Click www.sympoz.com to read more about Vickie’s online crocheting course, “Crochet Lab: Craft, Rock, Love” and get a 50% discount! In this short preview from her course, Vickie explains the basics of gauge for crocheting for making garments or anything that needs to be an exact size. About Crochet Lab: Veteran designer, author, mother, and best known as host of TV’s Knitty Gritty, the charming and energetic Vickie Howell brings a love for craft and a funky enthusiasm for teaching to Crochet Lab. In this introductory course, Vickie guides you through the fundamentals of crochet, including what yarn and hooks to use for a desired look and feel, four basic stitches, and how to put them all together to create a square motif–all of which will allow you to create wonderful items and express your own individual style with only some yarn and a crochet hook. You’ll learn to crochet a chain, single crochet, double crochet, half-double crochet and create granny squares, as well as how to measure gauge and how to read a crochet pattern. With each lesson building on the previous, from simple stitches, up to more complex patterns and skills, Vickie Howell crochets along with you, through making your very first slip knot to creating original housewares like pillow covers, wash cloths and blankets, and lots of fun accessories. About Vickie Howell: Vickie Howell is a mother, designer. author and crafty spokesperson. She’s best known as the host and Creative Consultant of TV’s Knitty …
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