The Yarvella journal

Category: Crochet Tips

Practical crochet tips, tricks and fixes for beginners: tension, counting stitches, reading patterns and finishing projects neatly.

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Crochet Tips

The best gifts for crocheters, sorted by budget: ergonomic hooks, yarn tools, project bags, stocking stuffers and handmade ideas, plus how to buy…

Crochet Tips

How much yarn for a crochet blanket? Get a blanket size chart, yardage for every yarn weight, and an easy swatch method to…

Crochet Tips

An easy crochet snowflake pattern in three rounds: a double crochet center, a chain-space round and six picot points. Make ornaments in thread…

Crochet Tips

An easy crochet Christmas tree pattern for beginners: a flat single crochet tree with a trunk and hanging loop. Make it as an…

Crochet Tips

A free crochet fingerless gloves pattern for beginners: one ribbed half double crochet rectangle, folded and seamed with a thumb gap. Adjustable to…