Crochet School

Have you ever wondered why your stitch pattern on your crochet piece, especially amigurumi, might look different than the pattern you are using? Do you see a difference between those …

Safety eyes are usually plastic hemispheres or plastic disks with a stem that you push through the stitch pattern and then secure on the inside of your crochet piece with …

After all the elements for your Amigurumi have been crocheted, it is time to sew these elements together. Sewing may seem a bit intimidating at the beginning, but it is …

The use of individual loops can be a fantastic means to give your creations clearer contours, to define areas, or to subsequently crochet additional elements on finished crochet pieces. How …

The correct stuffing of the various elements of your amigurumi (arms, legs, body, etc.) is more important than you think, because the filling brings the crocheted piece first into shape. …

Spiral rounds are wonderfully uncomplicated to crochet. However, since the rounds are never completed, there is always an obvious distinction between the old and new color when a color change …

The fewest crochet projects are monochrome. Therefore it is essential to learn how to crochet a color change. However, since there are many different stitches and working methods (in joined …

Crocheting Surface Single Crochet Stitches and other surface stitches is a relatively simple technique to attach small or large elements to already finished crochet projects. Not only can this technique …

Crocheting Surface Slip Stitches is a simple method with which you can upgrade almost every crochet piece by crocheting slip stitches, as the name implies, on the surface of a …

Slip stitches are the next smaller stitches after the single crochet stitch. Slip stitches result in very flat stitches that lie very close to the crochet piece. Slip stitches serve …

The Magic Ring (or Magic Circle) represents the beginning of a crochet work which is crocheted “in spiral rounds” or “in joined rounds”. The special thing about the magic ring …

If you crochet Amigurumi, balls or other 3-dimensional bodies in spiral or joined rounds, you will usually have an opening at the end of the work which you have to …