Crochet Techniques Library: Fix, Finish & Level Up Your Projects

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Project Tutorials & Techniques

Stuck, confused, or finishing a project and wondering how it went off the rails so fast? This crochet techniques library helps you fix, finish, and level up — without the guesswork or panic frogging at 1 a.m. New tutorials are added as they’re published, so bookmark this page and come back whenever crochet chooses chaos and humbles you.

Joining Without Regret

Turn separate pieces into one actual project — without panic-seaming twenty granny squares at midnight.

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Whip Stitch Join

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Slip Stitch Join

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Invisible Join

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Join-As-You-Go

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Single Crochet Join

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Mattress Stitch Join

Project Borders

You did all that work and you’re just gonna stop here? These border ideas take your project from “That’s nice” to “Holy crap, that’s awesome!” Also,  check out this post for a refreshing on basic borders

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Shell Stitch Border

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Picot Stitch Border

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Double Crochet Border

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Crab Stitch Border

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Moss Stitch Border

Finishing Touches

Because homemade chaos is only cute when it’s intentional. Here are the finishing steps you want to skip but really shouldn’t — fastening off, weaving in ends, and blocking.

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Fastening Off

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Weaving in Ends

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Blocking Your Work

“Ohhh That’s How” Crochet Skills

Color changes, working in the round, tension fixes, and all the crochet skills that seem scary until someone explains them like a normal human.

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Working in the Round

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Tension Issues

Still here? Love that for you.

Take these skills for a spin in the stitch library, dig through some free patterns, or hop back over to  Learn to Crochet and brush up on the basics before the motivation (or caffeine buzz) wears off.