Beginner Basics
Learn to crochet step by step: stitches, techniques, reading patterns and your very first projects.
How to Crochet for Beginners: Your First Four Stitches
Hold the hook, make a slip knot, chain, and work your first rows of single and double crochet — a complete first lesson with the fixes for every beginner wobble.
15 Easy Crochet Patterns for Beginners (in the Order to Learn Them)
Fifteen free beginner crochet patterns arranged as a learning path — each one adds exactly one new skill, from your first dishcloth to your first blanket.
How to Change Colours in Crochet (Without Messy Joins)
Switch on the last yarn over, not after the stitch — that one habit gives clean colour changes in rows, rounds and stripes. Plus carrying, cutting and hiding the jog.
How to Weave in Ends in Crochet So They Never Pop Out
Leave a 6-inch tail, weave in three directions and split the plies on the way back. The secure, invisible way to weave in ends — for blankets, garments and amigurumi.
Crochet Gauge: How to Make and Measure a Swatch (and Fix It)
Gauge decides whether a sweater fits or a hat slides off. Learn to crochet a swatch, measure it properly, and change hook size until your gauge matches the pattern.
Mosaic Crochet for Beginners: Bold Geometric Patterns, One Colour per Row
Mosaic crochet makes graphic, tile-like designs using only single crochet and dropped-down double crochets — one colour per row. Learn overlay mosaic step by step with a practice swatch.
Filet Crochet for Beginners: Pictures Made of Mesh and Blocks
Filet crochet builds pictures and words from a grid of open squares and filled blocks — using nothing but chains and double crochet. Learn mesh, blocks and how to read a filet chart.
How to Fix the 10 Most Common Crochet Mistakes
Growing or shrinking edges, a curling foundation chain, holes in amigurumi, wavy circles and twisted rounds — what causes each mistake and the quickest fix.
Crochet Hook Sizes: The Complete Chart (mm, US and UK)
Every crochet hook size in millimetres with its US letter and UK number, which yarn weight each one suits, and how to pick a hook when a pattern gives none.
How to Crochet in the Round: Spiral vs Joined, and Perfect Flat Circles
Start with a magic ring, choose spiral or joined rounds, and use the right number of increases for a flat circle in sc, hdc or dc. Everything you need for hats, amigurumi and coasters.
50 Crochet Ideas: What to Crochet Next (Sorted by Mood)
Stuck on what to make? Fifty crochet ideas sorted by mood — quick wins, cozy makes, gifts, decor, wearables and challenges — each with a free pattern to start tonight.
Crochet Projects to Sell: What Sells, How to Price It, Where to Sell
The crochet items that sell best at markets and online, a simple pricing formula that pays you for your time, where to sell, and the rules on patterns and toy safety.