How to hold yarn for Crocheting, and Continental Knitting, two ways. Also, what is crochet tension? This post contains affiliate links for LoveCrafts. If you make a purchase by clicking on them, I make a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks for your support! After you’ve made a slip knot on your… Read more
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The Ultimate List of Crochet Bloggers that Share Free Patterns
This is the ULTIMATE list of my favorite crochet blogs that I follow on a regular basis, and that share free crochet patterns. This is a list I have wanted to put together for a loonngg time! I have been following MANY designers since I first began my crocheting adventure back in 2013, and have… Read more
How to Cross Stitch on Crocheted Fabric – Photo Tutorial
This is a photo tutorial showing how to cross stitch on crocheted fabric, though this technique is used in any case of cross stitching. I am working on a pair of earrings to share this weekend – you guessed it, some heart ones, but before I get there, I wanted to share the technique used… Read more
How to Make an Invisible Join – Crochet Finishing Technique
This is a photo tutorial showing how to work an invisible join to give your crocheted pieces a clean, finished look! I have shown how to do an invisible join in many of the patterns I have shared over the years. While working on a crochet pattern for a pair of earrings I will be… Read more
4 Ways to Deal with Cupping in Crochet
This post contains affiliate links for Happy Yarn Mail. If you make a purchase by clicking on them, I make a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks for your support! In last week’s free crochet pattern – Fresh Cut Coasters, I mentioned that I was working up my June’s Happy Yarn Mail… Read more
How to Hand Wind Scrap Yarn into a Center Pull Ball – Photo Tutorial
This post contains affiliate links for LoveCrochet. If you make a purchase by clicking on them, I make a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks for your support! Last week I shared a tutorial with you on How to Make a Slip Knot, and in it, I mentioned another tutorial I wanted… Read more
How to Make a Slip Knot – Photo Tutorial
This post contains affiliate links for LoveCrochet. If you make a purchase by clicking on them, I make a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks for your support! I have another photo tutorial to share with you later next week (or maybe this Saturday, not sure yet), that I borrowed these photos… Read more
How to Cover the Gaps in C2C Letters – Photo Tutorial
I have been working on a corner to corner blanket that I will be sharing here on the EyeLoveKnots blog soon. Before I do, I wanted to touch on the gaps that can be found at some connection points on a letter. In the “B” that you see above, there are two connection points that… Read more
Join-As-You-Go Granny Squares the EyeLoveKnots Way – Photo Tutorial
I am currently working on a project that uses this technique – a great technique I have used in the past that pretty much forces you to weave in your ends as you go, and avoids having a bunch of granny squares sitting around that you will have to sew together later. For this tutorial,… Read more
3 Inch Bi-Colored Solid Granny Square the EyeLoveKnots Way – Photo Tutorial
Oops! Thought this was scheduled to be released this past Friday. Guess I forgot to reschedule after I edited… I am working a project to be shared over at The Stitchin Mommy, and have shared this here as part of that project. This is a fun little square that can be used in many ways… Read more