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The double crochet stitch sits at roughly twice the height of a single crochet and produces a softer, more open fabric that grows noticeably faster...

Every completed crochet stitch leaves a V-shaped loop at the top of your fabric. Counting crochet stitches means finding those Vs and tallying them...

Most people asking is crocheting hard are really asking something more personal. Can I actually do this? The honest answer: yes, you can.  Crocheti...

The magic ring is one of the first techniques every crochet beginner runs into. It looks tricky at first glance. Yarn looped around fingers, a hook...

Tension problems show up early for every beginner. The yarn fights you, or the stitches look nothing like the tutorial. Crochet tension is almost a...

Learning to crochet in the round is the point where flat crochet becomes three-dimensional. Rows build flat fabric. Rounds build spheres, cylinders...

Look at the decrease rounds on a finished amigurumi. If there are small gaps or raised bumps where stitches pulled together, that is a standard dc2...

Most people pick up the basic stitches faster than they expect. The wobble tends to come later, at the point where one colour stops and the next be...

Pick up a ball of yarn, and you will quickly run into a question: knitting or crochet? Both crafts use yarn and build fabric from loops. So which o...

You pick up your hook, check the yarn label, and follow the recommended size. A few rounds in, everything looks fine. Then you stuff your amigurumi...

There's a quiet thoughtfulness baked into crochet. People drawn to the hook tend to be the kind who pay attention to what they make, to how they sp...

Pick up the wrong yarn for your first amigurumi project, and you'll spend more time fighting the material than learning to crochet. The stitches hi...