The journal
Techniques
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Best Crochet Stitches for a Warm Sweater That Isn’t Bulky
Warmth in a fabric comes from still air, and wind at walking pace has been measured stripping up to 60% of it. Weighed in…
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Filet Crochet Mistakes: Why Your Grid Comes Out Wrong
Filet squares are almost never square, the published foundation chain formulas disagree with each other by a factor of two, and most uneven edges…
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How to Substitute Yarn in Any Crochet Pattern
Gauge decides whether it fits, metres decide how much you buy, and fibre decides whether you want to wear it. Five yarns all sold…
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What Weight Is Bouclé Yarn, Really?
Bouclé is a construction, not a weight, and both of the usual shortcuts for identifying one get it wrong in opposite directions. Five real…
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My Gauge Swatch Never Matches the Pattern, Here’s What Actually Fixed It
Half a stitch per 10 cm changes a sweater chest by about 3 cm, which on most size charts is half a size. Why…
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How Much Yarn Do You Need to Crochet a Sweater
A real planning number for how much yarn a size M crochet sweater needs, why published charts disagree by a factor of three, and…
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Holding Yarn Strands Together: What Weight Do You Actually Get?
Hold two strands together and you do not get the average of the two. Here is what actually happens, a table for the combinations…
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How to Make Thin Yarn Chunky: DIY Chainette Yarn
If you are a regular crocheter or knitter, it is almost guaranteed that you have at least one cone, skein, or hank of ultra-thin…
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How to Make a DIY Blocking Board for Crochet or Knitted Squares and Hexagons
How to Make a DIY Blocking Board for Crochet Squares and Hexagons If you’ve ever joined a bunch of crochet motifs together only to…
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How to Crochet Buttonholes on HDC Ribbing without Holes
If you’ve ever poured hours into a beautiful crochet cardigan only to finish it off with a button band that looks… well, a little…
