If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to crochet, even if you’ve never picked up a hook, this video course is for you! Learn all the fundamentals of crochet while making a modern and cozy pair of fingerless mitts.
I know many readers of Make & Do Crew are already enthusiastic crocheters. But for those of you who aren’t, yet wish to be, I want to teach you how!
If you follow me on Instagram, you know I’ve been shooting videos like I’m some kind of yarn-obsessed Wes Anderson lately. Well, that’s because I partnered with the video learning community, Skillshare, to create a comprehensive crochet 101 course and it’s live and open for enrollment today!
This modern crochet fundamentals course covers everything you need to know to get started crocheting, but not a bunch of extra info that will distract you and slow you down. In the course, you'll learn:
- how to choose a yarn and hook
- how to start any project with a chain stitch
- how to do a single crochet stitch
- how to do a variation on single crochet that results in a look very similar to knitting
- and how to finish a project off, including sewing pieces of crocheting together
Perhaps the best part of this course is that you will be learning to crochet by making a totally rad pair of fingerless mitts! I had so much fun designing a project that I think is both extremely accessible for beginners AND cool enough to be worth your time to make. (I love washcloths, but really, fingerless mitts are such a cooler first project!)
Check out the course overview video below to get a good idea of everything you’ll learn by spending an hour or two hanging out with me and some yarn. (Or just watch it because we’re usually communicating with each other through blog comments, email and social media and you're curious what my face looks like when it’s moving…Ha.)
Since childhood I have loved teaching people how to crochet and I would be honored to have the chance to do the same for you or someone you know who wants to learn. I’m always available on the blog, by email or on Instagram to answer your questions as you get started!
It only costs 99 cents to sign up for the first three months of Skillshare, so you can take my crochet course, plus any other Skillshare course you’re interested in (hello, hand lettering class!) for ONE DOLLAR! Seriously. This is so exciting to me. Can we get the whole world crocheting!?
Skillshare has graciously allowed me to give 8 people free access to my Modern Crochet 101 course FOR FREE! Simply enter below for your chance to win free access to this course. And honestly, even if you're not one of the lucky winners, you can still take the course for less than a dollar, so pretty much everyone is a winner! 🙂
(If you win, you can share it with a friend if you already know how to crochet.) This giveaway is open worldwide and will close on Sunday, July 31 at 12 AM MST! You can also enter through Facebook and Instagram to increase your chances of winning! I will randomly choose five winners from all the entries. Please share this giveaway with your friends who’d like to learn to crochet! Nothing’s better than having a buddy to crochet with!
Delores Erwin says
Looking for the heirloom blanket pattern. Where can I look?
Jess @ Make and Do Crew says
Hey Delores,
That beautiful blanket is from Mama in a Stitch. You can find the free pattern right here on her site. 🙂
Jess
Amypz says
I learned to crochet at the age of 22 when my sailor husband sailed on his first deployment. My hands have been busy ever since, my kids don't know their mom without hooking yarn; the best relaxer for me ever.
Jess @ Make and Do Crew says
It's such a wonderful life skill, isn't it? I can remember thinking my mom was so magical because she could make things out of yarn. Now I hope my kids think the same of me! 🙂
FiberGoddess says
Crocheting and knitting are an art form. It's called fiber art.
Alicia K says
Hi, I was wondering if there was a way I could just get the pattern for the fingerless mittens without taking the course?
Jess @ Make and Do Crew says
Hey Alicia,
Right now I don't have just the pattern available, but if you'd like to use my instructor's referral link, you can take the course for 99 cents. If you already know how to crochet, you could probably skip the first couple of lessons and just get to the mitt creation. 🙂
http://skl.sh/2aaucCf
Happy crocheting!
Jess
Hannah says
Hi! I love those gloves!! I know how to crochet though so I don't need the course but would love the glove pattern. If I buy the course, is the pattern available in a written format please? Thank you!!
Jess @ Make and Do Crew says
Hey Hannah,
You're bringing up a good point--the pattern isn't actually written in the course because it's voiced over the entire time. Perhaps I'll get to putting it in written form soon to accompany the course. Given that it's geared toward complete beginners, it's quite straight forward, so you could probably just watch the couple of specific videos on making the mitts and I'm guessing you'd have the pattern understood and memorized right away. You can use my instructor's referral link to take the course for 99 cents if you're interested. 🙂
http://skl.sh/2aaucCf
Hannah says
Thanks! Sounds good 😉
Donna says
I am just getting back into crocheting and would love to make one of those c2c patterns. I just haven't found a good video on pattern that teachers it clear enough (I don't know how to read the patterns when they is no written directions). I am hoping I can get some help on here. Thank you in advance for anyone that could help me.
Jess @ Make and Do Crew says
Hey Donna,
Welcome back to crocheting! 😉 This afghan is actually my first C2C project and I learned from the couple of videos: this one from the Crochet Crowd and then 1DogWoof's extensive list of C2C resources. After watching those, if you have any questions, please feel free to let me know! I'm no expert, but I've sure been doing a lot of c2c lately...
Happy crocheting!
Jess
kossy says
I want to learn please.
Jess @ Make and Do Crew says
Hey Kossy,
If you'd like to use my teacher referral link, you can take my course for 99 cents! 🙂
http://skl.sh/2aaucCf
Jess