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How To Crochet ~ The Double Crochet Stitch

Dec 132011

To make the double crochet stitch, wrap the yarn around your hook. Skip the first 3 chains, remembering that the loop ON the hook does not count as a stitch. Insert the hook in the center of the 4th chain stitch. Wrap the yarn and pull it back through the chain stitch. You now have 3 loops on your hook.

Wrap the yarn around the hook and pull it through the first 2 loops. Then wrap the yarn once more and pull it through the remaining 2 loops. Continue working down the chain, working every chain stitch.

When you reach the end, chain 3 and turn your work. Wrap the yarn around your hook, insert your hook in the next stitch under both of the top loops. Wrap the yarn around the hook again, pull through the stitch. You now have 3 loops on the hook. Wrap the yarn around the hook and pull it through the first 2 loops. Then wrap the yarn once more and pull it through the remaining 2 loops. Continue working the pattern until your piece is the desired length.

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How To Crochet ~ Single Crochet Stitch

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Dec 132011

To form the single crochet stitch, insert your hook through the center of the second chain from the hook. Remember the loop ON the hook does not count as a stitch. Wrap the yarn around the hook and pull it back through the chain. Wrap the yarn around again and pull it through all the loops on the hook.

When you have reached the end of your first row, chain 1 and turn your work. Insert your hook under both loops of the first stitch, wrap the yarn and pull through the stitch. Wrap the yarn again and pull through all the remaining loops. Continue working this way until your piece is as long as you like.

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How To Crochet ~ The Chain Stitch

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Dec 132011

To start your crochet chain, start with a slip knot around the hook. Wrap the yarn around the hook once and pull it back through the slip knot. That new loop is your first chain, the slip knot does not count as a stitch! Continue wrapping the yarn once and pulling through the loop on the hook until your chain is the length you need.