Learn Crochet Online

There are always classes you can pay for to learn how to do something, but the internet has so many no-cost options that literally anyone with a computer (or who can access one at a library) can learn to crochet for free. Here are three opportunities that I found in five minutes:

Bella Coco has five how-to videos for absolute beginners, and this is good for anyone like me who prefers to learn by watching.

Crocheting101.com is a website devoted to teaching beginners how to crochet for free by offering an e-book and videos for no charge.

It takes fifteen to eighteen hours to get through EasyCrochet.com's free crochet masterclass course, but it was also designed for beginners with no experience.

I have nothing against paying to learn anything, but as a kid I could never afford that. I was five when my grandmother, who made berets out of worsted and really only knew two stitches, taught me to crochet. It was a wonderful hobby and I was totally hooked, excuse the pun. As I got older I picked up a lot more via crochet books I checked out from our local library, and then I taught my little sister. It's still amazing to me that I've been crocheting for almost sixty years.

I feel I can always learn a few new things myself, which is why I regularly watch Elise Rose's videos. She always has something interesting to talk about in regards to crochet, and often provides reviews of yarns, hooks and gadgets that have kept me from wasting my money, too.

If you're interested in trying crochet, but don't want to spend a lot in case you dislike it, try picking up one skein of yarn and a hook from your local thrift or dollar store, or borrow some from a friend who crochets. Remember to get the size hook that the yarn label recommends, and then try to follow a video tutorial. You may get hooked for life.

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