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To mark each round when crocheting without joining you can use a bobby pin, it slides in and out easily
much easier than a safety pin.

When working with dark yarn try to use a light colored hook and wear something light colored or put a light colored towel on your lap, it helps with the darkness and decreases in eye strain at all.

When crocheting baby items or any items, when you put them aside to work on them later if you put a fabric softener sheet with them, they give a wonderful scent. Especially the baby blankets. I use Bounce with Febreeze. Plus I enjoy smelling it when working on the project.

When giving a crochet item as a gift, always include the laundering instructions.

You can use an old oatmeal carton with a hole punched in the top for all your small balls of yarn. Just pull the ends through the hole, and you don't have to go chasing balls all over the place.

When you begin a project and then decide to lay it to the side for a while, either keep your hook with the project or attach a note to the project specifying the size hook used and if small enough put in a ziplock baggie.

To get rid of the chain 3 to start a new row. You can see that all the way up your project. Yarn over twice then go through the intended space and work it like a double crochet. It works great and no one can tell where you began.