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Crochet is more than a craft, it is a journey and at each level you’re learning new things and creating masterpieces. What remains common throughout is yarn, crochet hooks and craft accessories. You learn to hold a hook first, making loops that are worked for chain and basic stitches moving forward to simple projects and advanced techniques. Understanding your skill level gives a proper direction to selecting the right patterns, choosing the right size of crochet hooks, and techniques. This blog will explore skills, tips, and projects suitable for different skill levels. Our guide on what you should know before...

The Kitchener Stitch is a handy knitting technique for grafting live stitches together without leaving a visible seam. Whenever you have stitches that are still on the knitting needles and want to seam invisibly seam for projects such as the toe of socks, sweater shoulders, underarms of garments, hats and mittens. The knitting technique does not require you to work with knitting needles; it only holds the stitches while you work with finishing needles, which is a must-have craft accessory. Kitchener Stitch involves a series of sewing steps using a length of yarn and a finishing needle that imitates knitted...

Among the many things listed in the popular song “My Favorite Things” are “warm woolen mittens”. Perhaps this song is especially popular with knitters and crocheters for that reason. During the holiday season, the time of giving and crafting, got us thinking about some of our favorite things, from knitting needles and crochet hooks to bags and accessories that help us bring our creative ideas to life. Someone rightly said, that the future is handmade and what can be better than a collection handcrafted by skilled artisans? The Lantern Moon collection brings the beauty of ebony wood and the craftsmanship...

The crochet world is united in making loops of yarn with crochet hooks that transform into all kinds of projects from garments to home decor. However, the craft is divided over the language (standard terms) of the stitch pattern - US and UK. The US and UK crochet terms are different though they have similar names, thus, very confusing. They refer to the same stitch differently which brings a lot of challenges; the Single Crochet (US) becomes Double Crochet (UK) and the Double Crochet (US) becomes Treble Crochet (TR), etc. The different crochet terms throw a challenge when it comes...