cosy evenings sorted
Learn to crochet
this winter.
12 short lessons in UK terms, from your first slip knot to a granny square. Our own diagrams, a video from a real crocheter for each step, and exactly what to buy.
Start lesson 1 → Beginner crochet kits at Amazon ↗
Rather start with a kit? We compared the beginner kits sold in the UK →
- 1Learn to crochet: what you need to startabout 20 minutes
- 2How to hold a crochet hook and make a slip knotabout 20 minutes
- 3How to crochet a chain and count your chainsabout 20 minutes
- 4How to slip stitch in crochet (ss)about 20 minutes
- 5How to double crochet (UK dc, US single crochet)about 20 minutes
- 6How to half treble crochet (UK htr, US hdc)about 20 minutes
- 7How to treble crochet (UK): the tall, quick stitchabout 20 minutes
- 8Crochet in rows: count stitches, keep edges straightabout 20 minutes
- 9How to change colour in crochet and weave in endsabout 25 minutes
- 10Magic ring and crocheting in the roundabout 25 minutes
- 11How to crochet a granny square (UK terms)about 30 minutes
- 12How to read a crochet pattern (UK terms)about 20 minutes
free, by email
Get the course plan by email
We’ll send you the link to all the lessons so you can pick up where you left off, plus the odd tip when we add something new for beginners.
After the course
Make your first scarf or blanket with the yarn already worked out in Shop by project, try a Christmas make, or see how makers price and sell their crochet and sell at a Christmas craft fair.