Crochet – for Beginners

Crochet is a versatile technique, easy and quick to learn. It only requires yarn and a crochet hook. Unlike knitting, every stitch is worked individually, allowing freely creating diverse shapes.

During the course you will learn the basic crochet stitches, to work in rows and in rounds and read crochet patterns (written and charted).

Day 1
Materials and tools, fibres, yarns, types and thicknesses
Labels: composition, care instructions, weight, code, needle size
Hooks: types and sizes; holding the hook and the yarn
Crochet basic stitches lexicon, basic chart symbols and abbreviations

Day 2
Crochet in rounds – flat
Increases; colour changes
Project development: potholders, mandalas

Day 3
Granny squares
Basic square motifs
Crochet charts reading

Day 4
Joining techniques
Borders and edges, Picot
Finishing: weaving in ends, blocking

Duration total:
10 hours

Times:
2.5 hours per evening

Direction
Anna & Juan

Languages:
English, German and Spanish

Level:
no previous knowledge required

Number of participants:
max. 8

Material:
100 grams of naturally dyed wool and crochet hook included
10% discount on Anna & Juan assortment