Learn How To Crochet With This Complete Guide For Absolute Beginners: How To Crochet For Beginners
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The delicate art of crocheting is a lifelong skill that you'll use to make beautiful gifts for others and items for your home and wardrobe. Crocheting for beginners starts by learning a couple of basic stitches, and building on that with more advanced basic stitches. First, figure out what size and style hook feels most comfortable for you. Then choose simple yarns and beginner patterns, and you'll be a pro in no time.
Lauren Michele Jackson is an author, national fellow, cultural critic, and academic. She is the author of White Negroes, which was short-listed for the 2020 Museum of African American History Stone Book Award. She is an assistant professor of English at Northwestern University and a contributing writer for The New Yorker. Her essays and criticism have also been published in New York magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, 4Columns, Rolling Stone, and The Yale Review. She is an alumna of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and received her PhD in English from the University of Chicago. In 2025, Jackson was awarded the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing, from the National Book Critics Circle. She lives in Chicago.
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