Starting A Crochet Chain

How to Start a Crochet Chain 1 Twist your yarn so it overlaps the other and makes a loop- the loop will be on top of the yarn that is still attached to the ball. Then add 4 additional chains.

Turning Chains

The long end of the yarn is wrapped around our middle ring or pinkie on the left hand as well.

Starting a crochet chain. Use the hook to draw that loop of yarn back through the first. CROCHET CHAIN STEP-BY-STEP Wrap the yarn around your hand crossing it over your open palm. The solution to this problem is to bring the ends together while the chain is still short.

Start by making a chain of 15 1 then crochet a stacked single crochet in the height of a double crochet so 2 single crochets on top in the second chain from the hook. It can be frustrating to join a long chain in the round without twisting it. 6 does not go evenly into 70 you now need to modify the number of stitches in your starting chain to make the stitch pattern multiple for your chosen stitch pattern work.

Twist the yarn right over the left then take the continuous thread to the back of the loop and insert the hook under the yarn. Now from the second stitch on crochet normal double crochet stitches. With your dominant hand hold the yarn with your thumb and index finger.

The first way is when the turning chains count as a stitch the second is when they dont. 66 2 68. There are two main ways to start a row of crochet that apply to all except for the single crochet.

Insert your hook into the first chain the one right next to your slip knot yarn over and pull through the chain and the loop on your hook. Start by chaining enough stitches to make a comfortable loop in my case with worsted weight yarn this was about 20. To start a crochet chain we make a slip knot see above.

Crochet four chains as you would for a standard foundation chain. Use your thumb and middle finger to hold the dangling tail in place as you wrap the yarn around the crochet hook from back to front. How to make a crochet chain.

This slip stitch closes the loop so you can begin to crochet in the round. To begin we will hold the slip knot between our thumb and pointer in our left hand. Anatomy of a Beginning Chain in Crochet The beginning chain has three loops.

At this point it looks more like a blob of yarn than a circle. Preparing to Crochet a Starting Chain. Draw the yarn through the loop forming a loop on the hook.

The back ridge loop is the loop in the middle of the stitch on the back side of the chain. Now turn your chain so your hook is at the far right of the row to allow you to work from right to left if you are a lefty it is opposite. Crochet the number of chains that corresponds to the number of stitches you want as your width.

Top loop bottom loop and back ridge loop. How To Crochet A Chain Step 1 is to learn how to create a slip knot. In single crochet the turning chain never counts as a stitch.

Chain a multiple of 6 2 chains. This is called a yarn over and creates a second loop of yarn around the hook. The top loop and bottom loop form a V shape on the front side of the chain.

Joining long starting chains in the round. Its weird to write out the instructions but hopefully the images will clarify the description. Chains start off with a slip knot.

Insert the hook under the first strand and over the second strand. Pull the second under the first to create a loop. Create a backwards D with the yarn and insert two fingers from the opposite hand.

It is really quite simple to do you can either add extra stitches or take stitches away 6 x 11 66.

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