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Knit and Crochet Your Way into Spring with delightful Easter Decor

Knit and Crochet Your Way into Spring with delightful Easter Decor

Indulge in the essence of springtime by adorning your home with handcrafted Easter decorations. Knitting and crocheting are wonderful ways to imbue your creations with a personal flair and celebrate the season's joy.  Springtime is celebrated with great enthusiasm in many cultures around the globe. In India, the Holi festival welcomes spring arrival with vibrant colors and playful water fights. It is a time to renew relationships and let go of grudges. In Japan, the Cherry Blossom Festival - or Hanami - is a much-anticipated event where locals flock to parks to revel in the stunning beauty of cherry blossoms. ...

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Find Your Style: English versus Continental Knitting

Every knitter has their own unique knitting style, different in the way of holding the knitting needles, placing yarn, and managing tension. No two knitters work in exactly the same way but the knitting community practices a few standard knitting styles and methods. The two main styles of knitting are called the ‘English’ method and the ‘Continental’ method. For the most part, they decide how you hold your yarn and how you wrap the yarn around your needle as you knit with any knitting needle type such as single-pointed, double-pointed, fixed, or interchangeable circulars. In this blog post, we’ll walk...

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How to Crochet Flowers in Easy Steps

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...

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Knitting or Crocheting a Shawl?

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...

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