Crocheters aim to have their projects look great and fantastic. This tutorial will teach you to get amazing straight and smooth edges when crocheting in rows using single crochet and half double crochet stitches. You will never have the zig zag edges again. Have you ever crocheted a blanket or a scarf with a basic…
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How to Always Crochet Straight Edges in Rows – Photo and Video Tutorial
This crochet tutorial is all about getting straight edges in rows every time. This includes a full video tutorial with easy to follow formulas so you will never have problems again. Of course, this crochet tutorial is mainly for crochet beginners but should be bookmarked for other, more advanced crocheters as well. This is great…
How to Crochet the Tulip Stitch – Straight Box Stitch like C2C
This is a free tutorial for the tulip crochet stitch which is also known as the straight box stitch, which is worked in a similar fashion to the Corner-to-Corner (C2C) pattern but in the horizontal direction instead of vertical. The tutorial contains photos and videos. If you look really hard, you can sort of make…
How to Crochet the Bean Stitch – Photo and Video Tutorial
This is a free tutorial for the Bean crochet stitch. The tutorial has both photos and videos. Who could argue – the bean stitch looks just like little beans scattered across the surface of the project. The little beans pop up out of the surface slanting this way and that. They provide a symmetry to…
How to Crochet the Waistcoat Stitch (Knit Stitch) Easily
The waistcoat stitch is also known as the crochet knit stitch or center single crochet. This tutorial walks you through how to crochet it flat and in rounds. In late 2016, I discovered the Waistcoat Stitch AKA the crochet Knit Stitch as many people call it because it looks like it was knitted but was…
Crochet a Smitten Mitten for Holding Hands – Free Pattern
This free crochet pattern is called Smitten Mitten and is specifically designed right before Valentine’s Day. You can now finally hold hands with your loved one while it is cold outside. Imagine going on a hike with your loved one or spouse. It’s cold, but you really want to hold hands while you enjoy nature…
How to Crochet a Single Crochet Tunisian Hat – Free Pattern
The Single Crochet Tunisian Hat is a free crochet pattern called “Bee Happy Beanie”. It’s crocheted with single crochet stitches that are connected with a Tunisian crochet style stitch called Quadruple Single Crochet. It was 2016 when I first created this Single Crochet Tunisian Hat. I had just started my website and this pattern was…
How to Crochet a Half Double Crochet in the 3rd Loop behind the V – Knit Like
This crochet tutorial is about learning how to crochet a knit-like Half Double Crochet in the 3rd Loop. This loop is behind the V. Use this photo and video tutorial. This stitch creates a knit-like texture and or knit look. As much as I like knitting, I prefer crocheting any day. And if I can…
How to Sew the Mattress Stitch for Crochet Easily
Learn how to sew the Mattress Stitch for Crochet pieces with an invisible join, with this photo and video tutorial. No more worrying about the seam being shown. Do you remember the last time you wanted to sew together two crochet pieces for a cardigan, granny squares, blanket or a bag? And then you felt…
How to Crochet the Alternative Magic Ring Easily
Learn how to crochet the Alternative Magic Ring easily with this photo and video tutorial. No more worrying about the Magic Ring ever again. Have you ever had trouble with the Magic Ring when making a beanie, hat, basket or an amigurumi? Well, finally you do not have to worry about learning it anymore. I…
How to Crochet Corner to Corner in Half Double Crochet – Easy Tutorial
This easy tutorial teaches you how to crochet C2C (Corner to Corner) in Half Double Crochet (hdc) with many photos and a video tutorial. Now, that the Alphabet and Numbers C2C Blanket is running as a Crochet Along, I knew that I needed to publish a tutorial on how to crochet C2C in half double…
How to Change Colors in Corner to Corner (C2C) Crochet
Changing colors in Corner to Corner Crochet is much easier than you might think. Corner to Corner, also known as C2C, is a way to crochet using a graph via pixels from one corner to another corner. A video tutorial is provided, too. Once I published the Alphabet and Numbers C2C Blanket as a Crochet…
How to Crochet the Smock Stitch – Tunisian Crochet Tutorial
The Tunisian Crochet Smock Stitch is also known as the Honeycomb 2 Stitch and shows off an incredible texture and look that you can’t find anywhere else. This photo and video tutorial will teach you how to crochet it. After I created multiple different Tunisian Crochet Stitch Tutorials, I’ve gotten many requests about the Smock…