So you’re ready to venture out of your comfort zone of chain (ch), single crochet (sc), half double crochet (hdc) and double crochet (dc) stitches. And you’re ready to try new designs that have more texture to them, or maybe you’re ready to try your hook at cables. You’ve already learned the front post…
Crochet Stitch Tutorial
How to Crochet the Front Post Double Crochet Stitch
If you’re ready to venture out of your comfort zone of chain, single crochet, half double crochet, and double crochet stitches. And you’re ready to try new designs that have more texture to them, or maybe you’re ready to try your hook at cables. Then the front post double crochet is the next crochet stitch…
Standard Blanket Sizes
One of the questions I get asked frequently is, “I’m making a crochet blanket for [insert person], how big do I make it?” . So I thought I’d put together a complete list of blanket sizes. This list includes crochet afghan sizes ranging from a crochet lovey / baby afghan sizes to a California King…
Crochet Tutorial – Special Join Technique for Slip Stitch Rounds
If you’ve worked a few of my patterns, you’ll know that I love slip stitches and use them in a design whenever I can. When working slip stitches around the edge of a project, such as my Get in Line, Granny! Afghan (click for free pattern), there’s a special join technique that I use to…
2 Quick Tips for working the Herringbone Half Double Crochet Stitch (Hhdc) Frustration~Free
Have you tried (and failed) to work the Herringbone Half Double Crochet Stitch (Hhdc)? While it’s an awesome stitch, it’s also a finicky one, isn’t it? How many times has the head of your crochet hook caught that first loop that you’re supposed to pull the yarn through? How many times have you thought to yourself…
Color Change Tutorial & Tips ~ Grannies Colorwork
After working up the free crochet pattern for my Retro Christmas Tree Towel, I decided that some may find a color change tutorial helpful. I also added a couple of helpful tips below, under “Reference Photos for Carrying Yarn”. This is a color change technique that I developed in the summer of 2015 when I…