Bag of Knowledge - Blog 6
Q6 What is your best trick and or tip when knitting or crocheting? My favourite trick for both knitting and crocheting is the use of stitch markers. I use them to mark beginning and end of repeats, stitch counts and when crocheting they become my tool to hold my stitch so it doesn’t pull out. I’ve even used stitch markers as row counters. They are indispensable and have a million uses. ≈ Lauren Ackerman, owner of Yarn@ZelLe follow her on Instagram and on Facebook When crocheting in the round (solid squares or circles), make only 2 ch for the beginning of the round and end the round with a slipstitch in the 1st real dc, skipping the starting ch 2. That will close the gap formed between the last dc and the starting ch 2. Remember that in the next round the last dc will be IN the ss of the previous round to keep the correct stitch count. This will result in the starting ch moving to the left with one s...