Beginner's Guide to Crochet

Recent reviews of Beginner's Guide to Crochet

• 5/5 from Amanda Bayliss, attended Sep 2026: Really good beginner’s class, with friendly and clear instructions. We learnt how to complete a chain stitch, double and treble crochet stitches, plus how to turn at the end of a row and change colour. Karen was also very helpful at helping me to understand a pattern I brought in! Very enjoyable session, thank you!
• 5/5 from Lynne Jonas, attended Mar 2026: An excellent session. The tutor, Julie, was friendly, encouraging and very skilled. She went over the basic techniques in a really supportive way, explaining the variety of ways things could be done and what not to do. I feel really encouraged to continue with my crochet and I know if can call into the shop for extra support and advice if I need it. A really enjoyable session.
• 5/5 from Karen Wiltshire, attended Oct 2025: Karen was a very patient teacher and repeated as many times as needed. Kit came with very useful instructions on what you had learnt. Well worth the money. In the picture is what I did on the day and above is what I did at home, I know it’s work in progress. I am so pleased as have been trying to learn from other sources to no avail. One very happy customer.
• 5/5 from Helen Milton, attended Sep 2025: Jo was a brilliant teacher. She showed me how to do the different stitches and the techniques she herself uses, which were invaluable. I had the best time and can’t wait to put what I have learnt into practice! I will be back to purchase wool soon. Thank you Jo for your patience :-)
• 5/5 from Jenine Lloyd, attended Jun 2025: The teacher was amazing! She explained this very well, was very patient, went at the same pace as me, and showed me the movements as many times as I needed. I was shown a chain stitch, double crochet and a treble. She explained some yarn types and how to workout the size hook required. I'm a complete beginner and thoroughly enjoyed this class and recommend that anyone wanting to give it a go should try one of these. I was given a Hobbycraft bag, the two balls of yarn I used for the workshop, a crochet hook and set of helpful instructions. I also got to keep my crocheting.
• 5/5 from Becky Hayman, attended May 2025: Great class with a very patient teacher. Learnt both the double and treble stitch. Came away feeling more confident I can give it a proper go. Thank you
• 5/5 from Stephanie Estcourt, attended Apr 2025: Karen was so supportive and kind, she didn’t mind how many times she needed to go through things. I really appreciated how much patience she had. By the end of the session I felt quite confident and I’ve never done any crocheting before
• 5/5 from Beverly Gray, attended Mar 2025: Really useful, relaxed, friendly lady doing the course. Good materials given to me in a bag
• 3/5 from Catherine Brewer, attended Mar 2025: For me I think I would've benefitted from going through a simple step by step guide starting on how to hold the tools and yarn and then slowly doing each step together as I kept fumbling around not knowing what to hold where. My friend did it without even holding the yarn in her hands so I really struggled. I had a go from a you tube lesson later and it focussed on how to hold your hands and then had a little system how to remember which way to turn the hook every time which was easier for me to pick up. It was a fun lesson though and everyone has a different way of learning. Overall it was a good starting point for me though.
• 5/5 from Lesley Dunford, attended Dec 2024: Very good class. Lovely instructors! This is a picture of the crochet I did today.
• 5/5 from Claire, attended Dec 2024: It was a lovely small group of learners and the two instructors were so helpful, friendly and so encouraging. They were able to work with each individuals level which was really appreciated.
• 5/5 from Liz Thomas, attended Dec 2024: It was great, thank you.. Julie was very patient and explained it all at my particular pace.
• 5/5 from Hedda Morrish, attended Dec 2024: Julie and Karen were brilliant, so patient and kind, it made the experience such a pleasant one. I think I can do this now! Thank you!
• 5/5 from Sue Melhuish, attended Nov 2024: A great introduction to crochet given by Karen who explained clearly & was very patient. We received 2 balls of wool, crochet hook, stitch guidance leaflets all contained in nice craft bag. A relaxing hobby for those winter months, learnt in a small fun group. Definitely value for money.
• 5/5 from Elizabeth Spowage, attended Oct 2024: Absolutely amazing half term fun activity for me and my two girls. We've loved learning how to crochet and our workshop leader Julie was just amazing and so patient with us! Thank you so much! Looking forward to booking another session again soon!
• 5/5 from Jessica Jackson, attended Oct 2024: We had a great session with Jo in Exeter doing our beginners crochet class. It was myself and my 10year old daughter. We came away really happy and positive. Jo’s friendliness and skills were great and the season ended up going really fast. Thank you
• 5/5 from Karen, attended Oct 2024: Very good value, Karen was very friendly and patient, by the end I could crochet.
• 5/5 from Pam Stanley, attended Sep 2024: Karen was brilliant. She provided everything we needed. She explained things very clearly. She gave each if us individual help. Shr explained where we went wrong & how to corrrct it. Thank you Karen you are a star.
• 5/5 from Julia Powell, attended Sep 2024: I attended a Beginners Crochet class at Exeter. The tutor was welcoming, her instruction was clear and her love of crochet very infectious. I'm looking forward to practicing.
• 5/5 from Chloe, attended Aug 2024: What an enjoyable 1.5 hours with Jo at Exeter Hobbycraft! Jo was patient, kind and encouraging during our session - we will be back for more!
• 5/5 from Abigail, attended Aug 2024: Jo was incredible! We learned every thing we needed to get started in crochet. She was a lot of fun whilst still being extremely professional. Would definitely recommend and will be back for another class soon. Thanks Jo :)
• 4/5 from Becky Spiller, attended Aug 2024: We did the beginner crochet class. Teacher was lovely and supportive to daughter who got bit upset as couldnt crochet but by end she was doing it. Was very helpful. Bit expensive for what it was and was given.
• 5/5 from Zoe Willmott, attended Jul 2024: The Beginners Crochet Workshop was brilliant. A really relaxed learning environment. Jo our instructor was really calm, kind and patient with me and my 9 year old daughter. Always on hand help if we got a little confused. The 1.5 hours went by so quickly. By the end we knew how to chain stitch, double crochet and treble crochet. Highly recommend the workshop.
• 5/5 from Carol, attended Apr 2024: Attended a beginners crochet class with a friend run by Julie. What a lively lady, so kind and patient. We were supplied with two full sized balls of wool and a large crochet hook to get us started in a fabric tote bag. We learnt how to start off and two of the main stitches. We also took home some clear to understand information sheets to continue stitching at home. We were reassured that we would be welcome to pop back into the store to speak to any of the staff if needed further assistance if we got “stuck “ with the crochet techniques we’d been learning. Excellent value for money… a most interesting, fun and worthwhile 90 minutes. Highly recommend and much enjoyed.
• 5/5 from Gemma, attended Mar 2024: Kat gave really clear instructions and alternative options so we could all get going with the basics. She was really patient and approachable. We received plenty of material for the class and enough to get going with at home.
• 5/5 from Alison Ames, attended Mar 2024: Our teacher, location, time, materials and professionalism, was absolutely perfect! Thank you so much for a very friendly, helpfulpatient, afternoon!
• 5/5 from Lorrie Horgan, attended Jan 2024: Everything was fine, teaching was excellent, very friendly enjoyed it all and look forward to my next class in February Regards Lorrie Horgan
• 5/5 from Emma Rogers, attended Jan 2024: I had tried to teach myself to crochet, but I’m much better at learning when seeing it in action so I booked this session. Julia was so helpful, kind and patient and knowledgeable about crochet and lots of other crafts. There were 2 of us learning and it was nice and relaxed atmosphere, sat around the making table in the centre of the shop. I had a good amount of time to learn and try a few different stitches, casting on and off, as well as getting 2 balls of yarn, instruction booklet and a hook to take home. I thought this was really good value and I would certainly consider trying other workshops. I really enjoyed learning a new skill.
• 5/5 from Stephanie, attended Jan 2024: Thank you to Julie. We had a fantastic morning for my mum’s birthday filled with lots of laughs and a mostly successful session! Everyone at Hobbycraft put us at ease with a really homely atmosphere.
• 5/5 from Jake, attended Jan 2024: Our teacher was very patient and we had all the materials needed to learn how to crochet. My son particularly enjoyed the workshop
• 5/5 from Elaine Bentley, attended Dec 2023: Very patient teacherthanks Kat for a great introduction to crocheting. Only 2 of us, so it was very personal & lots of help!
• 5/5 from Lauren French, attended Dec 2023: Julie was fabulous and very patient with us from start to finish. She catered to everyone’s individual pace and by the end we were all helping eachother.
• 5/5 from Daisy McLauchlan, attended Nov 2023: Our teacher was amazing and so patient. We were given all of our equipment and sat together working hard creating our first piece of crochet. I will definitely be doing another session as I enjoyed it so much, thank you to Julie
• 5/5 from Lucie, attended Nov 2023: Julie was a great teacher. She was patient, enthusiastic, encouraging, supportive, great at explaining and very engaging. I learnt exactly what I wanted to learn. Will definitely do another course in the future. Many thanks Julie
• 4/5 from Lucy Parkinson, attended Nov 2023: really good value for money. fantastic to learn a new skill which I hope to continue to learn. Teacher was patient and helpful
• 5/5 from Betty Heard, attended Sep 2023: Very nice teacher called Jo at Exeter branch, good value and materials provided for crocheting class! Pleased I did this, very helpful staff. Thank you. Betty Heard.
• 5/5 from Tracy, attended Sep 2023: Kat was very patient and knowledgeable would definitely recommend anyone who wants to learn how to crochet to do the beginners course
• 3/5 from Anonymised ClassBento customer, attended Aug 2023: It was ok, there were 2 members of staff ar the sessionthey were both telling me to do it differently which was confusing to say the least. One told me to forget the crochet hook and use my finger instead.
• 5/5 from Jodie Ellis, attended Jul 2023: I had a Crotchet lesson with Kat today. She was fab! She was patient and explained things in a different way when I didn’t understand the first time. The materials given as part of the class were great. I would definitely recommend going to a Hobbycraft lesson!
• 5/5 from Felicia Ambrosini, attended May 2023: I've tried to learn crochet for ages without much success, so I booked with a friend a class with Jo. Really enjoyable and useful!
• 5/5 from Vivienne Thorpe, attended Apr 2023: Great teacher, very individual help. Feels a good start. Would definitely recommend to others - this was the exeter store
• 5/5 from Tracie Cooke, attended Feb 2023: Throughly enjoyed my crochet lesson today with Meg. It was an unexpected 121 session, which made it even better as I had 100% of Meg’ attention. Her patience was exceptional & her explanations /demo were clear & easy to follow. Would defiantly recommend if you want to learn the basics of how to crochet. Can’t wait to go home & practice what I’ve learnt today. Thanks again Meg
• 5/5 from Joanna Up, attended Feb 2023: Learning to crotchet was great, had a box with everything in it you needed, all instructions were printed out. Teacher explained everything.
• 5/5 from Amanda Emmett, attended Feb 2023: Very relaxed and enjoyable intro to crochet. Knowledgeable and enthusiastic Hobbycraft staff who were encouraging
• 5/5 from Debbie Collingwood, attended Jan 2023: The course was good value and the two teachers were experienced, patient and very helpful. We were a group of five at various levels. They managed this extremely well.
• 5/5 from Joanna Ireland, attended Jan 2023: Really good teaching, got the hang of the first bit, deffinatly going back again. Card handouts are great to refer to. Good friendly atmosphere I've been to several classes there always good.
• 5/5 from Kirstina Bryson, attended Nov 2022: Fantastic staff very patient and good at explaining what to do. Correct amount of equipment and supplies. Lovely atmosphere relaxed and enjoyable I will most definitely be booking another class.
• 5/5 from Naomi Thorne, attended Nov 2022: Our teacher was friendly and enthusiastic, her assistant was also patient and encouraging. The whole experience was first class. I would definitely do another course at Exeter Hobbycraft.
• 5/5 from Wafa Almulaifi, attended Nov 2022: The teachers are so great, kind and helpful. The avenue is amazing, comfortable and varied.
• 5/5 from Carolyn Williams, attended Oct 2022: Teacher was so very patient and obviously enjoyed her subject. A really enjoyable class and I learnt a lot.