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DROPS Lessons
Learn the basics of knitting and crocheting, as well as how to felt or make pompoms, read patterns and diagrams and so much more with the DROPS Lessons!
How to change yarns or yarn amounts
Changing
1 strand within a yarn group:
All our yarns are spun to standard thickness and can be used for the same pattern if you change within the one DROPS Yarn group. See our yarn groups here.
Different yarns have different structures.
Be aware: When changing yarns, the amount of yarn might...
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How to work treble crochet
Here we have first made a chain-row (ch-row). You start to crochet treble crochet (tr) in the 3rd chain from the hook or...
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How to pick up a dropped stitch several rows down
If you drop a stitch when knitting stockinette stitch and the stitch has dropped several rows down. Do not be despair, we`ll...
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How to work a jumper top down
Several of our jumpers are worked top-down, and this is primarily because it provides more flexibility in terms of adjusting...
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How to follow a DROPS pattern
Is this your first time working with a DROPS pattern and are you having trouble understanding what to do first? Then read...
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European shoulder (neck)
In this lesson we show you how to pick up stitches for the neck. We follow the pattern for a children’s jumper Sweet Peppermint...
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Replace Snow with Wish or 2 x Air
It's easy to substitute yarn!
Did you knit that you can substitute 1 strand of DROPS Snow with 1 strand of DROPS Wish...
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With over 40 years in knitting and crochet design, DROPS Design offers one of the most extensive collections of free patterns on the internet - translated to 17 languages. As of today we count 309 catalogues and 11563 patterns translated into English (UK/cm).
We work hard to bring you the best knitting and crochet have to offer, inspiration and advice as well as great quality yarns at incredible prices! Would you like to use our patterns for other than personal use? You can read what you are allowed to do in the Copyright text at the bottom of all our patterns. Happy crafting!