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How to Use Stitch Markers in Knitting
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How to Use Stitch Markers in Knitting

Stitch markers are necessary to denote special stitch panels, to mark armholes when making drop-shoulder garments or to mark the beginning or end of a round in circular knitting.

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How to Use A Lifeline

A lifeline is ideal if you are making a pattern that is large and/or complicated for you. It is often used in lace knitting, but can be used in any type of knitting and by knitters of every skill level.

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Learn Crochet: Keep Your Work Straight

Learn how to keep your work straight when crocheting!

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Crochet Fair Isle Colorwork tips

Some tips and tricks to help you create colorwork in crochet.

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Crochet: Calculate Multiples for Swatch Sizes and Small Projects

Mikey from The Crochet Crowd will demonstrate how he takes a small sample found in an afghan pattern on Yarnspirations to figure out the multiples so he can make it into a larger project and keep the stitch counts accurate.

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Loop It Knit

Aloha! 6 fashions with island inspiration and find projects to take on your next road trip.

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Ombre Yarn Guide: How To Create an Ombre

Ombre designs are trending in all areas of craft, fashion and decor. You can create your own ombre in crochet or knitting. This article shows you how to create blue ombres using Red Heart Super Saver yarn.

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Graph Afghan Series: Making Your Own Graphs

Learn how to read graphs.

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Crochet: Keep Your Work Straight

Keep your work straight with our crochet tutorial. Learn techniques to maintain straight edges and consistent stitch heights in your projects.

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Crochet: Calculate Multiples in Repeat Patterns using Afghans

Mikey from the Crochet Crowd will show you how he figures out the multiples for afghan or large samples that have a repeat pattern.

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Assembling A Crochet Teddy Bear Made Easy | With Repeat Crafter Me

See how easy it is to assemble a crochet teddy bear with Sarah Zimmerman of Repeat Crafter Me. Featuring her Velvet Valentine Crochet Bear pattern using Bernat Velvet yarn.

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Pom and Tassel Maker

Discover the Pom and Tassel Maker tool. Learn how to easily make pom-poms and tassels for your knitting and crochet projects.