How to Do Crochet Stitches
Crochet is a procedure in which fabric is produced by using thread or yarn and a hook. Crochet is similar to knitting as the two procedures include drawing loops of yarn through other loops. The only disparity is that just one loop is active at one time and a crochet hook is used rather than needles. Crochet has been around for centuries and numerous patterns are made through trial over the years. Today crochet is used to create articles of clothing, blankets, scarves, decoration in the home and even bikinis. Unlike knitting stitches, crochet is only produced manually.
Crochet is very easy to learn and there are many variations other than the central procedures. These stitches are constructed on sequence of loops known as chains. The stitches can be worked alone or together to form designs. The main stitches in crochet are:
1. Chain – series of loops
2. Single crochet
3. Half-double crochet
4. Double crochet
5. Treble
6. Double treble
7. Triple treble
8. Slip stitch
HOW TO CROCHET
Materials:
Crochet hook
Crochet yarn
Steps:
1. Clutch the crochet hook between your index finger and your thumb like you are grasping a pencil.
2. Then form a crochet chain. To do this, make a slip- knot around the hook. Wrap the yarn around the hook and pull it through the loop you formed in the knot. The yarn is now wrapped around the hook.
3. Pull another loop through that loop and repeat until you have created several loops and is able to hold the yarn reasonably firm, i.e., not too tight and not too loose.
4. Next you are going to single crotchet. To do this, hold the chain and insert the hook into the second chain from the hook.
5. Bring the yarn over the hook like you did when you were making the chain and draw it through the chain that you inserted the hook into. You should have two loops on your hook.
6. Bring the yarn around the hook and pull it through the two loops on the hook to create the single crochet.
7. To create the next stitch, insert the hook again, this time into the next chain on the row of chains and replicate the exact procedures at #5 and #6.
8. Repeat until you reach the end of the row where you should now create a chain in order to start row 2. This chain is called the turning chain.
9. Turn your work so that the row you just finished is in front of you. Insert the hook beneath the two top loops closest to it.
10. Yarn over and pull the loop through to produce two loops on the hook.
11. Wrap the yarn over the hook and pull through again. Repeat until you have completed the row and repeat until you are able advance to various kinds of stitches.