There is just something magical about wearing a piece that you made yourself. Decorative crochet pieces make great additions to your shelves, but wearable crocheted wardrobe items become part of the fabric of our stories day in and out —and for that reason combined with today’s selection of designs, diving into garment-making using a kit might seem surprisingly attainable!
Keeping It Basic – The Scarves That Actually Get Worn
Scarves are the wearable crochet equivalent of a gateway drug. They are very forgiving, a quick shape and reasonably fast to work up. Search for kits which use thick, chunky yarns and easy stitches — you’ll have a snuggly beanie in one weekend flat vs an entire month! For Crochet Kits, consider www.woolcouturecompany.com/collections/crochet-kits
To keep your hands busy and create a handmade modern piece, many of these scarf kits include the popular techniques you see on Pinterest like moss stitch or corner-to-corner without requiring an advanced skill set to make it look Instagram-worthy. If the kit also gives you instructions on how to add a fringe, even better – it is those little flourishes that take homemade and turn it into handcrafted.
Hat Tricks, Confidence in the Round
Crocheting a hat sounds like it might be intimidating, especially because most hats are worked in the round (so lots of words and arrows!), but good kits will make living past your fear easy! Beanies are a better place to start than with fitted caps – they’re more forgiving if your gauge is a little loose or tight, and everyone can wear at least one slouchy hat.
For a beginner, it is much easier to see your stitches (both correct and incorrect ones) in this weight of yarn. It’s useful as the quick results will give you confidence that what you are doing actually works!
The Cardigan Challenge
Cardigans are like the Everest of crochet kits, but with modern designs they’ve really become shockingly do-able. The secret is to opt for some of those boxier kits – nice and relaxed, not fitted blazers. Constructing a cardigan in rectangles is fabulous, because essentially you are making geometric squares and then seaming them together.
Kits with seaming yarn and clear assembly diagrams. The best cardigan kits recognise the fact that fit is personal and provide suggestions for how to lengthen or widen in a variety of places without completely rewriting their design.
