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A crochet cowl made from mitred squares in shades of pink, green and turquoise.

How to join crochet mitered squares as you go: Photo and video tutorial

A mitred square in pink yarn is seen from above pinned to a blocking board.

How to Crochet a Mitred Square: Step-by-step free tutorial

Christmas Pudding elf and santa crochet hats

Christmas Crochet Hat Patterns: 7 festive free crochet beanie hat patterns

Crochet Calling 2024: A month long flash sale and freebie event

A crochet work in progress rests on a glass coffee table with two tv controls and a cup of tea next to it with a blurred tv menu in the background.

What to crochet in front of the TV: Netflix & Crochet project ideas

A close up of the paired extended single crochet stitch made in pink alpaca yarn.

How to Crochet Paired Extended Single Crochet

The short row sleeve cap crochet along header graphic

The Short Row Sleeve Cap Crochet Along (CAL)

A partially made crochet crescent shawl in blue yarn with white bobbles. A text overlay reads ‘improve your crochet skills’.

How to improve your crochet skills from beginner to pro: 6 crochet fundamentals

A colourful graphic with pink text reading ‘four free festive Fridays’ written above green text reading ‘an affable advent event from doradoes.co.uk.

Four Free (crochet patterns) Festive Fridays: An Affable Advent Event

A swatch of single crochet in teal yarn with spaced out split single crochets worked in a contrasting cream yarn.

Split single crochet stitch tutorial (great for fair isle crochet projects)

A small crochet swatch made from cream wool yarn including six textured crochet popcorn stitches.

How to crochet the popcorn stitch (easy video and photo tutorial)

The right side of a small swatch of 6 puff stitches seen from above.

How to crochet the puff stitch (step-by-step photo and video tutorial

A swatch of bobble stitches seen from above, crocheted with cream yarn.

How to crochet the bobble stitch (step-by-step photo and video tutorial)

A top down view of a cream crochet swatch containing 6 crochet bobbles made from double crochet 4 together cluster stitches.

How to crochet bobbles: Crochet Cluster Stitch Tutorial (photo and video)

A landscape picture of two styles of crochet short rows, worked in small blue and cream wool crochet swatches.

Crochet Short Rows: What they are, when and how to use them

A colourful graphic with the title ‘crochet calling’ in the centre to highlight the crochet calling month long flash sale and find the freebies event.

Crochet Calling: A month long flash sale and crochet freebies event

A pink crochet cardigan with 5 white buttons laid flat on a grey wood effect surface.

How to add a crochet a button band with buttonholes

Fine Lines: A Summer Crochet Pattern Collection

Two crochet swatches, one showing extended double crochet and the other an extended double crochet decrease are laid next to each other.

Extended double crochet and an extended double 2 together tutorial

Two centre pull hanks of Caron simply soft self striping yarn laid on a pink surface with a blue and cold crochet hook.

How to crochet with variegated and self striping yarn