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Edinburgh Yarn Festival

Edinburgh Yarn Festival

in just over a month, the Edinburgh Yarn Fest will open its doors to a weekend filled with yarn, knitting and of course, crochet!Joanne and I with our Crochet Project hats on will be teaching courses on Crochet for Knitters and Making Crochet Wearable. We will also have a stand where we will be s...
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Crochet the Perfect Gift

Do you like crochet? Like giving? Like giving crochet? Live in America?Well, the US version of Hook, Stitch & Give (retitled Crochet the Perfect Gift) is out today in the USA! 
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Mistakes in Patterns

Last week, I had the unenviable task of adding the errata for Hook, Stitch & Give to the book page.  I tell you what, there is nothing I hate more in my job than finding errors in my patterns.  I have been known to shed many a tear  about the subject and I know that many of you share my frust...
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Writing a Craft Tutorial: Top Tips

Things just got meta.  Every time I write a crochet or yarn tutorial (and lets face it, I have written a fair few), it occurs to me how much work it takes to write, photograph and publish a craft  tutorial. Of course, its never the writing that is the hard part, but the photographing, the editing...
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New Pattern: Little Ripples

Inspiration for designs comes in many forms. Sometimes, its a garment I've seen in real life or on TV, sometimes its a construction method or stitch pattern. For my latest pattern, the inspiration came from the yarn itself.If you have Hook, Stitch & Give, you will know that I am a huge fan of...
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Foundation UK Treble/US Double Crochet

If I had to pick a "Most Useful" technique from my bag of crochet tricks, I would say that learning how to do foundation (aka "chainless") crochet stitches is it.  They are just so useful in so many ways - anywhere you need a stretchy beginning edge to what you are working on, I would always use ...
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