Crochet Fundamentals
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Stay organized with a crochet journal! Track hooks, yarn, and progress while keeping all your crochet projects in one place. - I needed a bit of colour – Colour Experiment Part 1
Experimenting with Random Colour Combinations in Crochet Lately I’ve been having incredible difficulties putting together the colours for a project. Ok, that’s never really been easy for me. But I’ve never found it as difficult as at the moment. I thought about making a new Gretchen but I am not even able to find two colours that would work together ant that I like. It feels like I’ve already used every colour combination before – I can’t think of anything new.Maybe I just need to step out of my comfort zone and opt for colours I don’t normally use? Yes, … Continue reading “I needed a bit of colour – Colour Experiment Part 1” - How do you choose colours?
How do you choose colours for a new project? Do you like to go to a yarn shop and hold the balls to each other? Do you have colour samples of your favorite yarns? I love shopping in yarn shops but unfortunately the DK yarns I like to use for my blankets are not available in my local shop. So I mostly order my yarn online. But ordering online means that you never know how close the colours you see on the screen come to reality. Especially when ordering yarn for a specific project it is more than annoying when … Continue reading “How do you choose colours?” - Good to know – How much yarn will I need if …?
Recently I have often had to answer the question of how much yarn you need if you want to replace the yarn used in the instructions for a pattern with a different one. I would therefore like to tell you what problems I had with it at the beginning and how I now calculate my individual yarn needs. Usually, the yarn used and the amount required are included in the pattern. So far so good. The problem often starts when you want to use a different brand or – even worse – a different weight of yarn for your project. Different … Continue reading “Good to know – How much yarn will I need if …?”
Hooked on Häkelmaschen 