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Spring is fast approaching and with it the season of blooming buds. If you are a crocheter, you can crochet flowers with any of the crochet hooks with any yarn you own. These blooms will never wither and brighten up your homes and even your garments and accessories. Flowers are surprisingly easy to crochet, you only need to understand the basic stitches and techniques. With vibrant colors of yarns and crochet hooks, they bring in so much brightness and cheer especially when the weather is dull and gloomy. You can craft flowers individually, a bouquet, or transform them into beautiful...

Spring is about to arrive and with it the season of lovely blooms and warm weather. Shawls are fun projects. It is easy to plan one and gives you immense joy when you use it for the changing weather and accessories for your outfit. Whether you knit or crochet, you can easily make a shawl. All you need is soft and washable yarn in lively shades of spring and knitting needles or crochet hooks. Both knitted and crocheted shawls are easy projects, but each has its pros and cons. The choice of knitting or crochet depends on the type of shawl...

Every knitter is going to have a different preference for needle material. Wooden knitting needles are beginner-friendly, and even many advanced knitters prefer them for many knitting projects. Many knitters believe that they must refrain from wood as they assume the yarn will snag or will need more effort for stitch passing. But, most of these drawbacks will not be an obstacle when you work with premium wooden knitting needles. In the knitting community, the favorites are not just the natural fibers but the needles are essential as well. Fashioned from natural products, knitting needles are some of the most...

Once you’ve learned to knit and purl, you would be getting straight to cast stitches on your knitting needles and make some projects. Projects like a dishcloth or a scarf (flat and rectangle) can be worked with these steps, but for projects such as a cardigan or sweater (made in the round or even flat), there is a need to know knitting techniques for increasing and decreasing stitches. Learning to increase and decrease will instantly elevate your knitting skills. They are techniques to shape your projects. Increase simply means to increase stitches than the previous rows or rounds. In this...