Author Archive for: Marina

It sometimes happens that you need to buy another ball of yarn to finish a project, or the store doesn’t have enough in one dye lot for your planned project. What should you do? Well, first of all don’t panic. If you are using an acrylic yarn it is very rare that the is any […]

The delivery had arrived and as usual there was a buzz of excitement- what had Marina ordered this time? After we had unpacked the latest sock yarn, lots of Catona and Chunky monkey we found these unusual discs of yarn at the bottom of the box. We’ve had many different shaped balls of yarn over […]

Some people never do it; others don’t consider the project finished until its blocked. It is all a matter of preference. So what is blocking? Well, it is when you set the shape of your finished item, using a combination of soaking, stretching, and drying the item, or by using steam. Both are good methods, […]

Stitch markers! These little pieces of plastic genius are very convenient to have at hand when crocheting, especially when starting out and you haven’t learned how to read your work yet (don’t worry that comes with time and practice). Stitch markers can be used when working in the round, for example for amigurumi there is […]