Granny Squares: How to change colours and weave in ends as you go!

August 20th, 2011

Thanks to a nice reader who asked a very good question, I’ve added this post that shows very clearly how to change colours and weave in your ends while you are crocheting your Granny Square. I hope you enjoy!

Chainless Foundations -Making the Chain Flexable

September 13th, 2009

by smittenkittenorg (Flickr) This is one of the best “tricks” I’ve learned for Crochet. I was making this beautiful “Tea Scarf” by Pixeldiva (such a nice blog). When I was finished and excited to throw it around my neck for a test drive, I noticed that I could feel the chain edge -it was tight. [...]

Tunisian Crochet

September 9th, 2009

Something that I tried about a year ago and have just picked up again. Here is a photo of the scarf I started then. Notice how much my cat Kate loves it! The stitch is quite thick and warm -creating nice bars of vertical patterns if you use variegated yarn. In the end I pulled [...]

Crochet How To: Double Stitch Girls

July 18th, 2009

I just found these two ladies on YouTube. They are called “Double Stitch”. Their instructions are very clear and the projects are easy and look beautiful. Their tag line is “It’s not your Gramma’s crochet”. Here they talk you through a very easy 3 panel crochet scarf. It looks lovely, easy and quick -three things [...]

5 classic granny square web resources

April 18th, 2009

photo by scrappythebandit This is for everyone out there who wants to start crocheting granny squares. They are beautiful and you can do so much with them -and they are easy!!