Crochet Lessons

Hi, my lovely crocheters! If you are a beginner in crocheting and think that all you need for crocheting is some yarn and a hook, then you are wrong my friend! It’s true that the hook and the yarn are essential ones, but there is a lot of fun things that you might need when crocheting as well. I’ve created a short list of some interesting things, that I think are the one you would need. You can find them…

What is GAUGE and why is it so important?  I get a lot of questions about which type of yarn do I use for my patterns or which type of yarn would I recommend for the particular pattern. The answer is not so simple. Well, it’s easy to share the Ravelry link or link to the official website of the specific yarn that I use, but my Croby crocheters live all around the world and we do not have access to same…

Sometimes is hard to find the right yarn for your project. Why? Because the yarn stores usually offer so much yarn. There are so many fibers, thicknesses, textures and colors of yarn. And the question is why there are so many types of yarn? And what is the right type of yarn for my project? When I first started, I bought the yarn that I thought is in a nice color, soft and probably the right size for my taste. Red…

Recently, I received a lot of questions about how I do this and that, about the gauge, the yarn, the hooks … a lot of technical questions. So I decided I will start with a new crochet journey. This time with a Crochet Lessons series. One lesson per week (I hope). We will talk about everything and start with hooks, then yarn, basic stitches, how to read patterns and how to make them. Crocheting is an endless long topic. At…