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Technique Tuesday - Rescheduled and Consolation Prize

10/28/2014

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Technique Tuesday Moved For This Week Only


We know… y'all came here today looking for our usual Technique Tuesday tutorial post. Well, we've had to move Technique Tuesday to Thursday this week. We got a little caught up in editing our NEW book of crochet patterns, Designer Crochet, and the time just got away from us.

Fear not! We're only moving Technique Tuesday this one time this one week. We'll be back on Tuesday next week like usual and all will be right with the world.

As a consolation prize, here is a sneak peak of Designer Crochet (that new book of crochet patterns we have been editing) from our publisher's website. Our editor, Connie Santisteban, gives you a brief description of the crochet patterns in Designer Crochet and shares exclusive sneak peek photos AND there is a preorder link with a FAB preorder price for y'all. WOOHOO!! Click the link below to be whisked away to the Lark Publishing blog and see this FAB sneak peek and preorder link.

Sneak Peek of Designer Crochet by Shannon Mullett-Bowlsby of Shibaguyz Designz
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Oh yeah… you can still get your Technique Tuesday fix by clicking on the Tutorials category over there in the right-hand column of our page. To make it even easier, here's a direct link:

Shibaguyz Designz Tutorials Category

Thanks for stopping by! See y'all back here on Thursday for Technique Tuesday… ummm… Technique Thursday? How about Temporary Technique Thursday?? Anyway… see you on Thursday. And enjoy the exclusive sneak peek of Designer Crochet!


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Technique Tuesday – Reversible Horizontal Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing Tutorial

10/21/2014

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How To Make Reversible Horizontal Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing


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Technique
Reversible Horizontal Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing

So far in our Technique Tuesday journey exploring Crochet Ribbing we have covered two of the four types of Crochet Ribbing: Reversible Vertical Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing and One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing. As the names indicate, both of these methods are made vertically using Post Stitches. Today, we are shifting perspectives a bit and going sideways…


(oh… don't worry… the fourth kind of Crochet Ribbing, Horizontal tbl Crochet Ribbing, is coming soon… stay tuned!)

Technique Tuesday - How to make Reversible Horizontal Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing - a step-by-step photo tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz
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Technique Tuesday – One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing Tutorial

10/14/2014

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How To Make One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing


Technique Tuesday - Step-by-step crochet and knitting photo tutorials by Shibaguyz Designz

Technique
One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing
Technique Tuesday - How to make One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Double Crochet Ribbing - a step-by-step photo tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz

What is it?
We started our discussion of crochet ribbing last week with a quick definition of ribbing. Simply put, Ribbing is a series of raised ridges – called wales – and contrasting low troughs.

While there are a number of ways to create combinations of wales and troughs using crochet stitches, over the course of a few posts, we will be dealing with four main methods of creating crochet ribbing:
Reversible Vertical Post Stitch Ribbing – the technique discussed in last week's post
One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Ribbing – our topic today!
Horizontal Post Stitch Ribbing – future post
Horizontal tbl Ribbing
– future post… stay tuned!

As you can see, we can create crochet ribbing by working post stitches either vertically or horizontally and by working horizontally using only the back loop of our stitches. While we will get to the back loop ribbing technique on a future post, today we are working on our post stitch ribbing.

A quick reminder here that post stitches are worked around the post of a crochet stitch resulting in a stitch that is raised to the front or the back of our working row depending on whether we work a Front Post Crochet Stitch or a Back Post Crochet Stitch.

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Technique Tuesday – Reversible Vertical Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing Tutorial

10/7/2014

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How to make Reversible Vertical Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing


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Technique
Reversible Vertical Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing

Technique Tuesday - How to make Vertical Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing - a step-by-step photo tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz

What is it?

First, let's give a quick definition of ribbing. Simply put, Ribbing is a series of raised ridges – called wales – and contrasting low troughs.

That said, there are a number of ways to create combinations of wales and troughs using crochet stitches. In fact, we have:
Reversible Vertical Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing
One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing
Horizontal Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing
Horizontal tbl Crochet Ribbing


We will be covering ALL of these in future Technique Tuesday articles but, for today's Reversible Vertical Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing tutorial, we are creating a reversible vertical post stitch ribbing with wales on both sides of the fabric through the use alternating Front Post Double Crochet Stitches and Back Post Double Crochet Stitches.

Remember: Post stitches are worked around the post of a crochet stitch creating a stitch that is raised to the front or the back of our working row depending on whether we work a Front Post Crochet Stitch or a Back Post Crochet Stitch.

Reversible Vertical Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing creates a series of wales and troughs that are made vertically in relation to the working direction of our crochet fabric. That is, we start at the top or bottom of the fabric and create wales and troughs by working rows of alternating Front and Back Post Stitches. These alternating Front Post Crochet Stitches and Back Post Crochet Stitches build off of one another in successive rows creating the vertical wales and troughs – Ribbing!

For a quick review of crochet post stitches check out these tutorials:
Front Post Double Crochet Stitch Tutorial
Back Post Double Crochet Stitch Tutorial

then come right back! We'll wait… 


Okay… back now? Good… let's carry on…
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Top 5 Crochet Tutorials – September 2014

10/3/2014

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The Top Five Free Crochet and Knitting Tutorials from Shibaguyz Designz for September 2014

You clicked it and that picked it! It's time to take a look at the Top 5 crochet tutorials you all clickety-clicked on during the month of September.

From the looks of things, y'all really like these tutorials… and we like that you like 'em!

We're here to help build the skillz in our fiber community and make sure your stitching doesn't look like it was gnawed on by a hoard or demented wombats… just sayin'…

The Top Five Free Crochet and Knitting Tutorials from Shibaguyz Designz for September 2014

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Technique Tuesday - Back Post Double Crochet Tutorial

9/30/2014

 
Technique Tuesday - Step-by-step crochet and knitting photo tutorials by Shibaguyz Designz
Technique

Post Stitches – Back Post Double Crochet Stitch

Crochet Post Stitches: How to make the Back Post Double Crochet Stitch - A step-by-step crochet photo tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz

What is it?

Last week, we started our discussion about post stitches with a brief overview of what a post stitch is. You can find that post here:
Technique Tuesday - Post Stitches: How to make the Front Post Double Crochet stitch.

Let's do a quick review…

Post stitches are just like any other crochet stitches only the stitches are worked around the "post" of a crochet stitch rather than through the loops of the "head" of a crochet stitch.

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Technique Tuesday - Front Post Double Crochet Tutorial

9/23/2014

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How to Make the Front Post Double Crochet Stitch

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Technique

Post Stitches – Front Post Double Crochet Stitch

Crochet Post Stitches, How to make the Front Post Double Crochet Stitch - A step-by-step crochet photo tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz

What is it?

Let's talk briefly about what a Post Stitch is…

Post stitches are just like any other crochet stitches only the stitches are worked around the "post" of a crochet stitch rather than through the loops of the "head" of a crochet stitch.

For your wonder and amazement, here's a hand dandy illustration of the parts of a crochet stitch… in this case, a double crochet stitch. You can see the POST of the stitch and the HEAD of the stitch.

Crochet Post Stitches, How to make the Front Post Double Crochet Stitch - A step-by-step crochet photo tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz
Crochet Post Stitches, How to make the Front Post Double Crochet Stitch - A step-by-step crochet photo tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz
With non-post crochet stitches, we insert our hook into the loops of the head of a crochet stitch.

Note the hook going into the head of the stitch in this photo.

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Technique Tuesday – Adding New Yarn In the Middle Of A Row

9/16/2014

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How To Add New Yarn In The MIddle Of A Row Of Crochet Stitches

Technique Tuesday Crochet and Knitting Tutorials by Shibaguyz Designz


Technique
Adding New Yarn In the Middle Of A Row


What is it?

There you are… happily hooking along on your crochet project and, suddenly, the feeder yarn that was so perfectly tensioned across your fingers and hook goes slack. NO!! You've been so engrossed in binge watching the X-Files that you didn't notice you were at the end of your skein of yarn. Whatever will you do now?? WHYYYYYY?!?!?

Okay… it's probably not all that dramatic but, if you've ever felt the end of a ball of yarn slip through your tensioning fingers while you weren't quite paying attention, if certainly feels like the onset of the wombat apocalypse.

Adding New Yarn in the Middle of a Row of Crochet Stitches - A step-by-step crochet photo tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz
Now, my personal preference is to always change to a new working yarn at the ends of rows. Unfortunately, when I am working with a limited supply or with a particularly pricey yarn, that isn't an option.

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Top 10 Pages on Shibaguyz Designz This Week

9/14/2014

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The Top 10 Most Popular Pages on Shibaguyz Designz for The Week Of September 7-13, 2014


You clicked it… that picked it! These are the top 10 articles, tutorials, and patterns from the pages of Shibaguyz Designz. Click on the title or the preview photo to see the full page. Thanks for coming around this week… see y'all next week!

#10: Permission

I wrote this post because of the overwhelming number of messages we receive that say something like:

"I would love to make (insert Shibaguyz Designz pattern name here) but I just wouldn't look good in (insert color in pattern photo here)."

OR

"I would love to make (insert Shibaguyz Designz pattern name here) but I can't afford/can't find the yarn you made it in."

This post is our official Permission to go on with your own FAB creative self, pick a color or yarn you like, and CREATE!
Permission by Shibaguyz Designz - The permission we want to give to all the FAB crochet and knitting folks out there.

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Technique Tuesday – Woven Cables Pattern Stitch Part 2: Double Treble Right Cross Crochet Cable

9/9/2014

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How To Make The Double Treble Right Cross Crochet Cable for the Woven Cables Pattern Stitch

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Technique
Double Treble Right Cross Cable (Dtr R Cross)


NOTE: This is the second in a series of Technique Tuesday tutorials for the Woven Cables block from our booklet Crochet Gives Back – 8 Free Afghan Blocks for Warm up America by Shibaguyz Designz.

(Info on how to download the free booklet at the end of this post.)

To catch up on last week's post for the Double Treble Left Cross Cable stitch used in the first part of this pattern, CLICK HERE.

Woven Cables Pattern Stitch, Part 2 - Double Treble Right Cross Crochet Cable Stitch by Shibaguyz Designz

What is it?
The Double Treble Right Cross Cable is a crochet cable stitch worked over seven stitches.


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Technique Tuesday -  Woven Cables Pattern Stitch Part 1: Double Treble Left Cross Crochet Cable

9/2/2014

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Technique Tuesday by Shibaguyz Designz

How To Make the Double Treble Left Cross Crochet Cable for the Woven Crochet Cables Pattern Stitch


Technique
Double Treble Left Cross Cable (Dtr L Cross)



NOTE: This is the first in a series of Technique Tuesday tutorials for the Woven Cables block from our booklet Crochet Gives Back – 8 Free Afghan Blocks for Warm up America by Shibaguyz Designz.

(Info on how to download the free booklet at the end of this post.)
Technique Tuesday - Woven Cables Pattern Stitch, Part 1: Double Treble Left Cross Crochet Cable Stitch by Shibaguyz Designz

Woven Cables Crochet Afghan Block by Shibaguyz Designz - ShibaguyzDesignz.com
Here's a gratuitous beauty shot of the finished afghan block from the booklet.

OOOOOOO… pretty crochet cables!

We LOVE crochet cables and this block was so much fun to design. We have since worked out several variations on this woven stitch pattern that y'all will see in future designs… including one in our book in Spring 2015!

What is it?
The Double Treble Left Cross Cable is a crochet cable stitch worked over seven stitches.


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Technique Tuesday - Locking Mattress Stitch

8/26/2014

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How To Make the Locking Mattress Stitch for Crochet Fabric


Technique Tuesday by Shibaguyz Designz
TECHNIQUE
Locking Mattress Stitch (for Crochet Fabric)

NOTE: Although the Locking Mattress Stitch works FAB with both crochet and knitted fabrics, today's Technique Tuesday article will be addressing the use of this seaming technique with crochet fabrics. Look for a future article for seaming knit fabrics using the Locking Mattress Stitch.

What Is It?

The Locking Mattress Stitch is a method for sewing seams in crochet or knit fabrics.

The Locking Mattress Stitch varies from the traditional mattress stitch in that it the needle is brought back through previously worked stitches in order to "lock" the sewn seam into place. You'll see what we mean in a minute…    

Locking Mattress Stitch Tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz on ShibaguyzDesignz.com
Why use the Locking Mattress Stitch?

The Locking Mattress Stitch leaves a nearly invisible seam in crochet and knitted fabrics.  It's really that simple.

The seam is sewn using minimally invasive needle work and the stitches snug together in a neat and tidy way that leaves a seam on the inside of the fabric with no noticeable bulk and leaves the outside of the fabric looking… well… seamless! (Pun intended… thanks.)
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Technique Tuesday - First Double Crochet

8/19/2014

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How To Make the First Double Crochet Stitch

Technique Tuesday by Shibaguyz Designz
TECHNIQUE
First Double Crochet (First-dc) 
WHAT IS IT?
The First Double Crochet is used as an alternative to the "chain 3" instruction given at the beginning of a row where the chain 3 is meant to be a Double Crochet stitch. Use the First-dc whenever the first stitch of a row is a Double Crochet.
Technique Tuesday - First Double Crochet Stitch Tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz

We've all seen the instructions at the beginning of a row of double crochet stitches that says: Ch 3, dc in next st.

For me, this left a lot of questions in my mind.

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Technique Tuesday - Foundation Half Double Crochet

8/12/2014

 
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TECHNIQUE
Foundation Half Double Crochet (Fhdc)

WHAT IS IT?
The Foundation Half Double Crochet stitch technique (abbreviated Fhdc) is an alternative to the instructions at the beginning of a crochet pattern that tell you to chain a certain number of stitches.

This technique simultaneously creates a row of "chain" stitches AND a row of half double crochet stitches (abbreviated hdc) without making two passes. Basically, it takes the place of two rows of stitches: the "chain" row that makes up the beginning base and the next row of half double crochet that is worked into that row of chains.

You might well be wondering why we keep using " " around the word chain… good question! It's because this isn't REALLY a chain stitch… not really… but it LOOKS like a chain stitch so that's what's important. In a previous Technique Tuesday article about the Foundation Single Crocht, we decided this was best called a Faux Chain (abbreviated FxCh). It's taking a little while to catch on but we're going to keep on with it because it makes us happy.
Foundation Half Double Crochet Tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz
Once you've practiced a bit with this stitch and create it comfortably, take a close look at the "chain" part of the stitch as you are making it. You will see how the "chain" is not, in fact, a chain at all but a clever doppelganger of the chain. It serves the purpose of looking like a base row of chain stitches but it is made in such a way that it is more elastic.

Which brings us to our next point…


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Technique Tuesday - Duplicate Stitch

8/5/2014

 
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Technique
Duplicate Stitch

What is it?

The Duplicate Stitch technique is used to join the last stitch of a round to the first stitch of a round by creating a "duplicate" top on the skipped stitch it is worked over. The tail of the yarn is woven over the first stitch of the round in such a way that the front and back loops of that first stitch are duplicated. This creates a clean finish for the final stitch of a round and makes a nearly invisible join.


Why use the Duplicate Stitch?

Duplicate Stitch is a FAB method for finishing or binding off circular crochet and knitting projects.


Who amongst us has not gotten to the end of a crochet motif and been a little stumped by what to do to finish off that last stitch? How to make it look neat and clean without looking like we just reached the end of our project and tied a big ol' knot in it?
And who in our ranks has lovingly hand stitched a pair of toe-up socks and gotten to the bind off at the cuff just to sit there and stare at it hoping some divine messenger from the knitting ultraverse will magically grant us the ability to fuse our stitches with the power of our mind? What… just me? Fine… just me…
For the photos of this tutorial, we used a circular crochet motif to demonstrate. But don't stop there, with a little practice this technique makes invisible finishes for the cuffs of circular crochet or knit socks and sleeves, as well as the edges of top down hats and pullover sweaters.
Duplicate Stitch Tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz
The bottom line is, anywhere we work in the round or in a spiral and end with an open tube of some sort (hats, sock and sleeve cuffs, hems), we need to fasten off or bind off in such a way that the edge of our finished project doesn't look like it was gnawed on by a demented badger.

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Blocking University - Session 1

7/31/2014

 

The Right Tools for the Right Job


Blocking University Session 1 - The Right Tools for The Right Job by Shibaguyz Designz
Blocking University Session 1 - The Right Tools for The Right Job by Shibaguyz Designz
Everyone knows if you are going to do a job and do it right, you need the right tools for the right job. Right? Right!

To that end, we have put together a list of the tools we use in the studio for blocking.
   

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Technique Tuesday - Foundation Single Crochet

7/29/2014

 
Technique Tuesday - Shibaguyz Designz

Technique

Foundation Single Crochet (Fsc)

What is it?

This technique simultaneously creates a row of "chain" stitches AND a row of single crochet stitches (abbreviated sc) without making two passes. Basically, it takes the place of two rows of stitches: the "chain" row that makes up the beginning base and the next row of single crochet that is worked into that row of chains.

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BLOCKING UNIVERSITY - COURSE OVERVIEW

7/22/2014

 
Blocking University - Course Overview by Shibaguyz Designz
So your project is finished but it didn’t turn out exactly like you thought it was going to.  In fact, this object you are holding in your hands is a little lumpy (in all the wrong places), the fabric is tight and might feel like it could stand up on its own, and it really doesn’t look anything like the sample in the picture on the pattern.  If your FO (finished object) is a garment, it might be a bit misshapen and, hey, why is this sleeve a different length than the other one? And what person in their right mind would call THIS a size large?? GAH!!

WHAT DID I DO WRONG???

Frustrating, right? We know…


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