✦Creative · 13 recordsLearn to crochet

Beginners give up on crochet at the first project, usually because it was a blanket. This starts with the right hook and a smooth, light-coloured yarn so the stitches are visible, practises the basic stitches on small swatches, and then makes a small real thing before anything with a pattern and a hundred rows.

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Goal

A finished first crochet project Week 6

The basic stitches learned, then something small and real.

The basics Week 3

A hook, a yarn, and the stitches on swatches.

  • Buy a 5mm hook and smooth, light-coloured yarnDo firstDay 2
  • Learn the slip knot and the chainDo firstDay 4
  • Practise single crochet on a small swatchDo firstDay 9
  • Practise double crochet on a small swatchDo firstWeek 2

First project Week 6

Flat, small, and finished.

  • Choose a dishcloth, coaster or simple scarf patternDo firstWeek 3
  • Make the first projectDo firstWeek 5
  • Weave in the ends and finish it properlyWeek 6

Routines

  • Crochet for fifteen minutesdaily
Skills
  • CrochetBeginner → Intermediate

    Log practice time. Swatches count; they are where the stitches become automatic.

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Before the first pattern

Patterns are written in either US or UK terms, and the same name means different stitches: a US single crochet is a UK double crochet. Check which one a pattern uses before starting.

Count the stitches at the end of every row. Most beginner projects that go wrong gained or lost a stitch at the edge several rows back.

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Learn to crochet, answered.

A medium hook, around 5mm, a ball of smooth, light-coloured medium-weight yarn, scissors and a blunt needle for weaving in the ends. Dark or fluffy yarn hides the stitches, which makes learning much harder.
The slip knot and chain, then single crochet and double crochet. Those cover most beginner patterns, and practising them in small swatches before starting a project makes the project far less frustrating.
Something flat, small and made of one stitch: a dishcloth, a coaster or a simple scarf. It should be finished within a week or two, because a finished small thing is what keeps people going.
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