Once you’ve learned how to front post double crochet, a whole new world of crochet possibilities is open to you! Front post double crochet is used in crochet cables, waffle stitch, some types of crochet ribbings, and basketweave stitch, to name a few. Take your crochet game up a notch with front post double crochet, …
You’ve been chugging along, working your way through these tutorials, but I’m guessing you’re really curious about starting to work with color. Today’s your lucky day! This tutorial will show you how to change colors in crochet. Of course, there are a few different ways to do colorwork in crochet, but the variations all mainly …
Last week’s lesson covered how to increase crochet, and this week we’re learning how to triple crochet! This is what I would consider the last of the basic crochet stitches, so good job! You’ve learned so much! If you’re new to crochet or this series, you can start with the first lesson, how to single …
Last week we covered how to decrease crochet, and this week we’re talking about how to increase crochet. When you’ve mastered both of these skills, you’re ready to start making all sorts of shaped things – fitted garments, stuffed animals (amigurumi, in the crochet world), hats, etc. Let’s get started!
Once you’ve learned the basic crochet stitches, it’s time to move on to a few more fundamental crochet skills. One of those skills is how to decrease crochet. Increasing and decreasing crochet means changing the number of stitches from one row to the next. Changing the number of stitches will change the shape of the …
If I had to pick one most important stitch to learn in crochet, it would be the double crochet or dc (or DC). This stitch is used allll the time. It’s used in fans, and bobbles, and shells, and the list goes on and on. In this blog post, I’ll teach you how to double …
Welcome back! Today we’re learning how to do the Half Double Crochet stitch (abbreviated HDC or hdc). If you’re just joining in and want to start from the beginning, check out the first post in this learn to crochet series, How to Single Crochet. And I hope you had a chance to try out the …
It’s time to learn to slip stitch! I’ve you’re brand new to crochet and missed our first lesson, hop over to How to Single Crochet to get started from the beginning. In this lesson, I’ll teach you how to slip stitch crochet. Our blanket square for this lesson will be a combination of single crochet …
If you’ve always wanted to learn to crochet, well, you’re in luck! This is the first lesson in my new how to crochet series. Every lesson will include a video tutorial and instructions. In this lesson, you’ll learn basics of crochet, including how to hold the hook and yarn and how to weave in ends …
