The learning path

From first loop to finished garment

01

Slip knots and chains

Start with a secure slip knot and an even chain. Photo checkpoints show the tension you want before you move on.

02

Single and double crochet

Learn the basic stitches that build nearly every pattern, with close-up views of how each row should look.

03

Gauge, yarn, and tension

Check your gauge against the pattern, match yarn weight to your hook, and adjust tension so your project fits.

04

Assembling the garment

Join pieces, add ribbing and borders, and finish seams so your hooded scarf or scoodie holds its shape.

Specialized tutorials

Hoods, ribbing, and seamless joins

Focused guides for the techniques that make wearable projects look finished.

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Hooded construction

Shaping a crochet hood

Work the hood in measured rounds, placing increases so it sits comfortably around the head and frames the face.

Overhead editorial view of sage green crochet ribbing swatch beside a terracotta hook, natural yarn texture, gentle shad

Ribbing

Working stretchy ribbing

Use front and back post stitches to build elastic ribbing at cuffs and collars that keeps its shape after washing.

Close detail of hands joining two dusty pink crochet panels with a yarn needle, soft natural window light, shallow depth

Seamless joins

Joining pieces invisibly

Slip stitch and whipstitch methods that close seams neatly, so the finished garment reads as one piece.