All Crochet Articles

3 Crochet Tips for Beginners

September 3, 2021 By Jen Lucas & filed under All Crochet Articles, Tips & Techniques.

Looking for a new hobby? Try crochet! This craft is perfect for folks of all ages, whether you’re familiar with other yarn crafts or not. All you need to get started is a crochet hook and some yarn and you can start creating beautiful projects. If you’re feeling a little overwhelmed by all the crochet…

5 Easy Crochet Patterns to Try

July 27, 2021 By Jen Lucas & filed under All Crochet Articles, Crochet Projects.

Crochet is such a fun and relaxing hobby. Whether you are new to the craft, coming back to it after spending some time away, or you’ve been crocheting all your life, you’re certain to spark your creativity with these five easy crochet patterns. Half-Double Crochet Dishcloth This simple dishcloth is perfect for all your leftover…

Working into the Back of a Chain

June 28, 2021 By Mary Beth Temple & filed under All Crochet Articles, Crochet Projects, Tips & Techniques.

Most of us were taught that when working into a foundation chain, the best thing to do was to insert the hook from front to back through the front of the chain, sometimes under two legs, sometimes under one. I did it myself for years without ever thinking twice, until I learned the trick of…

What is Tunisian Crochet?

June 4, 2021 By Mary Beth Temple & filed under All Crochet Articles, Tunisian Crochet.

Tunisian Crochet shares some stitch construction and language with traditional crochet but has several significant differences as well. Once you wrap your head around these tips and tricks, your adventure into Tunisian crochet will be much more satisfying! Here’s twelve tips and tricks to help you get started: 1. All Tunisian crochet is based on…

Granny Squares Two Ways

April 28, 2021 By Mary Beth Temple & filed under All Crochet Articles, Granny Square, Tips & Techniques.

There are a seemingly limitless number of ways to crochet granny squares and other motifs, and even the most traditional style has a few variations. Let’s look at the two most common! For a granny square, there will always be four corners, and a corner will always have two three-double crochet shells with chains between…

Starting Double Crochet Rows

April 15, 2021 By Mary Beth Temple & filed under All Crochet Articles, Double Crochet.

Most times, when working in double crochet, we are told to chain three and turn, use that chain three as the first double crochet in the row, then begin by placing a double crochet in the second stitch and moving forward. While that works, sometimes it can leave a gap at the beginning of each…

Traditional Granny Square

March 22, 2021 By Jen Lucas & filed under All Crochet Articles, Granny Square.

Traditional Granny Squares can be constructed in a wide variety of ways. Depending on the pattern or designer, you might turn your square, or work in the round without turning. Do you add two chains into the corners or three? Crocheted granny squares are so fun to experiment with and you can choose the little…

Back Loop, Front Loop, or Both?

March 22, 2021 By Corrina Ferguson & filed under All Crochet Articles, Tips & Techniques.

Crochet stitches can be worked in a variety of ways. Corrina Ferguson explores working in back loop only (blo) and front loop only (flo) in this article. The wonderful thing about crochet is that just by making a few tweaks to your technique you can make beautiful stitch variations with no extra work. This is…

How to Work a Magic Loop (and Why!)

March 22, 2021 By Corrina Ferguson & filed under All Crochet Articles, Tips & Techniques.

The magic loop in crochet goes by many names. You may have heard it called magic ring, magic circle, disappearing loop, and more. Learn how to make the crochet magic loop. The magic loop is actually quite magical. It’s easy once you get the hang of it, and it’s much neater and tidier than the…

Top 3 Crochet Tools You Should Be Using

March 17, 2021 By Karen Whooley & filed under All Crochet Articles.

Looking to add some crochet tools and notions to your project bag? These are the top three crochet tools I can’t live without. In my 22 years designing patterns (and 40 + crocheting in general) I can tell you that I have tried just about every brand of hook, tool and case available. I thought…