Crochet tips and tricks
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Crochet Trick&Tips: How to adjust your foundation chain without frogging the first row
It happened to me at the beginning and still happens some time now too: to find out that my chain is to short or to long then I need. Until now, I used to frog the first row and then adjust the chain and start again. But this can be annoying if you work with a lot of stitches or it happens second time too. Pentru postarea in limba romana, click aici So here I am with a little trick on how you can adjust your foundation chain without frogging the first row. First, let’s say that after first row we find out that the chain is too long: –…
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Why it’s important a gauge swatch and how to adjust a pattern to your gauge
Updated July 2020 Whether you like it or not, size matters in crochet and knitting, too ???? I know you want your crochet or knitted projects to look exactly like in the pictures and to fit well. All crochet or knitted pattern provides or should provide final measurements of the project and for you to make a specific size you have to make a gauge swatch. I will be honest with you, that when I started to design crochet garments, I didn’t swatch at all and I was thinking about this gauge swatch like a waste of time and yarn. Well, it’s not like this and a gauge swatch is…
