Holy cow, you guys. This is tough. You’re a handmade business, and trying to sell the things that come from your hands and your home during a global pandemic. Some questions that arise: will people still buy? am I unknowingly transmitting the virus? how do I keep my business going while my kids are home […]
Crochet Tutorials
How to Half Double Crochet
The half double crochet stitch is another of my favorite basic stitches. It’s somewhere between the single crochet and double crochet, height-wise. It’s perfect for those projects that would be too short with a single, and too tall with a double. Read through this quick written and photo tutorial, or watch the video at the […]
Calculating Yardage: Weight Formula
The Calculating Yardage: Weight Formula is really great if you have a brand spankin’ new skein of yarn. You CAN use this method if you don’t have a brand new skein; it just takes some more numbers and math. If you don’t have the label, you’ll have to find that brand and label on Google […]
Calculating Yardage: Measure a Stitch Formula
It’s time for post two in the series! Let’s talk about Calculating Yardage: Measure a Stitch Formula! This has been my favorite way to calculate yardage for a crochet pattern. My head wraps around math and formulas pretty well usually, so this is a way to work my brain and calculate my yardage at the […]
Calculating Yardage: Measure Your Entire Project
In my series on calculating yardage, I want to start off with one of the most basic methods which is to measure your entire project. Calculating yardage by measuring your entire project is definitely the most time-consuming way to calculate yardage for a crochet pattern. It’s not the most highly recommended, unless you’re looking to […]
Including Yardage in Crochet Patterns
Besides the actual design itself, calculating yardage is probably one of the most time-consuming tasks when it comes to writing a crochet pattern. It would go so much faster if we could just skip that part, right? Well, sure… BUT, including yardage in crochet patterns is one of the most important steps. What makes including […]
