📚 What you’ll learn
How to turn your crochet piece at the end of a row and understand what “turn” means in patterns.
🎥 Watch
📋 Instructions
At the end of a row, flip your work over like turning a page in a book. Right-handed crocheters work from right to left; left-handed crocheters work from left to right. It doesn’t matter which way you flip — clockwise or counterclockwise — as long as you do it the same way every time.
🔑 Key tips
- There are two sides to your work: a “right” side and a “wrong” side. To tell which side is the “right” or “wrong” side, look for your yarn tail.
- For right-handed crocheters, the “right” side of your work will have the tail on the left and the “wrong” side will have the tail on the right.
- For left-handed crocheters, the “right” side of your work will have the tail on the right and the “wrong” side will have the tail on the left.
🏋️ Practice
- Hold a short length of yarn or a small chain in both hands.
- Practice “turning” it by flipping it over like a book and transferring the ends from one hand to the other.
- Repeat several times using the same turning direction.
- Notice how consistency — not direction — is what keeps your rows aligned as you learn to crochet.
🎯 Goal to Aim For
You can turn your work consistently, maintain even edges, and understand how turning relates to right- and wrong-side rows.