It’s our last project, you guys! Is anyone else a little bit sad? For this final week, we’re making the Level 3 Ripple Cowl. The ripple cowl uses the skills we learned last week: increasing and decreasing. As we practiced in that lesson, making increases and decreases across a row creates a zigzag effect. Switching…
Can you believe it — this is our final lesson! Today we will be learning how to increase and decrease in crochet. Crochet increase and decrease stitches are not that different in principle than their knit counterparts. In essence, you increase by working two stitches in one space and decrease by working two stitches together. I promise,…
Since we’ve been talking for weeks about crocheting after years as a knitter, it’s time to give the opposite a chance to shine. Stephanie over at All About Ami, a long-time crocheter, recently started publishing a learn to knit series. It’s a great resource for anyone who is looking to give needles a try after…
Welcome back to the Learn to Crochet series! Today we’ll be making our third project, the Three Color Tonal Cowl. Last week, we covered how to crochet in the round. There are a few methods for doing so, but we focused on the using a slip stitch to attach the end of a round to…
Welcome back, crocheting students! Today we’re embarking on another new skill: crocheting in the round. In researching methods for this post, I discovered that there is no simple, single answer to the question “how do you crochet in the round?” There are many different ways to do it, depending on what you’re making, the structure…
It can be tough to be a crafter if you’re left-handed. Most knitting and crochet instructions favor righties, and reversing them to work with your dominant side can seem daunting and confusing. I’m as guilty of this as anyone. I said right off the bat in my Learn to Crochet series that I’m a righty,…
Welcome back to the Learn to Crochet series! Today we’ll be making our second project, the Level 2 Striped Hat. Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve learned some new stitches as well as how to read a crochet pattern or chart. You’re going to be using all of those new skills for the striped…
Welcome to the second lesson in the Learn to Crochet series! Today we’re going to learn half-double and double crochet. Before we get started, how did your wristers go? Were you able to maintain stitch count and tension well enough to get a finished product that worked out? You saw how mine had some rockiness…
All it takes is some yarn and a pair of flip-flops to make these warm, woolly boots. Jess over at Make and Do Crew has created this boot pattern on her blog and it’s hot hot hot! No woolly boot pun intended. All it takes to make them which is two skeins of Wool-Ease® Thick &…
If you’re looking to try out a cool new crochet stitch, Jess over at Make and Do Crew has a new video that’s a great choice — the herringbone double crochet stitch. She also designed a cowl that uses it, so you can make something nice while you master a new skill. This stitch is…
Messy ponytail hats are one of the hottest trends in the online craftiverse right now, and our friend Tamara Kelly (a.k.a. Moogly) has a great pattern you can crochet quickly. It uses one skein of Homespun® yarn — which is 20% off until January 26 as part of our Made in the USA sale! The Pick…
Welcome! Last week, we learned the chain and single crochet stitch, and I assume you’ve been practicing nonstop, right? Well, now we get to really become masters of those techniques as we make the Crochet Level 1 Wristers.
