Category: Crochet
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Three guides, three answers. One designer stops at 10 mm where a supplier chart starts at 20 mm. The numbers side by side, and the one band all three agree on.
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Play fruit collapses because it is stuffed to look right rather than to feel right. Work at a hook two sizes below the yarn label so…
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Chain four and join into a ring, then work five petals straight into the centre without turning. Each petal is a slip stitch, three trebles and…
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Booties come off because the ankle is worked at the same tension as the foot. Drop a hook size for the ankle rounds only, or work…
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A bandana slips because the long top edge is worked too loosely. Work that row in single crochet with a hook one size smaller than the…
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Most crochet pouches gape at the top because the eyelet round is worked into a fabric that is already stretched. Work the eyelets one round below…
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The eyes are almost always set too high. Count down two rounds from where instinct tells you, and space them about six stitches apart on a…
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A beanie creeps up the head when the brim has the same stretch as the body. Work the last two rounds in back loop single crochet…