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  • 7 Small Projects You Can Use Your Scrap Yarn On

     Hello everyone! Tara here— There’s nothing better than finishing a project, but then you’re almost always left with leftover yarn. What do you do with it? Do you make a magic ball by tying all of your scraps together? Do you find scrap buster crochet projects? Or do you use them to stuff your amigurumi?…

  • Crocheting the Sampler Table Runner

    The June 2023 issue of Crochet World magazine has a section devoted to stitch samplers. These projects smoosh several different stitch patterns together to make one amazing project. They may use one yarn throughout or several colors. Because most of these projects have definite delineations in where the stitch patterns change, it makes them perfect…

  • 5 Podcasts to Listen to While Crocheting Your Current WIP

    I absolutely love listening or watching things while a crochet. I am big into multitasking! Whether it’s a movie, TV series, audiobook or podcast, you can always find something playing in the background while I work. Here are a few new ones I have found recently (and they are from all  over the yarniverse): It.Is.A.Sarah…

  • Last-Minute Mother’s Day presents: Crochet Jewelry

    It is almost Mother’s Day! Have you bought the perfect present yet? Well don’t! Make it instead! The June 2023 issue of Crochet World has several jewelry options and these quick small projects would make the perfect gift! Box them up with some flowers and chocolate and you are all set! These types of project…

  • Up Close With the Uncommon Granny Afghan Crochet Pattern

    We have a lot of great patterns in our April issue and I am doing my best to show some extras for as many of them as I can. In the Granny Stripes chapter, we have a colorful afghan that combined stripes and more traditional granny squares into one lovely piece. The Uncommon Granny Afghan…