Crochet How-Tos
Learn all the basic stitches needed to start on various crochet projects as well as other techniques such as increasing and decreasing and how to read patterns and symbols.
Learning to crochet with your left hand in a right-handed world can be really confusing! Don't despair ...
Blocking your crochet items puts the finishing touch on your hours of stitching. While it isn’t many stitchers’ favorite ...
When you make a stitch, you create a V shape on the top of the stitch. That V has a front loop (the loop/leg closest ...
Decreases are used to shape crochet pieces. They narrow your fabric where needed. They are also used in some special stitches.
Double crochet is one of the basic crochet stitches. It is a taller stitch than single crochet. It produces a fabric ...
Once you have figured out how to hold your hook, you are ready to start crocheting. The first steps are ...
Just as its name implies, the half double crochet includes one less step than the double crochet stitch and works ...
Crochet hooks come in many sizes, from very fine steel hooks that are used to make intricate doilies and lace to ...
Increases are used to shape crochet pieces. Increases can widen a piece of fabric where needed. They are also incorporated ...
If you crochet a large piece of fabric, you are inevitably going to use up all of the yarn from one ball and need to add another to ...
The key to reading crochet patterns is understanding the writing style, which includes crochet abbreviations and symbols.
Crochet symbols are a universal language and are an alternative to written instructions. If you are a visual stitcher this style ...
Single crochet is a short, solid stitch. It is usually one of the first stitches learned. It produces a solid fabric with minimal gaps ...
The slip stitch is the shortest of all crochet stitches. Slip stitches have many uses in crochet. They can be used to add a decorative touch ...
The treble crochet is a tall stitch that works up quickly. It is a little taller than the double crochet. Treble crochet creates a fabric ...
Once you have worked the beginning chain, you are ready to begin the stitches required to make your crochet project.
Abbreviations are used in crochet to shorten patterns. Without them some patterns would be extremely long.