Crochet tutorials
With these beginner-friendly photo and video tutorials for crochet, you’ll learn everything you need to know to make your first crochet plushie.
CROCHET BASICS
First things first, learn how to hold a crochet hook in one hand and yarn in the other.
Once you’ve crocheted a few rounds, you work will naturally curve. But which side should actually face out?
CROCHET STITCHES
One of the expeditious crochet stitches frequently employed as an integral component of the technique for concluding a round crochet project.
Single crochet twice into the same stitch, to make your piece grow larger. Learn both the regular increase and invisible increase.
Diminish the dimensions of your project by merging two stitches into a single stitch. Acquire proficiency in both the conventional decrease and the inconspicuous decrease methods.
Another swift crochet stitch frequently utilized for generating loops such as basket handles or embellishments like doll hair.
TECHNIQUES
Committed an error? No need to worry. Acquire the skills to rectify mistakes and return to a productive course.
Additionally recognized as a magic loop, magic circle, adjustable ring, or drawstring ring, this technique is widely employed for commencing circular crochet projects.
This marks the initial step in commencing certain crochet techniques, such as utilizing a chain or executing a slip stitch join.
Begin by crafting a slip knot, proceed to crochet a foundation chain, and subsequently execute the successive rows.
Acquire the skill of transitioning colors seamlessly, both when working in the round and within individual rows.
Depleted your yarn supply? Acquire the technique of seamlessly introducing an additional yarn ball.
Commonly referred to as craft eyes, these are diminutive circular plastic components that breathe life into your creations.
Utilize two techniques for amigurumi stuffing to maintain a seamless appearance of your piece.
Complete the finishing process and seamlessly weave in the yarn tails of a self-contained amigurumi piece, such as a ball.
Upon completion of crocheting a piece, secure your stitches by fastening off. Subsequently, either weave in the yarn tail or utilize it for attaching this piece onto another.
Complete the fastening off process and prepare a piece in such a way that its edge remains visible and uniform when attached to another piece.
What it means to crochet through the front or back loops only.
Mistakes are part of the crocheting process, and luckily they're easy to find and fix.