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.
If you want a better fit for round yoke sweaters and tops in regular crochet, you can’t do what knitters do and add a wedge of short rows at the back neckline. Maybe you can, but it doesn’t look nice and breaks the pattern, especially if you’re working with tall stitches. I will explore that … Read more
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
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.
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
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.
Have you lost your crojo? Here are a few things I do to get back my crojo.
Learn a quick trick to easily change colors between rows in amigurumi. Full photo and video instructions are available.
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
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.
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.