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Learn to Crochet With This Free Photo Tutorial
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Learn to Crochet With This Free Photo Tutorial
My Journey Through the Norrland Hat Pattern
My Journey Through the Norrland Hat Pattern
I discovered the Norrland Hat pattern on Ravelry and decided to take on the challenge. I love the trees and snowflakes, and I have never done colorwork and cables at the same...
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How to Grade Alpaca Yarns
How to Grade Alpaca Yarns
When grading alpaca yarns for knitting, there are different classifications depending on what knitting association you reference. In this article I will highlight the most common ways we grade alpaca...
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10 Tips to Improve Your Knitting and Crochet
10 Tips to Improve Your Knitting and Crochet
Learn some of Kelley's top tips for improving your knitting and crochet. She'll help you be a better knitter by sharing some of her expertise about learning skills, unique approaches...
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How Much Yarn Do I Need? Try Our Yarn Estimate Calculator. It's Easy and Fast
How Much Yarn Do I Need? Try Our Yarn Estimate Calculator. It's Easy and Fast
Determining how much yarn you need for a project is a very common problem we see in our store and with our online customers.  You don't want to over buy...
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The Best Place To Buy Yarn Online
The Best Place To Buy Yarn Online
AlpacaDirect.com is a 5-star Google Trusted Store website and the best place to buy yarn online for knitting and crochet. That means you can shop confidently and securely knowing Alpaca Direct has passed Google's rigorous inspection and...
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March 6, 2018 Facebook Live LINKS: Spring Shawls to Knit and Crochet
March 6, 2018 Facebook Live LINKS: Spring Shawls to Knit and Crochet
Kelley discusses a technique to 'Create your own fade' and make your own gradient yarn projects without buying a gradient yarn. She also shares new spring knit and crochet project ideas...
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