Everything you need to know about crochet for beginners, including essential crochet supplies and choosing yarn, getting started, common crochet stitches, turning chains and bonus tips and techniques to make learning your new hobby as pain-free as possible!
Latest in a series of "quick" start beginner craft guides, so let me know which craft you’d like me to cover next! Because I am a total enabler, and I'm not even sorry.
00:00 Intro & what to expect
01:35 Basic crochet Supplies
02:17 Choosing yarn
03:30 US vs UK crochet terms
04:44 Anatomy of a crochet stitch / where to put your hook
06:21 How to make a slipknot
07:36 How to crochet a chain
11:36 Single crochet (and how to work into your starting chain)
20:03 How to do a double crochet
24:15 How to do a treble crochet
26:09 Memorising crochet stitches
26:53 Turning chains
29:28 How to do a half double crochet
31:22 How to crochet the slip stitch
33:52 Fastening off
38:06 Next steps
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