You can do a lot with a single crochet stitch, but you can do more if you add in a double crochet, too! This short lesson walks you through the steps for creating the vital double crochet stitch - also known as a treble crochet stitch. You’ll learn two styles so that you can follow different patterns that involve this stitch. You’ll be glad to have learned this classic technique!

Rag rugs are attractive, hard-wearing & incredibly cheap, easy and great fun to make, especially using a Salish Loom. Lynne Milsom from Fibre Arts Bootcamp guides you every step of the way from where to find rags, how to cut the strips, warp the loom, weave, splice and everything else you need to know, in order to complete your first rag project.

Need a great gift for a cold climate? Crochet fabulous fabric! Part 1 of 2, this lesson from Yarn Obsession teaches a variation on the single crochet cluster stitch. The cluster combines single crochet and chain stitches, and creates a lovely lace effect and rich texture. This step-by-step demonstration is easy to follow and will have you crocheting merrily away before you know it!

Knitting is an excellent way to make your own clothing or craft elegant gifts for loved ones. It allows you to express yourself artistically through the stitches and designs you use in your piece. In this lesson from Fabin BC, watch and learn how to knit a cable cast on. Start by learning how to do a slip stitch and how to hold your needles. Lynne shows you how to knit the cast on stitch and then demonstrates what to do when you get to the last stitch, to create a lovely cabled edge.

Want to make an elegant, unique piece of jewelry? Learn how to make a wrap-around macramé charm bracelet! Follow along with designer Brittany Ketcham as she teaches you the macramé bollywood and ladder stitches to weave seed beads and C-Lon around leather cord. Find out how to craft a button clasp for the bracelet, and see how to change out your C-Lon cord so that your bracelet can change color as it progresses. Use the bracelet as a perfect homemade gift for a friend, or keep it for yourself!

This lesson will teach the budding painter how to add dimension to an acrylic painting of the ocean by using the wet-on-wet technique. By layering and blending colors of wet paint, artists can create a realistic painting of ocean waves crashing, complete with variations in tone and color. This lesson teaches how to mix paint to achieve a richer picture, as well as how to add reflection to water and give sea foam the illusion of volume by using highlights and shadows.

Looking for a new stitch to incorporate into your crocheting? Look no further than the shallow single crochet stitch. This stitch looks so much like it was knit, no one will tell the difference! In this lesson from Yarn Obsession, Sedie demonstrates how to complete this stitch, beginning with the base chain and allowing an extra stitch for the turning chain. Once your chain is completed, learn how to do the shallow single crochet, plus how to turn and create the next row of stitches.

This one is for you advanced crocheters - learn how to crochet a crocodile stitch with cotton yarn and an H hook. Put together techniques such as working around the post, a double crochet, and a slip stitch to create rows and rows of crocodile scales. Crochet rounded or pointed scales and keep your rows even by maintaining a pattern for your number of scales. Use this stitch as an add-on or crochet an entire piece with the crocodile stitch.

Knowing your way around a sewing machine opens up a whole new world of creativity! From clothing to home décor to customized gifts, sewing provides you with a range of opportunities to use your skills, save money, and bring your artistic designs to life. In this sewing lesson, Mimi G shows you around a sewing machine, explaining the most basic functions that most machines are equipped to do, describes the most necessary tools you’ll need to begin, and teaches you how to read a pattern.

This video shows how to work the Moss Stitch.

Here are the instructions to work the pattern:

Cast on an uneven number of stitches. An uneven number makes this pattern symmetrical. Both sides are right sides.

Follow this pattern:

Row 1 and 4: K1, *P1, K1; repeat from * to end of row.
Row 2 and 3: P1, *K1, P1; repeat from * to end of row.

Repeat rows 1 - 4 to create the pattern.

This video shows you how to work the Raspberry Stitch, also known as the Trinity Stitch. Pattern instructions: Cast on a multiple of 4 +2. Rows 1 and 3: Purl all stitches. Row 2: K1* (K1, P1, K1) into next stitch, P3tog* K1. Row 4: K1, P3tog, (K1, P1, K1) into next stitch K1. Repeat these four rows for the pattern.

Want to learn some bewitching new crochet stitching? Tamara from Moogly teaches you an alternate double crochet stitch that ultimately creates a sort of ridge or pinstripe that will appear in every other row of your crochet project. Get an introduction, a patient step-by-step explanation, and then a zoomed in close look of this fun new stitch, which involves movements not unlike those used to make a half double crochet stitch.

Learn how to make homemade soap! Homemade soaps are especially great for party favors or hostess gifts. In this lesson from The O’Neil Sisters, discover all the basics of soapmaking at home. You’ll learn how to select and prepare the soap, colorant, and scents, as well as how to package your finished products for cute party gifts.

Are you having trouble knitting in the round? Learn how to make a smooth color change in circular knitting - known to the experts as a jogless color change. Use a knitting marker and learn to knit your first color change row into the previous color to disguise the knitting spiral. Tie up loose ends sooner than later and thread them to duplicate the back of a stitch for a smooth seam. Here’s to a seamless change!

Want to join two colors of yarn seamlessly for your next crochet project? One of the most popular methods for combining strands in crocheting or knitting without knots is the Russian join. In this lesson from Yarn Obsession, learn how to loop the strands together, insert a tapestry needle into the yarn, pull it through, and make two ends of a piece of yarn look like one.