How to Hold Your Crochet

The Hook

Hold the crochet hook in your dominant hand (the hand you write with).


The Other Hand

Your other hand helps to tension the yarn so that the crochet stitches will look even. It can take a few attempts to get your tension even, but don’t worry, it’s easy to pull back crochet and sort out any areas that need it.


How to Hold the Yarn

To tension the yarn - one option (this is the classic way) is to put the yarn over your first 2 fingers, under the next and over the little finger as shown in the first photo.

A variation on this is to do a circle of yarn around the little finger as shown in the second photo.

However I just put the yarn over my index finger and up and down between the remaining fingers, which is the third photo. As you can see I am right handed so my left hand is the one that tensions the yarn.

Just experiment to find the style you’re most comfortable doing.