Learn To Crochet

What is crochet?

Crochet is a fun and creative craft that involves using a hooked needle to create fabric by interlocking loops of yarn. Unlike knitting, which uses two needles, crochet uses a single hook to make a variety of stitches that can be combined to form different textures, patterns, and designs.

Whether you’re making cozy blankets, stylish scarves, or intricate amigurumi (crocheted toys), the possibilities are endless! All you need is yarn, a hook, and a bit of patience, and you’ll be on your way to creating beautiful handmade items.

Crochet is both relaxing and rewarding—it’s a fantastic way to unwind while expressing your creativity. Plus, there’s a wonderful community of crocheters out there to share tips and projects with!

Welcome! I’m so glad you decided to learn how to crochet! This craft is super easy and fun to do because once you get the hang of it, you can create just about anything. All you need to do is get comfortable holding your hook and yarn, make a slip knot, crochet a chain, and you’re good to go! You’ll also learn one of the basic crochet stitches—the single crochet.

When I first started my crochet journey, I watched a ton of videos and tutorials on YouTube to make sure I got everything right. Being a bit of a perfectionist, I wanted my projects to look exactly like the photos and videos. But remember, practice makes perfect! You’ll want to make a few sample squares in the beginning to get the feel for how to hold your hook and yarn and to ensure your tension is just right. Don’t worry if you end up with a lot of squares! You can connect them and turn them into a blanket at the end. How cool is that?!

What you will need to start:

Most importantly you will need yarn, the recommended size crochet hook, scissors and a yarn needle.
I recommend that you start off with a thicker yarn and the hook recommend by the yarn label.

How to hold your hook:

Firstly everybody is different. There are no right or wrong way for holding your crochet hook.

But there are two common ways for holding it, the knife hold and the pencil hold.

01. Knife Hold
02. Pencil Hold

How to make a slip knot:

Before we get to how to hold your yarn, we are going to make a slip knot and place it on your hook!

The slip knot is most commonly used to start your crochet project. You will need to know this, as almost all patterns don’t instruct you to make one at the beginning of the pattern. If you had to do something else, like when your making toys/amigurumi, the pattern will call for a “magic circle”, but we’ll get to that in the next tutorial.

Here’s how to make a slip knot:

Measure out around 3 inches of yarn. Grab the yarn with three fingers and point your index finger outward. Just like making a finger gun!
Wrap the yarn over your index finger once with the short end at the front of your finger.

Wrap the yarn around your finger once again, so that you have two “loops” around your finger.
Grab both ends, the short tail and the long tail (attached to the ball of yarn), also known as the working yarn, with your thumb and middle finger.

Take the back loop and pull it over the front loop, but don’t pull it off all the way.

Now take the back loop and pull it off your finger completely and tighten the knot. Make sure not to make it super tight because you want the slip knot to be able to slip up and down.