Basic Crochet

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Basic Crochet

• Start by twisting a loop

• Pull the yarn through to make

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Basic Crochet

• a slip knot.

• Place the yarn on your hook and snug up loosely.

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Basic Crochet

• Loop the yarn over your pinky and point your
  pinky up.

• Turn your palm away and bring the yarn to the
  back of your hand.

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Basic Crochet

• Pinch the yarn tail between your thumb and middle
  finger.

• Hold the hook in your working hand.

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Basic Crochet

• Move hook under yarn and wrap it around the hook

• And pull the yarn through, creating a series of
  loops, your foundation chain.

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Basic Crochet

• You now have a foundation chain. We will begin to
  work single crochet stitches (sc)

• Insert hook into the 2nd chain (ch) from hook.

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• Yarn over by wrapping the yarn around the hook

• And pull up a loop. There will now be 2 loops on
  your hook.

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Basic Crochet

• Yarn over (yo),

• Pull through both loops.

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• Continue by working into each chain in the same
  way.

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• To work half-double crochet (hdc), yo before
  inserting hook into 3rd ch from hook

• Yo and pull through all three loops on hook

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• For double crochet (dc), yo, insert hook into ch,

• Yo, pull through 2 loops on hook

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• Then yo and pull through last 2 loops.

• Dc completed!

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• For treble (tr), yo twice before inserting hook
  into ch,

• You now have 4 loops on hook,

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• Yo and work loops off in pairs,

• Until you have worked them all off. Treble
  completed!

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