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7 Tips for Crocheting with Shiny Yarn

If you have ever considered just trying out shiny yarn, maybe for crocheting and for amigurumis, I have some tips and suggestions for you! Especially if you have never used it before. The first time I used it, it kept tangling up and getting caught together. I literally had to crochet then cut, crochet then cut and repeat to get it done, unraveling was such a nightmare too. So these are some of my tips and tricks (after a fair bit of destroyed yarn) to dealing with shiny yarn:

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5 reasons to include Shiny yarn in Crochet dolls

I believed I have mentioned before I love using shiny yarn, whether it be gold or silver. Of late, I prefer to use them in small quantities sprinkled on my amis because making a whole ami out of silver yarn is pretty overkill (as you will see later).

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5 ways I use Rhinestones as Crochet accessories

Rhinestones are like tiny little shiny jewels… which I particularly liked to use for my Princess series! They are relatively cheap and easy to get and creates a shiny effect which crocheting a small magic ring won’t create…

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8 Tips to Handling Black Yarn

Always avoided using dark colours in your yarn? Or worse still, just avoided black yarn altogether? We have all been there. I do use a lot of black yarn nonetheless, like the time I made Kylo Ren or Black Panther (c’mon how not to use black). So these are my top 8 tips to embracing black yarn into your crochet project!

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