Beginner's Guide to Crochet

Recent reviews of Beginner's Guide to Crochet

• 5/5 from Sandra Herbert, attended Sep 2026: We had a fantastic time learning how to double and treble crochet. Our teacher Natalie was very clear with her instructions and also helped us individually when we got stuck. It was great to have a canvas bag filled with 2 balls of wool and a crochet hook ready to start the afternoon lesson.
• 5/5 from Mhairi Campbell, attended Sep 2026: A very enjoyable class. Natalie was a wonderful teacher - skilled, patient, encouraging and happy to share a wide range of resources. It was lovely to learn from someone with such enthusiasm and I would jump at the chance to take another class with her in the future.
• 5/5 from Helen Harper, attended Jul 2026: The Beginner Crochet class was really enjoyable. The teach, Abby, was very knowledgeable and patient. She taught how to start, chain, double stitch, treble stitch and even had time to show double treble stitch. Definitely far easier to learn this way than following pictures in a book or videos online. I will definitely be going back for more!
• 5/5 from Helen Butler, attended Jul 2026: Excellent beginners crochet class - would recommend. Abby was very patient and I felt I learnt a lot.
• 5/5 from Karen Small, attended Jun 2026: Teacher was great. Very friendly and patient with someone completely new to crochet. She answered all my questions and gave me tips for when I got home. Would recommend. Thanks again.
• 5/5 from Sally Welzel, attended May 2026: I wanted to learn to crochet. Natalie was brilliant. I'm 82 so with my old hands I was very slow & awkward. She was so patient with me. Unpicked my mistakes & showed me where I'd gone wrong. Very cheerful & relaxed. Felt I've made a friend. I'll be back for more! Thank you, Natalie.
• 5/5 from Louise Hebbron, attended Apr 2026: Nat was a great teacher. She was so patient and friendly, kept checking on everyone and explained things over and over until we all understood it. Will definitely book another, thank you!
• 5/5 from Catherine Irvine-Fallon, attended Apr 2026: Natalie was a very kind, supportive and informative tutor on the beginners crochet course today. She was excellent at explaining the techniques and even the reasoning behind them adding for example a certain no of extra stitches to the rows according to the stitch type. I praised Natalie and explained what a difference this made to me personally to help me remember and recall the techniques. I've come away from the workshop with much more confidence to be able to eliminate mistakes so. I'm scoring Natalie 9.5/10. I would definitely return to another crochet workshop here @ Hobbycraft Gloucester.
• 5/5 from Sam Sarfi, attended Apr 2026: Natalie was very patient and and an excellent teacher, she made the session very enjoyable and informative
• 5/5 from Wendy Oliver, attended Mar 2026: Natalie who rook the crochet class is very knowledgeable and keen to help everyone in the class. Really enjoyable.
• 5/5 from Elizabeth Anne Jones, attended Mar 2026: Natalie was very friendly, helpful and patient and obviously very good at her job.
• 5/5 from Hannah Searle, attended Feb 2026: An excellent introduction to basic crochet. Natalie was a great teacher, explained things clearly, and had endless patience when things went a bit wrong! I’m now happily practising my double and treble crochet at home with the supplies provided in the class.
• 5/5 from Claire Perkins, attended Feb 2026: Natalie was friendly, helpful and encouraging. Really enjoyed learning a new skill. Would definitely look at doing another course once I’ve practiced my new skills. Would definitely recommend.
• 5/5 from Julie Long, attended Feb 2026: Was bought for me as a present and it was fab Natalie was super friendly, helpful and patient and I will definitely be looking at other courses now.
• 5/5 from Christine Workman, attended Feb 2026: Natalie was really helpful and patient with us. She did really well helping all 5 of us and gave us tips to carry on at home. She offered her expertise in the future and told us about other classes. I struggled at first and was worried it was too loose but she ensured me it was great and with practise will get tighter.
• 5/5 from Debra McCann, attended Jan 2026: The lady was very helpful and friendly. Thoroughly enjoyable but the time went so fast!
• 5/5 from Karen Elen, attended Jan 2026: A very enjoyable session and very good tuition. Our teacher explained clearly and was very helpful and patient. It has given me the confidence to carry on at home. I'll be looking at other tutorials to do as well.
• 5/5 from Louise Price, attended Dec 2025: Very enjoyable crochet class, thank you
• 5/5 from Debbie Bate, attended Dec 2025: How brilliant! Loved it! Really went slow so that you got it instead of rushing through it all. Patient and helpful - could help with where I went wrong and showed me instead of “fixing it” Looking at more classes now!
• 5/5 from Vicky Jeffs, attended Nov 2025: Great class with very patient tutor!
• 5/5 from Joanna Hansford, attended Nov 2025: I attended the beginners crochet class. Natalie the course teacher was great! Natalie demonstrated step by step on what we had to do. Natalie helped us individually when needed & was very patient. I would 100% recommend the course if you would like to start crocheting.
• 5/5 from Teresa Grigg, attended Nov 2025: Very good teacher, learnt the basics on how to crochet. Supplied everything needed for the lesson.
• 5/5 from Demi Davis, attended Oct 2025: Natalie was great teacher, taught us all the basics. Excited to have another class with her
• 5/5 from Gail Bartlett, attended Oct 2025: I really enjoyed this class. Natalie was very patient and helpful. I will be signing up for more classes.
• 4/5 from Yvonne Obeng, attended Oct 2025: Small groups do easy to get some individual attention. Good communication and instructions
• 5/5 from Josie Preston, attended Sep 2025: Natalie was fantastic - patient and listened to questions attentively. I was nervous going in but I had so much fun and learnt a lot.
• 5/5 from Sharon Hickey, attended Sep 2025: 90 minutes of learning 2 crochet stitches. Excellent. Natalie our coach was fabulous. A nice small group.
• 5/5 from Sharon Harris, attended Sep 2025: A brilliant class, the teacher was very knowledgeable and patient despite all our mistakes. We all came away with two squares of crochet which was lovely particularly for complete beginners.
• 5/5 from Sharon Goode, attended Aug 2025: Natalie was very friendly, very informative and gave everyone on the course individual help & tuition as required, learnt how do the chain and crochet some rows to form a square and how to finish off, well worth the money
• 5/5 from Sarah Brown, attended Jul 2025: Thank you for an excellent session, my son really enjoyed and has continued his crochet project as soon as we got home and is very proud of his creation. Natalie is a very patient, encouraging and skilled teacher would highly recommend and we will be back.
• 5/5 from Lana Panchbhaya, attended Jun 2025: We loved it - our crochet expert was super patient with me - thank you so much.
• 5/5 from Dr Sahar Fatima, attended May 2025: Absolutely amazing! No words would be enough to justify how amazing, patient and professional Natalie is. Her passion for crochet was so evident and I’m grateful that she passed on the crochet bug to us. We received a nice goodie bag with everything needed for a beginner. Natalie was very approachable, clear in her instructions and very helpful throughout. Dare I say hobbycraft should give her a pay rise. We thoroughly enjoyed the session and once again really grateful to have attended this session.
• 5/5 from Hazel, attended May 2025: Very pleased with the Beginners Crochet Workshop at Gloucester Hobbycraft. Our teacher Natalie was informative, giving us clear and helpful instructions. Pleasantly surprised to be given a bag containing wool, crochet hook and instructions at the start which we practised with, then could take away at the end of the session. The 90 mins went in a flash. Very enjoyable.
• 5/5 from Susan, attended Feb 2025: Natalie was so helpful in showing us to the basics of crochet. She was very patient. With only 4 of us in the group we had plenty of one to one teaching. We all managed to get a small piece finished. Thought it was good value for money and will continue to try and crochet at home.
• 5/5 from Carole Susan Foxley-Jones, attended Jan 2025: Natalie was so helpful gave me all the information I needed to get back into crocheting thank you
• 5/5 from Mary Bartlett, attended Jan 2025: Natalie was a great instructor, really patient. There were only 3 of us in the workshop which was a perfect amount. The workshop was adapted for us, and we decided to stick to double crochet. Will definitely be back to either do this class again (practice makes perfect!) or try another class.
• 5/5 from Liz Trouw, attended Jan 2025: Natalie is a good teacher. Patient and helpful letting us go at our own pace. Will certainly recommend her to friends.
• 5/5 from Stephanie Lee, attended Jan 2025: I went to this class as I have desperately tried to learn to crochet using online videos but they are too fast. There were 3 of us learning and our teacher was called Natalie. She was kind, helpful, calm and patient. She encouraged us to try and if things went wrong, we could start again. For this class, I was given 2 balls of wool, a crochet hook and an easy to follow guide/insturctions in a bag. The hour and a half flew. For any body reading this that cannot crochet but wants to learn, do this class. The only thing I could do was tie the slip knot to start. Everything else I have learnt today. I came away with my little piece. It is 10 stitches wide by 8 rows long. I am so proud of it. I have enough basic knowledge to practice and improve. I am definitely going to do another class. I really enjoyed the company of the other ladies in the class and the teacher.
• 5/5 from Anita Davies, attended Dec 2024: My 10 year old daughter and me attended a beginners crochet workshop today with Natalie. She was absolutely fantastic, very patient and made the workshop lots of fun. We can't wait to book another workshop with Hobbycraft.
• 5/5 from Catherine Smith, attended Dec 2024: Thank you to Natalie for being able to teach different ages and confidence levels all at the same time.
• 5/5 from Donna Davis, attended Oct 2024: Fantastic couple of hours with Natalie who showed me how to get started on a basic crochet lesson. Worth the money and can't wait to go back and do a the more advanced course Great atmosphere, helpful tutor and good value for money Thank you
• 5/5 from Helly Fardon, attended Sep 2024: Rachel was extremely helpful and patient and the time went so quickly. Nice to have the equipment supplied.
• 5/5 from Bea Hume, attended Aug 2024: Great teacher, friendly and calm environment. I learnt a lot and had great fun. Would definitely recommend.
• 5/5 from Claire Pugh, attended Jul 2024: Great lesson with Natalie who was teaching us beginners crotchet, we didn’t feel rushed and it was explained so well.
• 5/5 from Louise, attended Jul 2024: Great friendly class. Learnt the basics of crochet and now want to learn more. Content oc the kit was good to get you started.
• 5/5 from Jill Gobey, attended Jul 2024: I really enjoyed my beginners class, have now got the basic idea of crochet, just wish it was more than one class, I think that would be more helpful
• 5/5 from Clare Fletcher, attended Jul 2024: Natalie was brilliant! Made everything easy to follow and really helpful. Lovely bag of yarn, crochet hook and easy to follow instructions
• 5/5 from Janine Reed, attended Jul 2024: Always wanted to learn crochet but found books/ u tube confusing. Really enjoyed the class good tuition friendly group and teacher learnt a lot. Loved the materials and feel I could really get into crochet. Really loved being able to chat whilst learning.
• 5/5 from Soula Search, attended Jun 2024: Really good crochet lesson! Natalie explained it simply making it easy for me to learn. I’m so pleased how well I got on and will continue with all the support that was suggested. Thank you Natalie x
• 5/5 from Janet Bainton, attended May 2024: Great beginners class informal and able to provide assistance for all participants when needed.thanks