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Do It Yourself (DIY) - Yarn Tassel (any size, any yarn) by A Crocheted Simplicity

How to Make Yarn Tassels

Have you ever wanted to add yarn tassels to a project, but didn’t know how to make them? If so, follow this simple tutorial to learn how to make yarn tassels!  The yarn I used for this tutorial is a worsted weight yarn, but you can use whatever weight yarn you’d like for your yarn…

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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…

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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…

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Free Crochet Pattern - Retro Christmas Tree Towel

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…

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Free Crochet Pattern & Video Tutorial by A Crocheted Simplicity

Video Tutorial: Learn the Extended Single Crochet Stitch & make a Stretchy Coffee Sleeve

Over the past few years the extended single crochet stitch (ext sc) has become one of my absolute favorite crochet stitches. I love it when it’s worked in the round, I love it when it’s worked flat. It’s a versatile stitch that lends lots of positive ease to projects and is a very fun stitch…

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3 Simple Stretches for Crocheters & Knitters

3 Quick & Simple Stretches for Crocheters & Knitters

A few months ago, I wrote a blog post that gave you a brief look into what my chiropractor had discovered in my arm, but what I didn’t share was that just prior to that I began having ocular migraines, bell’s palsy in my face, and numbness down the right side of my neck and…

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