How to Hold Your Hook and Yarn

Holding Your Hook
There are two ways to hold your hook, both might feel a little funny at first but you'll get used to it and it will soon come naturally. Try holding your hook both ways and pick the one that feels better to you. Righty's or Lefty's can crochet with the right hand however, if you feel like you need to use your left hand just flip the directions. Your grip doesn't have to be exact, it just has to be comfortable for you.


Pencil Grip
Pinch hook between pointer and thumb and let middle finger help support. The hook will lay on top of your hand.

 



Knife Grip
Grip hook between thumb and pointer and let middle finger help support. The hook will lay in underside of your palm.


 

 

You will hold your hook in your right hand and the working yarn and project in your left. Your next step is how to hold your yarn. This is important because you want to eventually have even tension through your piece. If it's not even your stitches will come out all different sizes. This just takes practice so don't get too frustrated.

 

Holding Your Yarn

There is a proper way to hold your working yarn, I hold mine differently and you may change how you hold it too depending on what feels good while you're working, but I'm going to show you the proper way and then you can decide from there what does and doesn't work for you.

Note: It may be easier to learn this after you have learned a slip knot.

 

 

Step 1: With your yarn on your left and a slip knot on the hook in your right hand, hold your left hand out flat facing you.

 

 

 

Step 2: With the hand holding your hook, wrap the yarn across your pinkie moving left to right and then lay it across your palm. 

 

 

Step 3:  Continuing in a left to right movement, wrap the yarn around your index finger.

 

 

Step 4: Pinch the yarn at your slip knot with your thumb and middle finger.

 

 

Extend your left index finger upward to give you a clear view of your working yarn. This will also help you gauge your tension. Your goal is to have your stitches all look the same, if some are too tight and some too loose then adjust your grip on the yarn and keep practicing.

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