Learn how to crochet a granny square afghan border including the final edging! This is the last video in the five video series. In this video, I show step by step instruction on how to finish a granny square afghan. This includes how to do the outer border and final edging! Remember to download the […]
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Learn How to Crochet Granny Squares Together using the fastest and easiest method. You’ve already learned how to pack-up the granny squares in diagonal rows. Now, you learn how to unpack one square at a time, and crochet the border and assemble the afghan in no time at all! The secret is in the corners!
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https://youtu.be/-x7b3ft_NYk Introducing the next video in the series: How to Layout and Pack Up Granny Squares! Learn simple organization and project management skills that move your projects forward. Many have crocheted piles and piles of granny squares, but have never FINISHED an afghan. Why? Because piles and piles of granny squares become a mountain in
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Crochet a Granny Square Learn How to Crochet a Granny Square Motif in less than half an hour. In this newly released video, step by step instructions show you how to start in the center, change colors, and finish each round of this classic motif, stitch by stitch. And find tips and tricks sprinkled throughout the
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In How to Plan a Granny Square Afghan learn the secrets of color usage, how color impacts the scrap afghan and how to evaluate your yarn stash! All good things to know BEFORE you start crocheting the squares. If this is your first scrap afghan, take a few minutes to think about your approach and learn what
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Machine knitting buttonhole bands excite me! Although I have to admit that at one time, I was challenged like most machine knitters. Now, they simply are FUN! Vertical, horizontal, tailored buttonholes! Yikes! How do you form a buttonhole? How do you finish machine knit buttonholes? So many questions, so many options, so many choices and
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Save time and energy with my best knit finishing tips! When I first started knitting, the most challenging part of the pattern always turned out to be the part that everyone was supposed to know. How do you sew seams or assemble a sweater? Without a mentor guiding my study back then, I struggled. As
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And… who thinks fun is educational? Did you know that children who knit and crochet develop concentration, coordination, better memories, let alone small motor skills? Whether you participate in the traditional school system or in homeschooling, knitting and crochet are both touted as real skills. Each foster physical, mental and emotional development. As a mom
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Crocheted scrunchie pattern to the rescue! Originally inspired in desperation on the eve of the perfect occasion. The perfect dress was pressed, the shoes polished, the fingernails painted… every detail in place but nothing to tie up the hair! Yikes! Nothing matched, no barrette was right. Now what? That’s when a trip to the beloved
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We all know what to do with skeins of yarn! Knit a sweater, crochet an afghan, even partial skeins are made into warm winter hats or mittens. Even smaller balls are delegated to the scrap happy basket where traditional granny squares combine what you thought were the tiniest amounts of your coveted stash. Well guess
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