Learn to crochet

“At first, I had no idea why my squares looked more like trapezoids and my scarves kept getting wider. The culprit? Tension. [...] Death-gripping your hook won’t make your stitches better—it’ll just make your hands hurt and your stitches impossible to work into.”

“When I first picked up a crochet hook, I thought I was about to embark on a calm, cozy hobby filled with blankets, scarves, and instant gratification. What I didn’t realize was that I was also signing up for tangled yarn, mysterious abbreviations, and the humbling experience of frogging the same row five times.”

“Sarah offered to teach me, but I impatiently began straight away. I popped to the hobby store, grabbed some yarn and hooks, then sat down with my laptop to learn how to crochet. [...] I had never crocheted before, and my efforts were by no means disastrous. A definite good sign of a quality tutorial.”