Hint: Always leave the hook in your work as you turn.īut some patterns don’t tell you to ch 1, turn, at the end of the row. Just be sure to turn it the same way each time you turn. We show turning the work to the right, but you can turn it to the left if you prefer. Here is how to turn the work: (see Figure 4). You need to work the chain 1 to get your yarn high enough to begin the next row. Look at your pattern: at the end of the row it may say ch 1, turn.” That means it is time to turn the work so you can make another row of stitches. Remember that first chain you skipped at the start of the row? When working in single crochet, you never work in that chain. Don’t confuse this with an instruction to do something. These are all ways to show the number of stitches you should have. Most patterns tell you how many stitches you should have, and there are several ways of doing this.
Hint: Count the stitches at the end of every row. You should have 14 single crochet stitches. Count your stitches carefully, but do not count the loop (abbreviated lp) on the hook, or the slip knot, which is now at the end of the row. Why do you need to skip the first chain? Well, try to work a single crochet in it and you’ll find out! Now work the single crochet in the 2nd ch from the hook, and in each of the remaining (abbreviated rem) 13 chains. That means that you look at your chain, count the first chain away from the hook, which you will skip, then work a single crochet in the 2nd chain away from the hook. Now you have 15 chains and the pattern says to “sc in 2nd ch from hook and in eachĬh across”. The loop on the hook is never counted as a stitch. Count these chains very carefully, and do not count the slip knot as a stitch. These both mean the same thing: Make a slip knot on your hook (remember that the patterns never tell you to do that), then make 15 chain stitches and be sure to make them loosely. Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across. Row 1: Ch 15 sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across. The number of chains you need may be stated before the first row, or in the first row, depending on the pattern writer. So with the slip knot now on your hook, you will make a foundation chain of a specified length, which the pattern will state. Here is how to make a slip knot ( See Figure 1 & 2). Does the pattern tell you this? No - it just assumes you know that! Whatever way the pattern is to be worked, the very first thing you must do is make a slip knot on your hook. A pattern may be worked in rows (that is, back and forth to form a flat piece such as an afghan) or in rounds (worked around to form a tube with no seams, such as a hat). With the abbreviations terms at hand, let’s look at a typical pattern.
A complete list of crochet abbreviations and terms and their meaning can be found at: Getting Started
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