Crochet Techniques, Tips & General Advice

The Crafty Tipster will share crochet techniques, tips and general advice that can help both novice and experienced crocheters with their craft.

For now, there are only a few crochet tutorials in this section, but you will quickly find them becoming part of virtually every crochet project you make.

Currently, plans do not include a stitch guide for crochet, but if there's enough interest we might add one at a later date.

Featured Crochet Tutorials

Crochet Edging
Crochet Edging
Finished Edge
Finished Edge
Magic Circle
Magic Circle


 

Recent Crochet Tutorials


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A quick and easy drooping picot stitch can make a charming crochet edging for your next project.

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Several of the vintage crochet pattern books where I found the old patterns on The Crafty Tipster make use of the English style of crochet. More modern crocheters will easily recognize the stitches but when it comes to the definitions of single, double and treble crochet the number of loops may differ. With that in mind, I’ve included here a guide to those English crochet stitches that were employed for the vintage crochet patterns from the text The Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet.

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A simple technique to add a nice finished edge on your crochet pieces.

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Making a perfect crochet circle is easy if you know this sneaky technique known as the magic circle.