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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…

My Favorite Crochet Tools

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

Looking to add some crochet tools and notions to your project bag? Karen Whooley shares her favorite crochet tools for you to try. 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…

Six Tips for Crocheting Lace

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

Want to crochet lace? Karen Whooley shares her tips and tricks for successfully crocheting lace projects of all kinds. Making crochet lace is as easy as learning a new stitch pattern. But many crocheters seem to shy away from using the finer threads for a lot of different reasons. In this article I want to…

Three Favorite Foundation Stitches

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

Which Foundation Chain is right for you? In this article, crochet expert Karen Whooley explores different crochet foundation stitches. Let’s take the guesswork out of gauge when working your chain! Are you tired of having to rip out your work because your chain is tighter than your stitches? Or maybe the chain is too loose?…

Two Easy Shawl Shapes

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

Crochet shawls come in many shapes and sizes. Learn how to construct a crocheted triangle shawl and a crocheted half-circle shawl. Shawls come in many different shapes and sizes. But if you look closely, you will notice that most shawl shapes are a variation (or not) on two basic shapes of shawls – the Triangle…