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Crochet tips and tricks

Here you’ll find tips on working with yarn, various lessons learned throughout the years, experiments and anything that doesn’t fit in the other categories.

How to line a crochet beanie with fleece

19/03/202510/01/2025 by Andrea
Cover photo how to add fleece lining to a crochet beanie

Do your ears also freeze in winter when the wind blows through your handmade hat? Then you might need to learn how to line a crochet beanie (or a knit one). If you have sensitive ears like me, you might benefit from a fleece lining sewn inside your hat, which will keep your ears warm … Read more

Categories Crochet tips and tricks Tags fleece, lining, sewing Leave a comment

4 signs to look for as a crochet pattern tester

21/06/202422/05/2024 by Andrea
Cover photo 4 signs to look for as a crochet pattern tester

If you’re new to testing or are curious what this process means, you might want to know what to look for as a crochet pattern tester, especially in terms of what you have to give and what you get in return.

Categories Crochet, Crochet tips and tricks Tags pattern tester, testing Leave a comment

Crochet tip – what to do when yarn cakes collapse

07/07/202331/01/2023 by Andrea
Cover photos what to do when yarn cakes collapse crochet tip jpg

Do you ever get frustrated when a cake you’ve been working from from the middle just starts to collapse in on itself and starts throwing knots or huge loops of tangled yarn? Here’s what I do to prevent that, with a practical example from a cake I just finished working from. Follow along with me … Read more

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Tunisian crochet eyelets in a foundation row tutorial

09/01/202323/12/2022 by Andrea
YO in row 1 cover Macaw wings shawl jpg

In this short tutorial, you will learn how to create eyelets in a foundation row in Tunisian crochet, which is created by picking up stitches in the back bumps of a chain.

Categories Crochet tips and tricks, Macaw wings shawl TCAL Tags eyelets, foundation row, macaw wings shawl, tunisian crochet 5 Comments

How do I get back my crojo?

26/04/202521/03/2022 by Andrea
Cover photo how to get your crojo back

Have you lost your crojo? Here are a few things I do to get back my crojo.

Categories Crochet, Crochet tips and tricks Tags crojo 3 Comments

How to easily change colors between rows in amigurumi

12/02/202528/07/2021 by Andrea
change colors cover photo

Learn a quick trick to easily change colors between rows in amigurumi. Full photo and video instructions are available.

Categories Crochet, Crochet tips and tricks, Pattern release Tags color change, crochet, crochet tips Leave a comment

How to easily add backing to crochet blankets

17/11/202407/07/2021 by Andrea
Adding fleece backing to crochet blankets

In this article, I will show you how to add backing to crochet blankets. You can also follow along with the video. I used this method to add a fleece backing to the Dear Peony baby blanket. If you’ve made a crochet blanket with many color changes on the back, or something with holes that … Read more

Categories Crochet, Crochet tips and tricks Tags add backing, blanket, crochet, crochet tips, Dear Peony 5 Comments

Easy way to join granny squares – slip stitch method

12/02/202518/06/2021 by Andrea
Easy way to join granny squares

In this quick tutorial, I will explain and demonstrate an easy way to join granny squares using your hook and yarn. You can also follow along with the video. I used this method to make the Dear Peony baby blanket.

Categories Crochet, Crochet tips and tricks Tags connecting granny squares, crochet, crochet tips, Dear Peony, join granny squares 3 Comments

Does crochet use more yarn than knitting?

16/10/202423/04/2021 by Andrea
crochet vs knit vs Tunisian crochet cover

Does crochet use more yarn than knitting? How about Tunisian crochet? Let’s find out together which of these three crafts is fastest to work up and takes more yarn. Read on to see the results of my experiment with knitting, crochet and Tunisian crochet.

Categories Crochet, Crochet tips and tricks Tags crochet, faster crochet, knitting, tunisian crochet 16 Comments

Making Ravelry more accessible on desktop PCs

12/02/202507/04/2021 by Andrea
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In this article I show you my own method to make Ravelry more accessible if you are also affected by the black lines everywhere. It’s quick and free and should reduce the amount of migraines to nearly zero. If you’re like me and need to use Ravelry for business purposes (or just have all your … Read more

Categories Crochet, Crochet tips and tricks Tags ravelry 9 Comments
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Designer and video creator @yarnandy.com.

Autistic and ADHD, passionate about yarn, fibers, dyes and chemistry, with an analytical mind and always ready to get to the bottom of every problem

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