Crochet is one of those skills that looks complicated at first… until you realize it’s built on a handful of simple techniques repeated over and over again. If you’ve ever felt excited to learn crochet but also a little overwhelmed by where to start, you’re in the right place.

Welcome to Crochet Basics, an educational foundation series designed to support you wherever you are in your crochet journey—and whenever you happen to find it.

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Hi, I’m Christine, the crochet designer behind Sweet Potato 3. I’ve been crocheting and designing for many years, and along the way I’ve learned that crochet doesn’t have to feel complicated to be beautiful or rewarding. My designs and teaching focus on helping crocheters truly understand why techniques work—so you can feel confident picking up new patterns, adjusting projects, and enjoying the process as much as the finished piece.

This Crochet Basics series was created to answer the questions I see crocheters ask most often and to give you clear, supportive information as you learn the craft of crochet.

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This series will always be available, which means you can follow along at your own pace. To begin (in January 2026), new articles will be released every other week, but once published, the entire series will remain available for you to move through whenever you’re ready. Whether you’re starting today, three months from now, or a year down the road, you won’t need to wait for the next lesson to keep learning.

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What This Series Is All About

This series is meant to be an informative companion to your crochet learning. Each article focuses on understanding crochet—the tools, techniques, and concepts that help everything else fall into place.

We’ll explore topics like:

• Choosing the right yarn and hook
• Understanding crochet patterns
• Managing tension
• Gauge, shaping, and finishing techniques
• What you can create with simple shapes

Think of this series as the why behind crochet, not the how.

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What This Series Is Not

While Crochet Basics covers foundational knowledge, it is not a step-by-step “learn to crochet” course. You won’t find full stitch tutorials or guided projects here.

Instead, these posts are designed to be used alongside:

• Learn-to-crochet videos
• Beginner patterns
• Hands-on practice

Crochet is learned by doing, and this series is here to support that process with clarity, encouragement, and helpful context.

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How the Series Is Structured

To make things easy to follow, this series is organized into short, focused lessons. When the series is first released, new articles will be published every two weeks. If you’re reading this later, you can move straight through the series without waiting.

Crochet Basics Series Schedule:

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Let’s Learn Together

There’s no rush when it comes to learning crochet. Some concepts click right away, and others take time—and that’s completely normal. Whether you read one article today or work through several at once, this series is here whenever you need it.

I’m so excited to share Crochet Basics with you and to help make this the year you feel more confident, informed, and inspired in your crochet journey.

Up next: Getting Started with Crochet — the supplies you need, how to read a yarn label, and how to choose the right yarn and hook for your first project.

Let’s make this the year you truly enjoy learning crochet 💛

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