You Tube: How to crochet [all sites have nice big close-up views]
* A word of caution regarding using YouTube crochet tutorials: instructors from Britain/UK use different terms for the stitches that can
create considerable confusion for Americans. For example: what we call a single crochet, they call a double crochet!!!!
- For absolute beginners….starts with how to make the first loop: Includes chaining, single crochet, how to move up to the next row, and how to end.
- How to do a double crochet.
- How to do a half-double crochet.
HOW TO DO PATTERN STITCHES:
- How to do a waffle stitch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oof4FpkcZq
- How to do entrelac in crochet.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=So4dHX8xdAk
- How to crochet a lattice/diamond stitch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUl5SLtNRDo
- How to do the ripple/chevron stitch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpPxgh1hOSk
2 great books for reference:
150 Crochet Trims, by Susan Smith
ISBN-13 978-0-312-35982-9 paperback, available used for $3.56 on Amazon
ISBN-10 0-312-35982-9
and
200 Ripple Stitch Patterns by Jan Eaton
ISBN 0-89689-276-x paperback
$12.49 on Amazon