How To Crochet An Afghan

Series Summary

Crochet, similar to knitting, consists of pulling loops of yarn through other loops of yarn in order to create fabric. The difference between crocheting and knitting however, is that in crochet only one loop is active at a time, and a crochet hook is used instead of knitting needles. Crocheting became popular in Europe in the early 1800's and has gone through several periods of popularity in the recent past, with a revival of handcrafts and do it yourself projects. There are a variety of crochet stitches and when combined with brightly colored or white yarn, a crochet fan can create a wide range of beautiful fabrics to decorate their home or give away as a unique gift.

In this free instructional video series, our expert will demonstrate how to crochet an afghan. She will demonstrate an afghan pattern and how to attach each row of crochet stitches. If you are familiar with crocheting and want to make a beautiful afghan our expert can walk you through each step to creating a wonderful blanket.

Video Transcript

"Good morning I'm Sue Rose for Expert Village this is the afghan that we will be making today called a shell stitch afghan this is not for people who never made afghans before but it's for the person who made several afghans. It is hard to read the directions I always do a little practice piece step one is how to chain on the stitches for your afghan, you want to chain on 164 stitches and make them very loose stay tune for this next step."