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Lena Skvagerson is lead designer for Annie's exclusive pattern collection, Annie's Signature Designs. Lena is a long time knit and crochet designer and was 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... Full bio »
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In this Quick Stitches & Tips online video class brought to you by Annie's Creative Studio, crochet expert and designer Lena Skvagerson demonstrates how to mimic the look of knit with crochet. She'll show you how to create a textural ridge in a row when you work half double crochet stitches in the horizontal bar.
In this online video class, you'll learn how to:
- Identify the relevant parts of the half double crochet stitch.
- Work the technique.
- Stitch the half double crochet back bar while working in rows