 |  | From Sarah White, your About Needlecrafts Editor | | Every craft has its own techniques, but there are certain things you don’t always learn when you’re first starting out. This week we’re taking a look at some great, beyond-the-basics tips for needlecrafting. I hope they inspire you to work in a different way. Happy crafting! | |  | | | Have a summer dress or shirt with shoulder straps that slip? Don’t fold the strap over to fix it—do it this way so no one will ever know! READ NOW | |  | | If you’re working on a jewelry project and need a lot of simple loops, it can be difficult to make them all the same size. Vickie reviews a tool that makes the process a lot easier. READ NOW | |  | | What happens if you want to cross stitch a project, but you don''t have the exact size cloth called for? Here are some tips for increasing or decreasing the size of a cross stitch pattern. READ NOW | |  | | Knitters generally don’t like knots because they make bumps in a project. Keep your knitting nice and smooth with these tips for beginning and ending projects without using knots. READ NOW | |  | | | | An every-morning rundown of the day in history, with headlines and trends produced by your pals at About.com. Click here to sign up! It's free (of course) and we think you'll like it! | | |  | Want More From About.com? | | | | Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Electronics newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com | |  |  | |