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Crochet tips and techniques for beginners: stitch lessons, tension, blocking and how to fix common mistakes, explained step by step.

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A plain mint-green rounded amigurumi piece on a wooden table beside a crochet hook, a stitch marker, a yarn needle and a small tuft of fiberfill.

Tips & Techniques How to Make Amigurumi: the Full Process, Explained for Beginners To make amigurumi, you crochet small shapes in tight rounds, stuff them before the opening closes, and sew…

Sage-green crochet blanket with scalloped edges pinned out flat on gray foam mats beside a tape measure.

Tips & Techniques How to Block a Crocheted Blanket Knowing how to block a crocheted blanket starts with knowing what blocking can change. It can relax curling…

Crochet swatch in cream worsted yarn showing repeating single crochet and double crochet clusters, with a crochet hook resting on it.

Tips & Techniques How to Crochet the Blanket Stitch If you are trying to work out how to crochet blanket stitch and every tutorial seems to say…

Six crochet swatches in the same oatmeal yarn showing different stitch textures, laid on a wooden table beside a hook.

Tips & Techniques What Crochet Stitch Is Best for a Blanket? A Practical Comparison If you are wondering what crochet stitch is best for a blanket, the honest answer is that it…

Several crochet blanket swatches in cream and heather-gray yarn, worked in different stitch heights, arranged together on a wooden table.

Tips & Techniques Fastest Crochet Stitch for a Blanket: A Real Comparison If you've searched for the fastest crochet stitch for a blanket, the honest answer is that no single…