Totally adorable, this sweet giraffe is the perfect accent for baby’s nursery and is the ideal imaginary playmate as baby gets older. At 21” (54 cm) tall this crocheted polka-dot cutie will be loved and hugged!
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Crochet
Crochet and its Stitches :
Crochet is a form of inter-looping of yarn with a hook. It allows you to build your pattern with a number of basic crochet stitches and their variation. Therefore you can make infinite assortments of items, garments, accessories up to home decor.
Below you can learn all about basics of Crocheting; how to make stitches or read a pattern.
What you can Learn
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Introduction to Crochet
- Crochet for knitters
- Join the Crochet Community
- Hooks
- Other tools
- Yarn Fibers
- Yarn construction and Packaging
- How to read yarn labels
- Yarn weight and care symbols
- How to wind yarn
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Getting started and Basic Stitches
- Choose a Learning yarn and Hook
- How to hold your hook
- How to hold your yarn
- Note for left-handed crocheter
- Make a Slip knot
- Make a Chain Stitch
- Make a foundation Chain
- Identify part of Chains
- Make a Turning Chain
- Make a slip Stitch
- Make a Single Crochet
- Make a Half Double Crochet
- Make a Double Crochet
- Make a Treble Crochet
- Count Your Stitches
- Plan Your Crochet Project
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Basic Techniques
- Increase
- Decrease by Leaving Stitch Unworked
- Decrease Gradually
- Create a ring using Chain Stitches
- Create Magic ring
- Work in Round
- Shape in the round
- Join New Yarn
- Fasten Off and Weave In Yarn
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Stitch Variations
- Make a Double Treble Crochet
- Make an Extended Single Crochet
- Make an Extended Double Crochet
- Make an Extended Half Double Crochet
- Make a Crab Stitch
- Work in the Front or back loop only
- Make a Spike Stitch
- Make a Crossed Stitches
- Work Double Crochet Post Stitches
- Work a Treble Crochet Post Stitches
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Combining stitches
- Clusters
- Bobbles
- Puffs
- Popcorns
- Bullions
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Follow a Pattern
- Work from a Pattern
- Understand Crochet Abbreviations
- Read a Pattern
- Understand Gauge
- Measure Your Gauge
- Take your measurements
- Mesh Fabric Using Crochet Arches
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Stitch pattern
- Crumpled Stitch Pattern
- Crunch pattern
- Crunchy Dots Pattern
- Granite Stitch Pattern
- Trinity Pattern
- Chevron Pattern
- Shells with double Crochet
- Odd Shell Patterns
- popcorn Dance Pattern
- Follow a diagram
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Advance Stitches:
- Back Cross-Stitch
- Back Post
- Berry Stitch
- Bullion Stitch
- Charted Picture Afghans
- Cluster Stitch
- Crocodile Stitch
- Double Crochet Cluster
- Double Love Knot (Also known as Double Solomon’s Knot)
- Double Treble Crochet
- Drop Stitch
- Extended Single Crochet
- Extended Solomon’s knot
- Front Cross-Stitch
- Front Post
- Front Post Treble Crochet-Single Crochet
- I-Cord
- Linked Stitches
- Long Double Crochet
- Long Single Crochet
- Loop Stitch
- Love Knot (Also known as Solomon’s Knot)
- Picot Stitch
- Popcorn Stitch
- Puff Stitch
- Reverse Popcorn Stitch
- Reverse Single Crochet
- Shell Stitch
- Split Single Crochet
- Star Stitch
- Treble Cluster
- Triple Treble Crochet
- V-Stitch
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Additional Techniques:
- Use Stripes to add Colors
- Follow Charted color Patterns
- Follow a Charted color by working Intarsia
- Tapestry Crochet
- Tunisian Simple Stitch
- Tunisian knit Stitch
- Tunisian purl stitch
- increase in Tunisian Crochet
- Decrease in Tunisian Crochet
- Bind off in Tunisian crochet
- Free-form Crochet
- Felt/Full a Crocheted item
- Crochet with Beads
- Crochet with Different Material
- Make a Broomstick Loops
- Make a Broomstick Loop Ruffle
- Make a traditional broomstick lace
- Make a lovers Knot Trellis
- Make a clones knot Mesh
- Filet Crochet
- Make Hairpin Lace
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Trouble shooting
- Diagnose a mistake
- Fix Mistakes
- If something stills seems wrong
- Use Stitch Marker
- Work with Splitting Yarn
- Smooth Uneven Sides
- Loosen Up a Tight foundation Chain
- Fix the Fit of a Garment
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Final Details and Finishing
- Make a Buttonhole
- Seam Pieces Together by Sewing
- Seam Pieces together by Crocheting
- Insert a Zipper
- Make pompoms
- Make a fringe
- Patch pocket
- Block your Finishes Project
- Care for crocheted Items
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Flower, Shapes and Creatures
- Loopy Chain Flowers
- Simple Daisy
- Add layers to simple Daisy
- Rosette
- Corkscrew
- Hyperbolic Ruffle
- Triangle using Increase and Decrease
- Shapes in Rounds
- Make creatures using 2 D shapes
- Make an Owl
- Crochet a Ball
- Form a Tube
- Make Creatures Using 3 D shapes
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Block and motifs
- Square in a Round
- Mitered Square
- Diagonal Square
- Granny Square
- Granny shapes
- Log Cabin
- Circle in a square
- Flowers in a Square
- Ten points Motifs
- Diamonds Motifs
- Join Motifs
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Edging
- Single Crochet Edging
- Picot Edging
- Crab Stitch Edging
- Tall Stitch Edging
- Arched Edgings
- Shell Edgings
- Fancy edging
- Edging Knit Fabric
- Edging Commercial Fabric
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Patterns
Is Crochet an Affordable Hobby?
The short answer: yes. At least, it’s as affordable as you want it to be. Your budget is (almost) irrelevant; you can spend as little, or as much, as you want to.
You won’t need to invest much money when you get started with crochet. You can buy a quality crochet hook for Rs. 350. Yarns and threads are available at a variety of price ranges. High-end yarns can get pricey, but you don’t necessarily need them; you can crochet with free materials such as cut-up plastic bags, or recycled materials such as fabric strips cut from old clothes or linens. There are plenty of other innovative possibilities as well.
If you have some cash to spend on yarns, threads, and supplies, your options do expand greatly.
When you’re getting started with crochet, there is no need to spend a lot of money on patterns or instructions. You can find numerous free instructional crochet videos on the Internet; you’ll also find an abundance of free crochet patterns.
Art of Yarn-making
Sometimes, life can be a little to much to handle, so while you do learn this art to keep you busy.