Learn to Crochet   Tags: crafts, crochet, crocheting, hobbies  

This guide provides resources for individuals interested in learning to crochet. Crocheting is a type of needlework in which one hooked needle is used to make a series of interlocking loops with one string of yarn. Those loops form a pattern which can be fashioned into clothing, blankets and many other objects.

Two of my crochet hooks and yarn.

Find definitions of crochet terms by visiting the Knitting & Crocheting Glossary available online for free at the Dummies.com website:

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/knitting-crocheting-glossary0.html

Free table of crochet symbols and abbreviations used in patterns can be found at the Crochet Guild of America website:

http://www.crochet.org/lessons/lessonr/lessonr.html

Crochet Hooks:

U.S. size ranges

• Steel hooks can usually range from small sizes of .9 mm (hook size #14) to 2.7 mm (hook size #00).
• Other hooks range from 2.25 mm to 19 mm and hook sizes are denoted by letters and numbers.
• NOTE: Hook sizing methods may vary and the hook millimeter size, if available, is the best method for gauging a hook size.
  

Yarn:

Craft Yarn Council Standard Yarn Weight System

http://www.craftyarncouncil.com/weight.html

Crochet Guild of America's Top 10 Yarn Questions & Answers

(NOTE: This link will open up as a PDF file.)

http://www.crochet.org/pdfs/yarn_Q&A.pdf

Other various supplies:

• Patterns
• Craft scissors
• Sewing supplies
• Measurement instrument