Useful Crochet Accessories – Working on and Finishing off Your Projects
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Useful Crochet Accessories – Working on and Finishing off Your Projects

What should every crocheter have in their studio? Of course, you need a crochet hook and some yarn, right? Sure, that’s all you need when you start, but when patterns get more complicated, and your projects more time-consuming, it’s great to have some useful crochet accessories at hand.  Whether you have a beautiful crafting studio…

Useful Crochet Accessories – Storage and Measuring Tools
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Useful Crochet Accessories – Storage and Measuring Tools

What should every crocheter have in their studio? Of course, you need a crochet hook and some yarn, right? Sure, that’s all you need when you start, but when patterns get more complicated, and your projects more time-consuming, it’s great to have some useful crochet accessories at hand.  Whether you have a beautiful crafting studio…

Types of Yarn
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Types of Yarn

There are many types of yarn, each of which has different qualities, look, durability and price. Some of them use natural fibers, other are man-made, but there are also yarns that combine these two types of fibers. You can use another differentiation, too, based on the way the yarn is made: spun (strands of fiber…

Yarn Ball Types
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Yarn Ball Types

featured photo by Fiber for the People ® / instagram.com (@fiber.for.the.people) â—‰ When purchasing materials for a new crochet project, you buy individual units, which contain a particular length of yarn or thread. These units are most often called skeins, balls or hanks, but there are many different types of winding, which create different shapes….

Working with a crochet hook
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Working with a crochet hook

There are various techniques of holding a crochet hook while working. Although most available instructions concern right-handed crochet, there are more and more training materials for left-handed people – there are differences in threading the yarn and making stitches. While one hand holds the hook, the other holds the yarn and regulates the tension, as…