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Links to hints and information for crocheters.
Ideas for Things to Make Using Filet Crochet Charts
At About Crochet: Suggestions for items that can be made, beginning with a crocheted piece that was made by following a filet crochet chart. There might be some projects that you hadn't thought of.
How to Make an Oval Pattern Smaller or Larger
At About Crochet: Hints for making an oval pattern smaller or larger. For example, this can be helpful if you want to make a tablecloth to fit a certain size table and you need to change a pattern to result in that finished size.
Crochet FAQ's
At Lily: Formula for converting inches to centimeters, joining a new ball of yarn, yarn weights.
Crohook - Solution For Stitches Falling Off Wrong End
Yarn Forward - If you have trouble with stitches falling off the wrong end of the cro-hook, when you are working with many stitches and needle point protectors haven't helped, Yarn Forward has another hint you can try.
Sewing a Crocheted Insert on Fabric Clothing
At Donna's Crochet Designs: She shows an example of rows of joined granny squares added as an insert to a fabric shirt and gives instructions. (Photos)
Straightening Kinky Yarn
Yarn Forward - What can you do when you unravel a project and the yarn has kinked? Yarn Forward has a hint on how to straighten the yarn.
Yarn Ply or Thickness - How To Determine, When Not Labeled
Yarn Forward - At the end of their page on yarn ply, see the section named "How to Determine the Thickness of a Yarn". They give a table for yarn types (such as 3-ply baby, fingering, sport, knitting worsted or bulky), determined by wraps per inch.

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