Crochet guides

Crochet guides that answer the real questions

Written for anyone who finds tutorials harder than they need to be, left-handers first. No fluff. The maths, the mistakes, and the fixes.

Starting out

New to crochet? Learn how to hold the hook and yarn, then the handful of stitches almost every pattern uses. Left-handed? Start with the left-handed guide, it covers what is really different for you.

✋ How to hold a crochet hookPencil vs knife grip, yarn tension, and sore-hand fixes.🧶 Crochet stitches for beginnersThe stitches to learn first, in order, each with a video.🤚 Left-handed crochet: the complete guideHolding the hook, working left to right, reading charts, a 7-day plan.

Reading patterns

Patterns are written in a short code: abbreviations, brackets, stars and a stitch count at the end of each row. These guides explain each part, and the free Pattern Decoder explains any single line you paste in.

📖 How to read a crochet patternRows, rounds, brackets, asterisks and stitch counts, explained.✏️ Crochet chart symbolsEvery symbol drawn, US and UK names, and how to read a diagram in rows and rounds.🔤 Crochet abbreviations (US & UK)Every common abbreviation, both systems, in one chart.🇺🇸🇬🇧 US vs UK crochet termsThe chart, the tells, the history. And how to stop converting.📍 How to keep your place in a patternStitch markers, counting, row counters, and finding your row after a break.

Planning and selling

Work out how much yarn to buy before you start, and how to price what you make so your time is paid for.

🧶 How much yarn do I need?Project chart, what changes usage, the exact swatch method.💷 How to price crochet itemsThe formula that includes your time, and what actually sells.

Also useful: the A to Z stitch dictionary (216 stitches, most with a left-handed video) and the free calculators.

Do the math in the app: free

Pattern designer, yarn amounts, row counters and every stitch in the hand you crochet with. No card needed.

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