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Micro Skills

Bobbles

Learn how to make bobbles. These are amazing in assigned colour pooling yarn.

Buttonholes

How to add buttonholes to projects.

Chain Ridge Increase

There's lots of different ways to increase in Tunisian Crochet. This technique is the one I use most in my garment making.

Diagonal Texture Stitch

A lovely textural stitch that works really well in fingering weight yarn for that amazing drape.

Mosaic in Tunisian Crochet

Mosaic in Tunisian Crochet is easier to do than standard crochet mosaic, and I reckon it looks better too!

Slip Stitch Cast On

Yep, I know one knitting technique. If you want to make an armpit bridge in a garment, you need to learn this skill.

Swatching, Tension, Blocking

There's a lot to say about this! This is an article I wrote for Indie Road Magazine in 2019. It's a general overview of the concepts of swatching, tension and blocking.

Work in the Round - cabled hook

Learn the easiest jogless method of working in the round with a cabled hook - the connecting stitch.

Seaming

Back Loop Single Crochet Join

Use this method when joining ribbing on stretchy bands. Use on Tunisian and standard crochet.

Bound Off Tss Seam

Use this method to sew two pieces of Tunisian simple stitch (tss) that both have a bind off row or foundation chain.

Mosaic Edge Seam

Use this method to sew the side edges of two pieces of Tunisian mosaic together.

Perpendicular Seam

Use this method to sew a row of Tunisian simple stitch (tss) to the side edges of another piece of Tunisian crochet.

Raw Tss Seam

Use this method when joining two rows of Tunisian simple stitch (tss) together that are not bound off.

Side Edges Seam

Use this method to sew the side edges of two pieces of Tunisian crochet together.

Trickier Skills

Short Rows

A comprehensive guide to making short rows for use in garments.