Free beginner patterns for crochet, knitting, embroidery & mending

Your first project, all four crafts, one friendly place. Hand-picked free patterns, sorted by craft and skill.

Beginner Guides

Never picked up a hook or needles? Our step-by-step guides take you from supplies to a finished first project.

Tools, your first stitches and a finished cotton dishcloth.

Cast on, knit and bind off a garter-stitch scarf.