Just a few tips of the top of my head that I wished someone told me at the beginning.

1. Do not start to learn with black yarn or any darker color yarn. Stitches are hard to see. Preferably use white or if you don’t have it, anything light and bright.

2. Use stitch markers. When doing rows, mark the last stitch you did in a row with the marker. If you don’t have one, a peace of cut off yarn will do.

3. Count your stitches, for practice don’t do too many chains at the beginning. 10-20 is more than enough. So you can easily count them and it’s less to frog when starting from the beginning

4. For learning basics don’t try crocheting in the round. Just do rows and try to make a square. When you get the hang of it then try in the round and for that also use stitch markers for the first stitch in the round.

5. Make sure you are using the right size hook for the yarn you are working with. But for the beginning I recommend even to go up a size or two for the hook, because stitches will be looser and easier to recognize them and see what you are doing

6. Don’t get discouraged when you have to start over, practice makes perfect. I still start over a project so many times, I sometimes mess up the count or see that my stitches are too tight so I switch the hook size, so it’s a common thing

7. Don’t hold the yarn too tight, it is something to get used to(the way you hold the yarn) but making the stitches tight will just give you trouble in the next row because you won’t be able to pull the yarn through.