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Read Crochet Patterns: Granny Squares – Round 1
How to Read a Crochet Pattern for the First Round of a Granny Square This is the second in a series of articles on the details of how to make a Granny Square. The first article on how to make … Continue reading
Read Crochet Patterns: Granny Squares – Getting Started
How to Read a Crochet Pattern for a Granny Square A Granny Square is a crochet pattern that is used in many ways. You can make one huge Granny Square and have an afghan. You can make a whole bunch … Continue reading
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Read Crochet Patterns: One-Color Granny Squares – Round 2
How to Read a Crochet Pattern for the Second Round of a One-Color Granny Square This is the third in a series of articles on the details of how to make a Granny Square. The first article on how to … Continue reading
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Read Crochet Patterns Basics: The Header
How to Read Crochet Patterns: Check The Header The Header of a crochet pattern is the part before the Instructions. The Header contains the information about the STUFF that you need in order to make the project. The Header includes … Continue reading
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Read Crochet Patterns Basics: Abbreviations – English Words Used in Crochet Patterns
Most crochet patterns contain some abbreviations that are just a short form of a word that is used commonly in English, even without a reference to crochet. Example: “tog” means “together”. Here is a list of the more common English … Continue reading
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Read Crochet Patterns Basics: Abbreviations – Crochet-ese
This page contains a glossary of the more common abbreviations and terms and symbols that are specific to reading crochet patterns. (There is a companion page of English-type abbreviations used in crochet patterns.) Abbreviation Meaning Example ch chain Ch 4, … Continue reading
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Read Crochet Patterns Basics: the What and the Where
How to Read Crochet Patterns: Identify What Stitches Go where The biggest challenge for those who are learning how to read crochet patterns is identifying what stitches go where. The problem occurs because the information is all mixed together. In … Continue reading
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Read Crochet Patterns Basics: Repeats
How to Read Crochet Patterns: Identify the Repeats Most crochet beginners are reasonably comfortable, with a bit of help, with understanding the abbreviations that you find in a crochet pattern (SC = Single Crochet, DC = Double Crochet, Ch = … Continue reading
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Read Crochet Patterns Basics: Gauge
How to Read Crochet Patterns: Understand the Gauge This article will tell you about the most important thing that you need to be able to do before you start a project pattern: crochet to the gauge that is specified in … Continue reading
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