Short video tutorials for basic crochet stitches

If you are new to crocheting, then this is the list for you!

I learned crocheting wathcing videos like those linked below in the spring of 2023. And oh my were they helpful! Trying to read patterns as a crochet beginner can be a challenge! Chain stitch here, treble-what there, and it did so not help that the US and UK names for the stitches are confusing. I was typing fast on the keyboard to find some help on youtube.

If you landed on this page, let me spare you more research.

Here are the common crochet stitches and links to my favorite short video tutorials on how to do them:

• Chain stitch – video tutorial
• Slip stitch – video tutorial
• Single crochet / sc (US), double crochet / dc (UK) – video tutorial showing you both how to do a single crochet in a chain of chain stitches, as well as in a stitch
• Half double crochet / hdc (US), half treble crochet /htr (UK) – video tutorial
• Double crochet / dc (US), treble crochet / tr (UK) – video tutorial
• Treble crochet / tr (US), double treble crochet / dtr (UK) – video tutorial
• Double treble crochet / dtr (US), triple treble crochet / ttr (UK) – video tutorial
• Front post and back post stitches – demonstration of front post double crochet / fpdc and back post double crochet / bpdc (US) – video tutorial
  
• Magic circle
  There are four ways (that I know of) to make a magic circle
  (1) video tutorial
  (2) video tutorial
  (3) video tutorial
  (4) video tutorial – this is the one I use, but looking at the other ones this one seems more complicated. The woman showing this is Norwegain so maybe this is the norwegian style magic circle, which means I fit right in 😉
  
  I guess the magic circle is not technically a stitch. The magic circle is used at the beinning of many crochet patterns, and is really useful to get a good-looking start to your crochet piece when you are crocheting in rounds.
  
• Bonus! I also loved the beginning of this video showing the different stitches and their heights. Great for an introduction to crocheting for beginners. And you get a repetition of the single crochet later in the video if you need it 🙂

I thought about making these short tutorials myself but then I though “no, there are so many great crocheters out there that I have learned from” and so there was really no need.

I hope this was helpful! And I wish you a lot of fun with your next crochet project <3