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Single crochet
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Instructions and Illustrations
Working Row 1
Step 1: Skip first chain stitch from hook. Insert hook in the second chain stitch through the center of the V and under the back bump; with third finger of your left hand, bring yarn over the hook from back to front, and hook the yarn. |
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| Draw yarn through the chain stitch and well up onto the working area of the hook. You now have two loops on the hook. |
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| Step 2: Again bring yarn over the hook from back to front, hook it and draw it through both loops on the hook. |
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| One loop will remain on the hook, and you have made one single crochet. |
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Step 3: Insert hook in next chain stitch as before, hook the yarn and draw it through the chain stitch; hook the yarn again and draw it through both loops: You have made another single crochet.
Repeat Step 3 in each remaining chain stitch, taking care to work in the last chain stitch, but not in the slip knot. You have completed one row of single crochet. The figure below shows how to count the stitches.
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Hint: As you work, be careful not to twist the chain; keep all the V’s facing you.
Working Row 2
To work the second row of single crochet, you need to turn the work in the direction of the arrow (counterclockwise), as shown in the figure below, so you can work back across the first row. |
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| Do not remove the hook from the loop as you do this. |
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Now you need to bring the yarn up to the correct height to work the first stitch. So, to raise the yarn, chain one (this is called a turning chain).
This row, and all the following rows of single crochet, will be worked into a previous row of single crochet, not into the beginning chain as you did before. Remember that when you worked into the starting chain, you inserted the hook through the center of the V and under the bump. This is only done when working into a starting chain.
To work into a previous row of crochet, insert the hook under both loops of the previous stitch, as shown in the figure below, instead of through the center of the V.
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| The first single crochet of the row is worked in the last stitch of the previous row, not into the turning chain. Work a single crochet into each single crochet to the end, taking care to work in each stitch, especially the last stitch, which is easy to miss. |
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| Stop now and count your stitches; you should still have five single crochets on the row. |
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| Hint: When you want to pause to count stitches, check your work, have a snack or chat on the phone, you can remove your hook from the work—but do this at the end of a row, not in the middle. To remove the hook, pull straight up on the hook to make a long loop. Then withdraw the hook and put it on a table or other safe place (sofas and chairs have a habit of eating crochet hooks). Put work in a safe place so loop is not pulled out. To begin work again, just insert the hook in the big loop (don’t twist the loop), and pull on the yarn from the skein to tighten the loop. |
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To end row two, after the last single crochet, turn the work counterclockwise.
Here is the way instructions for row two might be written in a pattern:
Note: To save space, a number of abbreviations are used. For a list of abbreviations used in patterns.
Row 2: Ch 1, sc in each sc, turn.
Working Row 3
Row 3 is worked exactly as you worked row 2. Here are the instructions as they would be given in a pattern:
Row 3: Rep row 2.
Hint: Try to keep your stitches as smooth and even as possible; remember to work loosely rather than tightly and to make each stitch well up on the working area of the hook. Be sure to turn at the end of each row and to check carefully to be sure you’ve worked into the last stitch of each row.
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