Crochet guides
The reference pages the patterns lean on: what the numbers on a ball band mean, which hook goes with which yarn, and what a UK pattern is asking for.
Every pattern on this site names a hook and a yarn weight and writes its stitches in US terms. These 10 pages are where those choices are explained: hook sizes in millimetres against the US letter, yarn weights 0 to 7 with the gauge to expect from each, the US and UK stitch names side by side, and seven straight comparisons for the questions that come up while you are working — worsted or DK, cotton or acrylic, single or double crochet, magic ring or chain loop.
Every guide
Crochet yarn weights, lace to jumboThe eight crochet yarn weights, 0 to 7, with the hook each takes, single crochet over four…Crochet hook sizes and their conversionsCrochet hook sizes in millimetres with the US letter, the old UK number, the yarn weight each…Worsted vs DK yarnWorsted and DK yarn compared: the hook each takes, single crochet over four inches, yardage…Cotton vs acrylic yarnCotton and acrylic compared for crochet: stitch definition, give, weight, warmth, washing…US and UK crochet terms, side by sideThe full US to UK crochet conversion: US single crochet is UK double crochet, US double is UK…Single crochet vs double crochetSingle crochet and double crochet compared: loops on the hook, height in turning chains, how…Magic ring vs chain loopMagic ring and chain loop compared for starting a crochet round: how tightly each closes, how…Amigurumi vs plushieAmigurumi and plushie compared: what the Japanese word covers, the three things that make a…Knitting vs crochetKnitting and crochet compared honestly: one hook against two needles, what a dropped stitch…Tunisian crochet vs regular crochetTunisian crochet and regular crochet compared: the long hook, the forward and return passes…