A Creative Guide to Crochet

Working one stitch at a time on a short hook, you can make projects ranging from delicate lace tablecloths to thick sweaters.

Acquire practical skills like calculating yarn requirements and tension, and practice basic stitches like the chain, the slip, and the treble. Learn how to finish off, join a new ball of yarn, and read a charted pattern. Alphabet charts let you personalize practically anything. Bonus: the “pattern library.”