bike for the first time without crashing. But riding on that first wave of
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As part of a series showing you all the basic crochet stitches, this post is going to dive right in and show you all about crocheting the single crochet stitch. This stitch is the shortest and simplest of all the basic stitches. Because it is a little more simple, it goes more quickly than the
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No matter how patient you are at learning something new, it feels amazingly good to see progress. This is especially true when you learn the Double Crochet Stitch (dc). With crochet, the first step in learning is to practice the chain stitch, but it isn’t until we start to build on that chain that we
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When you want to learn how to crochet, the very first stitch to learn is the chain stitch. Not only is the chain stitch how most crochet projects are started, learning this stitch also teaches you the basic hand motions that you will use in all the other elements of crochet. In this article, I’ll
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Weaving in ends is often one of the more frustrating (or possibly just boring) parts of creating a beautiful knitting or crochet project. After the satisfaction of seeing your work grow with every stitch, sometimes it can feel like a chore to weave in the ends. Thankfully, it doesn’t have to be that way. At
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