Crochet tutorials
Five short lessons, designed to be done in order.
- 15 minutes
How to hold your hook and yarn
Two comfortable ways to hold the hook, and how to feed the yarn so your stitches come out even.
- 20 minutes
Make a slip knot and a foundation chain
Start every project the same way: a loose loop on your hook, then a row of chains to build on.
- 40 minutes
Work your first flat swatch
Twenty single crochets across, row after row. The exercise that teaches turning, counting and straight edges.
- 20 minutes
How to read a crochet pattern
Abbreviations, asterisks, brackets and US versus UK terms, explained with real examples.
- 25 minutes
The magic ring, step by step
How to start a circle with no hole in the middle. The foundation for amigurumi, hats and coasters.