Crochet for Beginners - Bingham Library - Adult Learning

About this course

The course is intended to teach absolute beginners how to take their first steps in crochet.  

We will focus on the topics outlined below, as these are essential for beginners to learn.  

Throughout the course, we will look at: 

• How to hold the crochet hook  
• How to hold the yarn to maintain yarn tension 
• How to make a chain 
• How to make basic crochet stitches (chain, double, treble and half-treble) 
• How to crochet in a circle 
• How to read a pattern (in both UK and US formats) 
• Simple crochet projects including strips, squares and circles 
• Brief History of Crochet and its cultural expressions 
• By the end of the course learners will know how to take their interest in crochet further 

Learners will:  

• Develop a way of working with the crochet hook and yarn which suits them 
• Have practised making chains and working stitches into them 
• Make basic crochet stitches including: chain, double, treble and half-treble stitches 
• Crochet in a circle 
• Be able to read and follow a simple crochet pattern 
• Undertake simple crochet projects including different crochet stitches, lines, squares and circles 
• Know how to take their interest in crochet further. 
• If you are already proficient in these, you may wish to consider taking a more advanced crochet course.  

Learners need to bring their own Crochet Hook, and Yarn. I recommend that for the early part of the course at least you use a larger hook 4.00 or 5.00 mm  (preferably soft grip) and thicker smooth ‘chunky’ yarn as you need to be able to see the stitches you will be making clearly. 

Suitable hooks can be obtained online and from Hobby Craft and should cost no more than £4.  

Yarn should be available from various outlets in person and online including some charity shops and general retail outlets such as Boyes.  

Booking your place and fee information

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course  please visit our webpage for further information  https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

• Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
• Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking.  If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas:

• Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield 
• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
• Greater London
• Greater Manchester
• Liverpool City Region
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
• Tees Valley
• West of England
• West Midlands
• West Yorkshire

Any questions?

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• By phone: 01623 677 200
• By email: learning@inspireculture.org.uk

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