How to Crochet the Shawl in a Ball® Granny Afghan/Shawl

by Tamara Kelly, www.mooglyblog.com The Lion Brand® Shawl in a Ball® Granny Square Afghan/Shawl is such a fun pattern to make! Perfect for road trips, I loved working through all the gorgeous Shawl in a Ball colors while cruising along on a recent trip with my kids (don’t worry, I wasn’t driving!). And I snapped…

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Learn to Crochet: Let’s Wrap Things Up

We’ve reached the end of our Learn to Crochet series, and it’s time to wrap things up. Over the past ten weeks we’ve learned the basic stitches — sc, hdc, dc, trc — as well as how to work in the round, change colors, read patterns and charts, and increase and decrease. We’ve made fingerless…

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Try This Stitch: Crystal Chandelier

Crystal Chandelier is a lovely lacy stitch that would work well for a shawl or scarf. This lace would look lovely on many different projects, and the width is extremely adjustable. The pattern is eight stitches wide, with one more cast on for symmetry. So you would cast on 9, 17, 25, 33, and so…

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