Do you ever get a variegated skein of yarn like Lion Brand Mandala, and you love the colors but not the order their end? Sometimes when I get a colored skein it will have all of the colors that I want. However, it won’t be in the color order that I envisioned for my project...
When you first start crocheting, there are so many new terms and techniques to learn that it is so hard to keep track of them all. From things like how to read crochet patterns, keeping your project straight, gauge, and so many more, you might feel like you’re drowning in everything you need to know....
Seaming, some people either love it or hate it. As you crochet and diversify your projects, you’ll often run into crochet projects that are made in multiple pieces and have to be sewn together. For a long time I was afraid of projects with seaming because I never felt like I knew exactly what to...
Tapestry crochet is my new crochet obsession, and today I am going to show you how to do it so that you can use tapestry crochet too! If you’ve seen the beautiful color work that some people do with tapestry crochet, you might think that you could never be able to do it. You totally...
We’re past the halfway marker for the 31 Days of Candy! Today is Day 16, and it’s all about my Nordic Fish crochet candy pattern. This candy is inspired by the strange fish themed gummy candy known as Swedish Fish. In my experience I’ve found that you either love them or hate them. I go...
Hello Maker! Are you ready to learn more about crochet in this next installment of the Learn How to Crochet for Beginners series? Today we’re talking all about how to switch yarn colors and how to Half Double Crochet. Switching yarn colors is used for color work in crochet such as stripes in my Cake...
Welcome back to our Learn How to Crochet for Beginners Series! The first part of our series covered what yarn weights are and the different aspects of crochet hooks. Today we’ll be learning all of the starting basics for stitching: holding your yarn and crochet hook, the slip knot, and the chain stitch. These are...