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Learn to Crochet

Videos

The Crochet Guild of America (CGOA) and Kim Guzman present a Learn to Crochet Series for beginner crocheters. These videos teach basic stitches and techniques for both right and left handers.

  1. Right-handed videos
  2. Left-handed videos

Basic Techniques

Learn how to hold your hook, yarn, and get started crocheting so that you will soon be as hooked on crochet as we are.

Go to Basic Techniques

Basic Stitches

Learn how to make the most used stitches in crochet. You will learn the:

  1. Stitch name
  2. Stitch abbreviation
  3. Stitch symbol
  4. Stitch description
  5. How to do the stitch.
Go to Basic Stitches

Teach a Child to Crochet

Crochet is a great engagement activity for children. We have dedicated resources for teaching crochet to children that include recommendations on:

  1. The teaching process
  2. The physical setting and class size
  3. Explaining basic crochet stitches
  4. Children's patterns

Acknowledgements

CGOA thanks the following groups and individuals for the content contained in the above reference webpages.

  • Dixie Berryman, Alice Heim, and Evie Rosen for teaching content, pattern designs, and patterns.
  • Kim Guzman for the beginner video series.
  • The National Needlework Association, Inc. (TNNA) and the Craft Yarn Council of America (CYCA) for their assistance with this "How to Crochet" section. We are especially grateful to TNNA for the use of their diagrams.
  • The Craft Yarn Council of America (CYCA) for developing the materials on teaching children how to crochet and for allowing CGOA to post this information on our web site. These materials were developed by CYCA for participants in CYCA's Certified Instructors Program (CIP) and first distributed at the CYCA Certified Instructors Luncheon at CGOA's Chain Link crochet conference held August, 1999 in Bellevue, Washington.