The Crochet Chain

Welcome to Crochet Basics 101.  Over the next few blogs we will go through the basics of crochet and hopefully inspire you to try this wonderful craft.

The first things to learn is how to hold your crochet hook.  There are two basic ways to hold your hook:

1. Hold your hook like you are holding your pencil, or
2. Hold your hook in the overhand method similar to holding a knife

Either way works great.  I use the pencil hold but ironically I hold my pencil different than most people so really you can modify your holding style a little to whatever works best for you.