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What is Crochet?

Crochet is a type of fiber art that can only be done by hand, and it takes hours. Crocheters use a crochet hook, yarn, and stitch markers in order to create anything from clothes to blankets to pillows to dolls. There really are no limits to what you can do with enough yarn, a good crochet hook, and some time.

What\’s your Granny Square Exchange program?

Every crocheter makes granny squares when starting out or bored or sometimes just to use up yarn. Sometimes, they don\’t like how their squares turned out or they want something fresh and new or maybe they just want to collect a variety for a project. Send in your granny squares, others will send in their granny squares, and for [some amount of money], we\’ll send out the exchanged granny squares so that everyone who puts in one gets a different one back.

What is amigurumi?

Amigurumi is the crochet art of dollmaking. Amigurumi dolls can be inspired by anything– animals, people, robots, teabags, fictional characters; etc. They are stuffed with the same materials as any other doll.

What do I need in a crochet kit?

The most barebones kit you can get with all of the necessities for crochet is one crochet hook and one ball of yarn. This is probably enough to make a few coasters, one or two pocket-sized amigurumi dolls, OR a set of mittens.

The recommended crochet kit for beginners is one crochet hook for each of the standard sizes (4.0mm to 8.0mm), a few balls of yarn in each color, a pair of scissors, some stitch markers, and a yarn needle.

The inclusive but still basic crochet kit will have everything within the recommended kit above, but also includes a lighter (for burning the ends of yarn), a yarn gauge (you will forget what size yarn you\’re using), a tailor\’s measuring tape, a yarn holder, and a yarn tension ring.