Cotton is smooth and chunky. Cotton yarn can be fashioned into activewear, loungewear and easy-breezy thrown-on pieces Raffia is ripe to crochet to your heart’s content.

End off, leaving about 6 inches of yarn, then curl the chain into a flower shape with the single crochet end in the top center and the longer stitches on the bottom.

Crocheting uses a single crochet hook that varies in size, Kifer said. Sewickley Yarns sells these tools, including items to complement the craft such as patterns and buttons.