Crochet what is sc

Slide the hook under both loops on the top of the chain. Some patterns have you work through only one of the loops, which creates a different look—you can see samples at the end of this tutorial. When in doubt, go through both loops. With the crochet hook in place, prepare to draw up a loop. Wrap the yarn over your crochet hook, and grab it with the hook.

When you've practiced these steps to the point that they are automatic, you might find that you get to the point when there isn't a gap between the first and the second steps. Your hook will grab the yarn just as soon as you insert it into the stitch.

Pull or "draw" the hook and working yarn through the loops. You should now have two stitches or "loops" on your hook. Wrap the yarn around your crochet hook again, and hook the yarn.

Draw the hook and yarn through both of the loops on the hook. This completes the single crochet stitch. One loop remains on your crochet hook. This loop is the starting point for your next stitch. I like to use worsted medium weight yarn for most of my tutorials. You can find this yarn just about anywhere in person Walmart, Target, Michaels, your local store and online on Amazon.

You will also need a 5. The single crochet stitch creates a closed stitch design which is perfect for all types of projects such as blankets the single crochet chevron blanket is my favorite!

Below you will find a few pointers on what type of yarn is best to use with the single crochet. The denseness of a single crochet fabric will depend on the type of fiber that is used. For example, if you use a bamboo yarn with the single crochet stitch, you will get a finished piece with a beautiful drape which is great for a sweater or shawl.

If you are in the market for a new set of crochet hooks, I highly suggest getting yourself a Clover Hook set. Read over the tutorial once or twice, then begin to work up the single crochet stitch. I suggest that people that are just beginning to learn crochet go over this tutorial a few times until you get the hang of it. Remember: you are not perfect, so it may not look exactly like my picture at first, but keep trying. You will eventually get the hang of the single crochet stitch … faster than you might think.

Make a slip knot to attach yarn to hook. Yarn over YO and pull yarn back through the loop, repeating until you have chained 9 together that is the number I did for this tutorial then turn your work so that we will start working back the other way.

Insert hook into next chain and repeat steps until you reach the end of the row always inserting hook into next chain after a single crochet is completed. Remember, if you would like to make more rows, you need to always chain 1 at the end of each row and turn your work before starting a new row of single crochets.

I promise you will be crocheting up projects in no time at all. 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. You should have 14 single crochet stitches. Hint: Count the stitches at the end of every row. Most patterns tell you how many stitches you should have, and there are several ways of doing this.

These are all ways to show the number of stitches you should have. Remember that first chain you skipped at the start of the row? When working in single crochet, you never work in that chain.

It is gone forever! Now you have worked Row 1. Look at your pattern: at the end of the row it may say ch 1, turn. You need to work the chain 1 to get your yarn high enough to begin the next row. Here is how to turn the work: see Figure 4. We show turning the work to the right, but you can turn it to the left if you prefer. Just be sure to turn it the same way each time you turn.

They put that in the instructions for the next row,. Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each rem ch; ch 1, turn. Row 2: Sc in each sc across. Row 2: Ch 1, turn; sc in each sc across.

Just do it the way the pattern tells you to. When working Row 3 and all following rows in single crochet, never count the turning ch-1 as a stitch. It just disappears, like the skipped stitch when you worked the foundation chain.

Now they count as a stitch. Yarn over again and draw through both loops. In both instances, you will bring the yarn over the hook from back to front. Repeat step 3 in each remaining chain, taking care to work in the last chain, but not in the slip knot.

Remember, as you work, to be careful not to twist the chain; keep all the Vs facing you. You have completed one row of single crochet and should now have five stitches in the row see illustration Do not remove the crochet hook from the loop as you do this see illustration 22b.

Now you need to bring the yarn up to the correct height to work the first stitch. So, to raise the yarn, chain 1 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 crochet hook through the center of the V and under the bar.