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Filet crochet and lace, drawn out step by step: how to read a chart, shape the edges, and finish and block your work.

Lace knitting

How to Read a Lace Knitting Chart

How to read a lace knitting chart: yarn overs, decreases and the empty squares in between, read stitch by stitch, with a small heart chart to practise on.

Lace knitting

How to Knit a Nupp

How to knit a nupp, the little bobble of Estonian lace: grow five loops out of one stitch, then purl them together on the way back. Flat and in the round.

Finishing

Picot Edging, Step by Step

How to crochet a picot and a picot edging all round filet lace: the single crochet base, the corners and a picot every third stitch.

Finishing

How to Starch and Shape Crochet Lace

How to block crochet lace and starch it: wet it, roll it in a towel, pin it out flat or over a bowl, starch it and let it dry.

Filet crochet basics

How to Read a Filet Crochet Chart

Learn to read any filet crochet chart: what the squares mean in stitches, where row 1 starts, which way each row goes and how many chains to make. Drawn out step by step.