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The first hat I ever crocheted had a crown shaped like a traffic cone. The pattern wanted me to increase in a perfect circle, and my circle had opinions. Then a friend showed me the rectangle trick: crochet a ribbed rectangle, seam one short edge, cinch the other end closed, and the crown shapes itself. … Read more
I still remember my first crochet top. The pattern said “size medium” as if that meant the same thing on every body on earth. I followed it stitch for stitch and ended up with something shaped like a sad trapezoid that fit nobody, least of all me. It sat in a drawer for a year … Read more
Amigurumi is the Japanese art of crocheting tiny stuffed creatures, and it looks way harder than it is. Here is the secret nobody tells beginners: every amigurumi you have ever drooled over is built from the same five beginner techniques. Learn those, and you can crochet your first plush tonight. In this guide I will … Read more
If you only ever learn one crochet motif, make it this one. The granny square is the little black dress of the crochet world: timeless, endlessly remixable, and secretly easy. In this tutorial I will walk you through how to crochet a granny square from the very first loop to a tidy, finished square, including … Read more
Every crocheter has a first stitch, and for most of us, it is the single crochet. It is the shortest of the basic stitches, it makes a dense, sturdy fabric with almost no holes, and it is the building block hiding inside fancier stitches. Learn this one stitch properly and you unlock dishcloths, sturdy baskets, … Read more
Hi, I’m Wren. If you have ever watched someone crochet and thought, “my hands could never do that,” I have good news: mine couldn’t either, until about an hour into my first lesson. Crochet looks like magic from the outside, but it is really just one loop pulled through another loop, repeated with confidence. In … Read more