Find Free Crochet Patterns for Beginners or Buy Beginners’ Crochet Pattern Books That Are Worth the Money

Searching for easy beginners’ crochet patterns with pictures, step-by-step instructions and lots of details? If so, we’re glad you found us; the patterns linked below are our recommendations for the best easy crochet patterns for beginners. The list includes two sections. The first section features free crochet patterns for beginners; the second section includes recommendations for beginner’s crochet pattern books you can buy.

Find Free Crochet Patterns for Beginners

Thanks to the availability of BUNCHES of free crochet patterns online, you can accumulate a pretty amazing pattern stash, entirely for free. If you’re eager to get started crocheting without having to invest a fortune buying crochet patterns, grab any (or all!) of the following free beginners’ crochet patterns:

 

Free Crochet Granny Square Pattern With Step-by-Step Instructions for Beginners

If you would find it helpful to have step-by-step instructions for how to crochet a granny square, this is the pattern for you.

My first crochet project was a granny square, and I definitely think that granny squares make the best beginners’ crochet projects. One reason for this: A granny square is easy to hold onto as you get started working on it, unlike some crochet projects that are worked in rows. Another reason: Granny squares are fascinating projects to work on. You don’t want to start out with a boring project, lose interest and abandon the craft all together due to boredom.

There are bazillions of different ways to crochet a granny square. The one I teach you in this tutorial is the first granny square I ever learned how to crochet. I was a child of maybe 6 or 7 years old; I don’t remember exactly. Think about it this way: If a 7 year old kid can do this, so can you!

 

Easy Crochet Neck Warmer Pattern for Beginners

This lovely neck warmer is a fast, easy, beginner-friendly crochet project. Do you ever attend outdoor parties or events in the fall or winter? If you’d like to make a dressy neck warmer that looks really pretty but will keep you warm in the cold, this pattern gives you a fantastic option for that purpose.

Learn How to Single Crochet With This Beginners’ Crochet Dishcloth Pattern

If you’d like to either learn how to do single crochet stitch for the first time or practice it until you master it, this easy crochet dishcloth is a fantastic project to work on. It offers you the opportunity to make a useful project, even if you mess up some of the stitches or work at an uneven tension in the beginning. No matter how many mistakes you make while crocheting it, you’ll still be able to use the dishcloth to scrub your dishes — I guarantee that your dishes do not care if your crochet stitches turn out a little wonky.

Easy Half Double Crochet Dishcloth Pattern for Beginners

The half double crochet stitch is shorter and quicker to work than its cousin, the double crochet stitch. It works up into a lovely textured fabric that is ideal for a variety of uses. If you use a soft, absorbent cotton yarn for working the half double crochet, it makes a pleasantly textured fabric that is ideal for mopping up spills, scrubbing countertops and washing dishes.

Easy Half Double Crochet Placemat (Free Beginner Pattern)

Fast, Easy Crochet Circle Pattern for Beginners

This is a free crochet pattern that includes step-by-step instructions and pictures. By working through this pattern, you’ll learn how to crochet a small, easy flat circle shape.

What can you do with a circle shape once you’re finished crocheting it? Lots of things:

 

• Use it as a flower center; add some petals around the circle to create gorgeous flower motifs that you can use for adorning your craft projects, clothing and housewares. See Also: Crochet flowers
• Embroider or embellish it to create an animal head applique — perhaps a teddy bear or a kitty cat.
• Put several of the circles together and decorate them to create a snowman or snowflake applique. You’ll often want to use the circles in combination with other shapes to create interesting geometric projects.
• Use your imagination to dream up bunches of other ideas for things you can do with these fun little circles.

Buy Beginners’ Crochet Pattern Books

 

Many crocheters enjoy holding printed pattern books in their hands, working from tangible pattern books and looking through the high-quality color photographs. Other crocheters like to buy crochet ebooks and download beginners’ crochet patterns to store on their laptops, tablets and phones for easy access. If you want to hold a printed book in your hand or download an ebook or other patterns, check out this section featuring crochet books and crochet pattern downloads.

 

Beginner-Friendly Crochet Books Featuring Step-by-Step Crochet Patterns for Beginners

 

Crochet Flowers Step-by-Step

If you’d like to buy beginners’ crochet patterns with step-by-step instructions for crocheting flowers, this is an excellent book to consider purchasing. The directions in this book are intuitive and easy to follow, regardless of your experience, or lack thereof, with crochet. The crochet flowers are colorful, beautiful and as lifelike as could be expected considering they’re made of thread and yarn. I think this book is absolutely delightful, and I’m positive you’ll be pleased with it if you decide to buy it. Want more details?

• Click here to see my book review of this title at knittingcrochetcrafts.com.
• Click here to shop for new and used copies of this book at Biblio.

 

Crochet Snowflakes Step-by-Step

Crocheted snowflakes can be elegant, modern, dramatic, soft, spectacular, understated or sophisticated. This book features examples that are all of the above. The instructions in the book are top-notch; you’ll find step-by-step crochet patterns for beginners through advanced crocheters, photo tutorials, charts, written instructions and complete details about how to crochet snowflakes in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, colors and styles.

I highly recommend this book. My opinion is that this is truly a collection of the best beginners’ crochet patterns for snowflakes. Want more information about this book?

 

• Click here to see my book review of this title at knittingcrochetcrafts.com.
• Click here to shop for new and used copies of this book at Biblio.

 

Click Here to Find More of the Best Crochet Books for Beginners.

 

What Differentiates Beginners’ Crochet Patterns From Other Sorts of Crochet Patterns?

 

The Craft Yarn Council is an organization that has undertaken the monumental task of standardizing certain aspects of crochet and knitting patterns. The skill level ratings are one of the things they’ve developed a standardized system for.

The Craft Yarn Council Defines an easy crochet pattern as follows:

 

“Projects for first-time crocheters using basic stitches.
Minimal shaping.”

 

 

Many (but not all!) crochet pattern designers and book publishers use graphics provided by the Craft Yarn Council to make it easy for you to identify easy crochet patterns. Posted above, you can see an example of the graphic that indicates a beginner-level crochet pattern.

 

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Posted By: Amy Solovay

This page was last updated on 11-12-2021.