How to Hold a Hook and Yarn

There are plenty of different ways to hold a crochet hook and yarn, but most of the time, crocheters fall into either of two groups: the pencil grippers and the knife grippers. Hold the hook in your right hand and yarn in the other if you're right-handed. If you're left-handed, switch sides.

How to hold a crochet hook

There are two ways to hold a crochet hook. Do what’s comfiest for you:

1. Pencil Grip

2. Knife Grip

• It doesn’t exist a wrong way to hold your hook. You can do it as you want!
• Sometimes, you can feel pain in the hands after crocheting for a while, which is not unusual. The pain, in general, is because you are holding your hook in the wrong position or holding it too tight, which is normal. The first time we do something, we are stressed because we want to do it right, and that, mixed with the frustration of failure at the beginning, is commonly expressed in a complex and tight grip. My advice is to take it slow and practice.

How to hold yarn

The simplest way to hold your yarn when crocheting is to place the strand between two fingers, such as between your index and middle fingers.

Wrap the yarn around your ring finger to use the Ring & Index Finger Method. Then insert and slightly lift your index (the pointing) finger.