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Enjoy these 216 Crochet tips created by Phyllis Serbes, our exclusive Crochet Guru and industry expert contributor. If it's Crochet information you're looking for, you'll find it here with 26 different categories ranging from Advanced Stitches to Yarns.

Ten Beautiful Crochet Flowers

Skip to My Lou has posted 10 beautiful crochet flower patterns and tutorials on her blog post:

http://www.skiptomylou.org/2011/02/15/10-beautiful-ways-to-crochet-a-flower/

   

The Maybelle Crochet Flower

Annette from MyRoseValley has created a simple but lovely crochet flower pattern. Take a look on her blog for instructions and photos: http://myrosevalley.blogspot.ch/2013/02/the-maybelle-crochet-flower.html

   

No Throwing!

A lot of knitters who want to learn how to crochet are tempted to "throw" the yarn as if they are knitting. Please try to not give into that temptation. In the long run, it will slow you down and adversely affect your stitch consistency and tension. In crochet, you really need to hold the hook in one hand and the yarn in the other. Experiment with ways to hold the yarn so that it feeds out at a steady tension and allows you to use your other hand just for hooking.

   

Embracing Hope Project

By Rene W

In the United States, child abuse occurs approximately every ten seconds, and approximately five children die as a result of child abuse each day. The goal of the Embracing Hope Project is to provide children, who are victims of child abuse and dealing with trauma, a stuffed bear as a symbol of HOPE. The bears are crocheted or knitted by individuals in several different countries and donated to the children through emergency response teams and family resource centers.

The group accepts any animal or doll, as long as they are hand-made and crocheted or knitted. The project does not require money donations; however, they do accept donations of yarn, ribbon and stuffing. If you know how to crochet or knit and are interested in donating a stuffed animal, more information and patterns for the bears can be found on the Embracing Hope Project website at http://embracinghopeproject.weebly.com/ or for updates, information and pictures visit their Facebook Fan page at www.facebook.com/embracinghopeprojsocal.

   

My YouTube Channel

Many Creative Gifts is on YouTube (www.youtube.com/manycreativegifts). I've finally got it stocked with some instructional videos, and more are coming soon!

   

Craftsy

One definitely wonderful up-and-coming website for all kinds of crafts, including crochet and knit, is Craftsy.com. The site has wonderful online classes and tutorials to make trendy and quality projects. There's a marketplace also for pattern shopping. It's a great place to spend a little time looking at all the possibilities!

www.craftsy.com