Improving Your Crochet Tension

It takes time to get it right so be patient with yourself. There is no right or wrong way to hold your yarn but, in this video, I show you 3 ways to get you started. Any adjustments you make to these methods are totally fine. After all, you are working with your hands and your brain. However you find to make it work and maintain consistent tension is the right way for you.

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[MustardSeedFaith-lpzr]

My tension technique is trash, feel like i have tried everything. Always get loose stitches or too tight..😣

[Bekkijune]

This helped me SO MUCH! I''m just now learning, and was definitely way too tight. Wrapping around my pinky lets my yarn hand relax, which helps everything. Thank you!

[karenjackson]

I've crocheted for a long time and it never occurred to me to hold my yarn a different way. But I'm working on a shawl with fine yarn and size E hook and my DC kept coming out loopy and inconsistent. Using your method of wrapping around the pinkie has made my little stitches much more consistent. THANKS!

[hibiscusfreak]

I'm binge watching your videos. They've all been very helpful. And this one has told me that I'm not a bad crocheter for wrapping the yarn twice around my index finger, lol. Thanks for that!

[leanderrowe]

Your suggestions are very helpful to beginners like me. In my case, wrapping my index finger twice works well probably because I have small hands. Thank you. 😊

[sharonmachado]

This advice of the use of the left hand feeding the yarn Wa go GREAT value to me. Thank you 😊

[reginaslay]

Omg the double loop around my index finger is much better, thank you!

[cindynovak]

Wow! I’ve been crocheting on & off for quite awhile & I always wondered why my stitches were inconsistent! Great info! I just found your videos tonight & they have already helped me so much. Thank you!!!!

[nathalie]

Thank you! The pinky wrap is fantastic -- I had been having so much trouble with finding a comfortable hold.

[sonyaclarinet]

Thank you! You just saved my friend from a crochet nightmare!

[TheCratsky]

I found using a Norwegian knitting thimble sorted me out right away. Feeding it through the two loops has helped me maintain tension.

[sarahcassford]

cant wait to try this out tonight!!! im left handed

[suzanneburford]

Very helpful for me, my hand's are a bit shaky. Thank you sue UK

[sharib]

The most helpful tension video! Thank you!

[BBknits]

LOVE it!!! I hold the yarn same as you do, and it really works :)

[dorothy]

I use a little special ring on my pinky to control tension no problem...

[annettejohnson]

Like this video, , , im gonna use method #3, , , but how do you keep from getting yarn tangled under the pinky and flowing from the skein?

[natalyn]

Can you please explain how to use the stitch markers, I always end up with one less stitch and my projects. Where should marker be placed when starting the next row.

[rebekadesbouillons]

I am self taught and have recently been watching videos on common mistakes for self taught crochet. I learned a few things I was doing incorrectly, and have fixed those, but I am still struggling with holding the yarn. The way the feels most comfortable to me gives great control, but I have an issue with my yarn. The ones I buy are not in a ball so I am curious as to whether I am using the correct end (or beginning of the string). There is an end end that goes around the top, and and end that I use to start pulls through the middle which I find easyer because I don't have to worry about the skein of yarn rolling. But the problem is that it causes a lot of tenstion so I end up having to move my index finger in a circle feed more yarn through. It should pull through and glide much simpler, but I have to pull on it from the skein which I think causes more tention. Is there an easier way to do this?

[annettejohnson]

My problem is that i hold my pointer finger too high, therefore making me miss the yarn everytime, are there any tips on holding the yarn lower so the hook catches every stitch?, , , im finding that if i move the left hand farther from the hook seems to lower it so far.