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Index for the practice piece Intro and setup: click here to go to that page Row 1: click here to go to that page Row 2: that’s this page Row 3 and finishing: click here to go to that page The video The video for row 2: https://youtu.be/VfMsCILxcRE Or see the link at the end of this page. Row 2 Row 2a, color 1 Written pattern row 2a – back: color 2 to back side st *(back, front)* 10x Pattern charts Turn your work. You will now be working on the ‘back side’, so you must take the pattern of the back side. This way youRead More →

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Index for the practice piece Intro and setup: click here to go to that page Row 1: that’s this page Row 2: click here to go to that page Row 3 and finishing: click here to go to that page The video’s The video for row 1: https://youtu.be/mFN9Wd4ee9Q The video for extra tips: https://youtu.be/WZ1-SWmwI7U Or see the links at the end of this page. Row 1 Because we’re doing a small piece, and the chain row of color 2 is not very long, we will use a way of starting this by ‘weaving in’ color 2 through the openings of color 1. I will giveRead More →

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To reduce the loading time of this page I use ‘thumbnails’. These are reduced, and sometimes cropped versions of the bigger picture. Do you want to see something completely and full size, or download a pattern, then click on the small picture to see it all. Index for the practice piece Intro and setup: that’s this page Row 1: click here to go to that page Row 2: click here to go to that page Row 3 and finishing: click here to go to that page The video’s For each part I made video’s.  The introduction video: https://youtu.be/a9YXKDGgBh8 The setup video: https://youtu.be/7gxhRvNhISs   Or see the links atRead More →

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Welcome to the Hooked and Locked CAL 2018 (HAL CAL 2018) <Edit January 16 2019: The pattern is no longer available for free. You can buy it from my Ravelry shop (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/the-craftsteachers-ravelry-store). You can find the bonusweek pattern there also. The pictures for each row (see examples on this page here) are no longer available online. Please send an email to info@thecraftsteacher.com if you want to purchase them. > Welcome welcome welcome! Nice to see you here! I really hope you will enjoy it to join! For the ones who don’t know what CAL means: it stands for Crochet ALong, simultaneously crocheting on a projectRead More →

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Tadaaaa! It is coming! The Hooked and Locked CAL, or in short the HAL CAL. Today I’m officially announcing it. The HAL CAL learns you how to do the Interwoven or locking crochet technique. A technique that is not difficult at all, you will be able to master this very quickly! When does the CAL start and end The start is planned on September 20 2018. We will then start with the practice piece, and then I will publish a new part each week, so that the planned end date will be December 13. This way everyone, that wants to give this blanket as aRead More →

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Finishing loose ends. When you’ve already started with something new, your focus is usually with the new stuff, but if you want to end a previous project with a good feeling, you will have to finish these last ends. This is true for crafting projects, but also when you make video’s. And this was also the case for the video I released today 🙂 . You may have seen I’m busy with preparing a CAL, and that is so fun to do! An amazing lot of work, it really is, but so fun to do! But I told I would also do a video aboutRead More →

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Video number 4 in the series about filet crochet with a large mesh is published today. I wanted to have a more steep border for the V-shaped neckline of my vest. And the slanted decrease of 1 hole of the mesh over 1 row, as I showed you in the previous video, was not suitable for it. So I figured this out myself also, because I really couldn’t find it on the internet. And this is also very simple! You only have to remember to distribute the decrease over 2 rows. You probably won’t forget very quickly when you’ve done the first part of theRead More →

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Sorry guys! And girls 🙂  I planned to publish this last Saturday, but this Craftsteacher is also a mum of 2 lovely daughters, and my eldest needed some help, and well, in that case the rest of the world just has to wait. And, although I’m not very superconsistent with it, I do try to keep the Sunday as a day of rest. For me this means going to church in the morning, listening to interesting speakers and singing for my God, and then the rest of the day for other activities.  Not that I’m not working on my crafts, that really is something thatRead More →

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Today the 2nd video in a series about filet crochet with a large mesh is published. This is the video in which I show you how to decrease at the start and at the end of a row. Especially the decrease at the end of a row will be one you will remember the best 😀  😀  😀 , but decreasing at the start of a row, without cutting off your yarn, is a little bit less obvious. Very simple also, by the way! Of course I was a little bit pigheaded, and didn’t use this decrease in my vest. I cut off the yarnRead More →