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Lena Skvagerson is lead designer for Annie's exclusive pattern collection, Annie's Signature Designs. Lena is also producer and one of the hosts of Annie's popular TV show Knit and Crochet Now! Lena was born and raised in Sweden. She learned to crochet and knit at age 5, made her first sweater by the time she turned 15, and created her first knitwear collection at age 17!... Full bio »
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In this Crochet Skill Builders episode brought to you by Annie's Creative Studio, crochet expert and designer Lena Skvagerson will demonstrate how to crochet the next eight rows with textured stitches and unexpectedly spectacular color combinations.
In this episode, you'll learn how to:
- Crochet the V-stitch.
- Work the textured puff stitch.
- Work into rows below.
- Crochet rows 24 to 31 of the Rhapsody Afghan.
Materials
- Red Heart Soft medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn (5 oz/256 yds/141g per skein): 3 skeins each #4545 peri and #4601 off-white 2 skeins each #4420 guacamole, #4620 minty, #9251 coral, #9263 cinnabar and #9870 deep sea
- Size I/9/5.5mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge
- Tapestry needle