March 2nd, 2012 
mio Uhg, I hate that phrase. “Crochet made easy”… as if it were hard in the first place!
And yet, there are a lot of ways one can make their crocheting life easier. And what better way to celebrate NatCroMo, than with some helpful tips? (And tutorials… lots and lots of tutorials. :D)
Today’s helpful tip has to do with a tool you might not associate with crocheting, but one that I have found invaluable!
A kitchen scale:
This scale made my Jacob’s Snakes And Ladders blanket possible. I weighed any questionably small scraps of yarn before using them – if they weighed at least 15g (a number I came to by weighing the project after the first and second rows), I used them to make a row on the blanket. In the past, I have used it to determine an approximate yardage for my finished projects.
For its next trick, I’m going to use it to weigh a ball of yarn while I work with it – I’m going to chain 1/3 of it, and then sc the rest. (This will make more sense should I be successful and can show it off to you all!)
Enjoy NatCroMo (National Crochet Month), everyone! Crochet in public, join a crochet-along, learn a new technique, teach, shout it from the mountain tops! And stay tuned – there are more tips, tricks, and tutorials to come!
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