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How to cast on: Making a provisional cast on
This knitting tutorial covers how to knit a provisional cast on using a crocheted chain as the foundation. This crochet technique of making a provisional cast on edge is one...
How to cast on: Making a provisional cast on
This knitting tutorial covers how to knit a provisional cast on using a crocheted chain as the foundation. This crochet technique of making a provisional cast on edge is one...
Learn to Crochet: Slip knot
Slip knots are very useful in knitting and crochet. A slip knot is a quick way of securing a loop of yarn to a needle or hook, and is one...
Learn to Crochet: Slip knot
Slip knots are very useful in knitting and crochet. A slip knot is a quick way of securing a loop of yarn to a needle or hook, and is one...
Learn to Crochet: Foundation Chain
While knitting is about rows, crochet is about chains. (Well, crochet is about rows too, but you'll hear "chain" a lot.) Chains can be arranged in rows, or clumps, or...
Learn to Crochet: Foundation Chain
While knitting is about rows, crochet is about chains. (Well, crochet is about rows too, but you'll hear "chain" a lot.) Chains can be arranged in rows, or clumps, or...
Learning something new: crochet
I don't know how to crochet. Well, wait, that's not quite true. I know a little bit, and a million times more than I did yesterday, when I started teaching...
Learning something new: crochet
I don't know how to crochet. Well, wait, that's not quite true. I know a little bit, and a million times more than I did yesterday, when I started teaching...
How to Block Very Large Things
I'm a big believer in blocking. More than that, I'm a big believer in wet blocking. But you might notice this gets really awkward when you are dealing with a...
How to Block Very Large Things
I'm a big believer in blocking. More than that, I'm a big believer in wet blocking. But you might notice this gets really awkward when you are dealing with a...
How to knit a blanket from a shawl pattern
This project was an experiment. If a top-down triangular shawl, which starts at the center and radiates out to the edges, can be shaped into a diagonal half-square through blocking,...
How to knit a blanket from a shawl pattern
This project was an experiment. If a top-down triangular shawl, which starts at the center and radiates out to the edges, can be shaped into a diagonal half-square through blocking,...