Encoding “Hug” in crochet stitches.
(click on any image to enlarge.) I’ve been thinking about ways of making my secret code grids work for crochet,
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Author: Naomi Parkhurst
Picot cast on for Tunisian crochet
I was a knitter before I was a crocheter, and so it made sense to me to use knitting cast
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Random links. I’m going to be using my sewing machine again soon. Can you tell? I’m afraid the extent of
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Fancy Stitch (smocking)
A stitch from S.F.A. Caulfeild’s Dictionary of Needlework, p. 122, figure 221, rewritten. This one reminds me more strongly of
Continue readingYarn every which way! The direction of yarn overs in crochet (with some comparisons to knitting).
Just when I think I’m getting a handle on things, something comes along and shakes me up. In this case,
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A website I found early on when I was learning to read crochet charts is MyPicot. It’s got an extensive
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Hug: a lace knitting stitch pattern
(Click on any image in this post to see a larger picture.) It seems to me that a lot of
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Loop increases
A long time ago, I accidentally put my needle between the next two stitches, pulled a loop through, and then
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Random fibery links I found online. These mostly came from Pinterest, but I’m probably going to gather up links from
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