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Crochet
Crochet patterns written row by row with stitch counts and a yarn list, guides to hooks, yarn weights and gauge, and charts for abbreviations and hook sizes.
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Shown at the top of the page: Blankets and afghans, Baby blankets, Scarves, Graph patterns, Animal blankets, Christmas blankets.
Subjects
Learn crochet, step by step
- How to crochet
To crochet, you put a loop on a hook, make a chain, and then work rows of stitches back and forth into it, beginning with single crochet (double crochet in United Kingdom patterns).
- What you need to start
You need very little to start crocheting: a hook, a ball of yarn and a pair of scissors.
- Hold the hook and the yarn
There is no one correct way to hold a crochet hook or the yarn.
- Make a slip knot
A slip knot puts the first loop on the hook.
- Chain stitch
To make a chain stitch, bring the yarn over the hook and pull it through the loop on the hook.
- Single crochet
To single crochet, push the hook into the next stitch, pull up a loop, then take the yarn over the hook and pull it through both loops on the hook.
- Turning chain
To turn your work at the end of a row, make a turning chain and turn the piece around with the hook still in the loop.
- Read a pattern
A crochet pattern is a list of rows.
- Measure your gauge
Gauge is the number of stitches and rows that fit in a set measure, usually 4 in (10 cm).
Basic stitches
Chain stitch
Used for the foundation chain.
Single crochet
Used for first projects.
Half double crochet
Used for a solid, fairly close fabric, as for blankets.
Double crochet
Used for granny squares and other pieces worked in rounds.
Treble crochet
Used for open, airy fabric.
Slip stitch
Used for joining a chain into a ring.
Guides
Start here
- What you need to start crocheting
- Crochet hooks
- Crochet yarn types
- How to crochet
- How to hold the crochet hook and yarn
- How to read a crochet pattern
- Right side and wrong side in crochet
- The parts of a crochet stitch
- Crochet gauge and how to measure it
- How to read crochet charts
- How to read a crochet graph
- Things to crochet
- The basic crochet stitches compared
- Crochet tips and tricks
- Types of crochet
- How to crochet a blanket
- How to crochet a scarf
Fixing problems
Good to know
- What is crochet?
- Knitting vs crochet
- Crochet compared with macrame, tatting and loom knitting
- US and UK crochet terms side by side
- Crochet hook sizes explained
- Yarn weights for crochet
- Crochet slang and acronyms
- How to wash crochet
- Crochet stitches for blankets
- Which crochet stitch to use
- How to make a crochet pattern bigger or smaller
- Is there a purl stitch in crochet?
- History of crochet
- Can you take a crochet hook on a plane?
- How to write a crochet pattern
- How to teach someone to crochet
- Color combinations for crochet
- How to crochet shapes
- Can a machine crochet?
- The math of crochet
- Making your own crochet hook
- Winding yarn into a ball
- What to use when you have no crochet hook
- Crochet to take when you travel
- Dyeing crochet
- Storing yarn, hooks and patterns
- Framing and displaying doilies
- Keeping track of works in progress
- What a bigger or smaller hook does
- Crocheting with thread
- Yarn for crochet clothes
- How to design a crochet pattern
- Yarn for dishcloths and washcloths
- Stitches that use the least yarn
- Stitches for dishcloths
Are these pages in US or UK crochet terms?
US terms, with the UK term beside a stitch where the two differ. The same word can mean two stitches: a US single crochet is a UK double crochet, so check which terms a pattern uses before you start.