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Intro to Tunisian Crochet

MIkey, from Red Heart, offers an fun challenge of crocheting a Circular Motif Shawl. This quick, yet exciting pattern, is not as hard as it looks.

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Purl Stitch

The 2nd important stitch in basic knitting.

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Casting on Methods

Learn the knit cast on, which practices the knit stitch, and the long-tail cast-on.

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Tailor Tack Tutorial by Gertie

Tailor’s tacks are thread marks used to indicate a pattern’s markings on your fabric. It’s one of those skills you see all …

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Sewing a Lapped Zipper in a Skirt

A lapped zipper is a great technique for sewing in an all-purpose (not invisible) zipper. The finished zipper has an overlap on the left side of the opening that covers the zipper. On the right side of the opening, the fabric is stitched very close to the zipper teeth.

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Sewing Your First Zipper- The Centered Zipper

If you’ve never sewn a zipper before, you’ll want to start with the centered zipper. This is an application that puts the zipper teeth right in the middle of a seam line. The zipper opening is topstitched to secure the zipper teeth.

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Project 4 - Sew Easy Needle Case

Needles seem to have this magic quality that makes them disappear without any effort. Pins are a little harder to lose but …

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Invisible Zipper Tutorial from Gertie

Invisible zippers are a very popular choice for garment closures. They disappear into a seam, making them virtually undectable—when inserted properly. They work best on light- to medium-weight fabrics.

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Learn to Make Hairpin Lace

Learn to make hairpin lace with a hairpin lace loom and a crochet hook.

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Learn to Do Make 2 Increase and Wave Stitch

Using the pattern for the knit Wavy Hat, see how to increase stitches with a Make 1 and a Make 2.

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Learn How To Join As you Go On Basic Granny Squares

Kristin Omdahl explains the finer points of why gauge is important to your success as a crocheter.

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Learn Left and Right Cables

Mikey is working on the 12 Gifts of Christmas for 2014. For this year, participants on Facebook had an opportunity to express their wishes on what tutorials they would like to see