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        Interested in knitting? Visit our sister site: Knitting Pattern Central  | Tips 'n TricksDo you have a helpful hint or handy trick that will make any aspect of crocheting easier? Share it! Post ideas on scrap yarn usages, stitch markers, starching, hook organization, color changing, maintaining your sanity while following a difficult pattern, etc. There is most probably someone out there that will benefit from your help. Need ideas yourself? Read others' comments--we all live and learn! Name: Claire Subject: clipping yarn Comment: This handy hint was passed onto me from a fellow crocheter. Use nail clippers for cutting yarn - great to travel with, on or off the plane - it fit in my change purse! Name: Tassni Subject: Crochet Comment: Alwaws remember to take your time and do the best that you can and while you are at it teach a friend to crochet. Name: eden Subject: holding the hook Comment: Hi, I wrap a rubber band around the non-working end of the hook, wrap and twist style. I find this keeps the hook in my hand where I want it. My grip isn't as good as it used to be, and this helps. Thanks Name: toni Subject: crochet Comment: i make tote bags and rugs from grocery bags. they are very useful and pretty. Name: Michelle Subject: finishing Comment: When you are weaving in the loose ends, use a hook which is a size smaller than the one you used originally. For me it makes it much easier. Name: Marny Fair Subject: Holder for Skein Comment: I like using a wine bottle holder for my skeins of yarn!! The container is a hard cardboard ... and the lid is held on by the 'rope' handle, so it makes it easy to close and put into my tote, along with the actual afghan in the works. Name: Annie Subject: traveling Comment: IF you are going to travel with your item find a cool bag to put the yarn in so you wont be dragging it along. Name: Annie Subject: For starters!!!!! Comment: If you are just starting you should remember to keep your stiches nice and loose or your item will becom really really hard to finish the rows I am 13 now and i have been doing this since i was 7 so i know what iam doing !!!!!:) Have fun with your project... Name: Mary Smith Subject: marking cross stitch graphs Comment: when I do cross stitch, I use crayola erasable colored pencils. If I make a mistake, I just erase where the mistake is and start over from there. To hold my patterns I use a metal craft board, and use magnets to hold it. The magnets can also help keep track on the row you are doing :) Name: Lynne B. Subject: Detergent bucket organizer Comment: You can use an old laundry soap bucket with a lid like you can get at the bulk discount stores. Wash the bucket out to remove the soap flakes, then make an organizer with pockets for around the outside. Polar fleece and felt work well if you are less than handy with a sewing machine. You can glue it around the outside, or as I have done, (I am professional dressmaker) make a lining for the inside and sew the pocket band around the top. The weight of the stuff inside helps balance the weight of the stuff outside in the pockets. The lid can be decorated and set on top to ward off dust if you don't crochet daily. I crochet in fits and starts, between knitting, sewing and painting...and raising a large family. (I really should get busy though as I need a new afghan for my bed!) Name: Molly Subject: Stitch Markers Comment: I use old ear rings as stitch markers. They also look pretty on your work...lol Name: Kim Barcello Subject: Keep yarn in place Comment: I bought a metal toilet paper holder; one that holds 4 rolls at a time. It's just the right size to put your roll of yarn on. This way the yarn doesn't roll all over your chair or the floor. It also holds more than one roll in case you change patterns. Name: Kirsten Subject: hook holders Comment: I grew up watching and learning from Gram how to crochet, and now my teens (boy and girl!)make afghans and such. Gram always kept her hooks in a cigar tube(glass and metal ones)they were perfect organizers, I have one of her originals filled with her hooks, plus an old eyeglass case(the longer type)to keep those hooks from getting ruined, if it's worked for the last 70 odd years for her, I say it's a keeper tip! Name: June Subject: Crochet Comment: If I am going to be laying a crochet project aside for a while, I write the size of hook I am using on a piece of paper, and attach it to the project, so that when I DO pick it up again, I know which hook I was using. It saves me from "trying to remember" ;-) Name: Samantha Subject: Crochet Comment: Hey im nine and I can crochet lots of things teach your kids or grandkids it does not matter! Select a Page << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 Next >> Share your own hints by filling in the form below... |
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