Guides
The technique library
Short, exact guides to the parts of knitting and crochet that cost people projects, written to be checked mid-row, not admired. Free, always.
More are in the works.
Tools and sizing systems, yarn weights, blocking, amigurumi basics. Each one is checked against the craft's standard references before it goes up, the same standard the four above were held to.
Start the path
The four guides are one short course in a trench coat: terms, then fit, then rescue, then fluency. Read them in this order and each one makes the next one shorter.
US vs UK crochet terms
Know which stitch you are actually making, before row 1 argues back.
02Gauge, explained
Know how big it will come out, while changing it is still cheap.
03Frogging & lifelines
Know how to undo it without tears, because one day it will need undoing.
04Reading a repeat
Read any written pattern like a local, asterisks and all.
Tap the counter first
Drop a lifeline in the demo, count past it, frog back to it. Then read guide 03 and enjoy watching it describe exactly what your fingers just did.
Open the counter Then the shelfPatterns that use all four
Every pattern in the store leans on these four guides, and says so on its setup page. Browse the shelf now; the shop itself opens soon, and the guides stay free either way.
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