Crochet for Beginners - Mansfield Central Library - Adult Learning

This beginner crochet course will help learners build basic skills while working towards making a small bag of their choice.

Learners will be shown how to hold a crochet hook and yarn, and how to use US simple crochet stitches, including slip stitch, single, half double, double and treble crochet. They will also learn about different types of yarn and hooks.

The course will introduce the history of crochet and explain the differences between UK and US crochet terms, as well as how to understand hook sizes.

By the end of the course, learners will have created a small project, improved their confidence, and gained the skills needed to continue crocheting on their own.

This course is suitable for complete beginners and no previous experience is needed.

By the end of the course you will be able to: 

• DEMONSTRATE HOW TO HOLD A CROCHET HOOK AND YARN/WOOL.

• CREATE A SMALL BAG OF YOUR OWN CHOOSING, USING A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT STITCHES.

• DEVELOP FINE MOTOR SKILLS AND IDENTIFY HOW THEY CAN BE TRANSFERRED INTO A WORK ENVIRONMENT.

• PERFORM A SINGLE, DOUBLE, TREBLE AND SLIP STITCH.

• CONFIDENTLY CONVERT HOOK SIZES FROM UK TO US AND IDENTIFY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN UK AND US PATTERNS.

What you will need to bring:

A drink – water or juice, notebook and pen, a hook size 4/4.5/or 5 and light-coloured yarn/wool

Funding and Fees

If you receive certain benefits, you may be able to take the course for free.
If money is stopping you from enrolling, please visit our funding page to see what help is available.

Living in England

To book and join one of our courses, you must live in England permanently and either:

• Live inside the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) area (Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire)

or

• Live outside the devolved areas listed below

You cannot enrol if you live in these devolved areas:

• Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)

• Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

• North East Combined Authority

• South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority

• Tees Valley Combined Authority

• West Midlands Combined Authority

• West of England Combined Authority

• West Yorkshire Combined Authority

• Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority

• York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

• Hull and East Yorkshire

• Greater Lincolnshire

• Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority

• Cornwall Council

• Lancashire Combined County Authority

• Buckinghamshire Council

Residency Requirements (Additional Information)

If you live in the UK on a visa, we’ll need evidence of your visa to confirm funding. You can upload this when applying, and you’ll need to complete a short questionnaire.

Some exceptions include:

• Your visa must last until after your course ends.

• Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for at least 6 months while their claim is being processed.

• You are supported by your local authority under Section 23C or 23CA of the Children Act 1989, or under the Care Act 2014.

Anyone who does not meet the funding criteria would need to pay full course fees.