Planet June has 2 tutorials that changed my life...
Invisible Decrease (or if you're a LEFTY - woot! Me too!)
Ultimate Finish for Amigurumi (You don't have to just use this for amigurumi. It works for closing the end of any sphere/ball/egg shaped object - even if it won't eventually have a face...)
I almost always crochet over my ends instead of weaving them in afterwards. This is a great tute to show you how...
Crochet Over Your Ends
I also really like this join. One of my friends taught me a similar join with a knot in the center, but I like this better...
Russian Join
And I absolutely adore this post from Fresh Stitches on how to get even stitches...
How To Get An Even Stitch And Gauge
And while I was there I noticed that she had done several posts on working with multiple colors for her Dragon CAL (crochet-a-long). Even if you're not participating in the CAL, I think that her technique is really clever and worth checking out...
Changing Colors and Stranding Yarn in Crochet Colorwork: part 1
Changing Colors and Stranding Yarn in Crochet Colorwork: part 2
Do you have any cool tricks or helpful tips? Share them with us in the comments below!
xoxo
P.S. Now that I've seen it, I want to have a CAL... Anyone else want to? What should we do?! Want to make a bag? I've got a really fun one I'm working on... Or should we do something else? Maybe in October we can do something to show our support for Breast Cancer Awareness month... Hmm... What do you think?? C'mon, Dynamos, what would you like to do? Add your suggestions in the comments when you add your cool crochet tips! xo Jaime
