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Anatomy of a Crochet HookBy Susan Brittain and Karen Manthey from Crocheting For Dummies

Even though you may think acrochethookis nothing more than a straight stick with a hook on one end, crochet

hooks actually have five distinct and necessary parts. Each part of the hook performs a specific function.

Point: You insert this part of the hook into previously made stitches. It must be sharp enough to slide easily

through the stitches, yet blunt enough so that it doesnt split theyarn or stab your finger.

Throat: The throat does the actual hooking of the yarn and pulls it through a stitch. It must be large enough

to grab the yarn size that youre working with but small enough to prevent the previous loop from sliding off.

Shaft: The shaft holds the loops that youre working with, and its diameter, for the most part, determines the

size of your stitches.

Thumb rest: The thumb rest should be sandwiched between your thumb and middle finger when you hold

the hook, letting you easily rotate the hook while you do each stitch.

Handle: The handle is used for balance or leverage.

Different brands of hooks have slightly different shapes. Take some time to experiment with a couple different brands

of crochet hooks to find the one that youre most comfortable working with.

How to Make a Single CrochetBy Susan Brittain and Karen Manthey from Crocheting For Dummies

Thesinglecrochet (abbreviated sc) is the most fundamental of all stitches. The compact single crochet stitch

creates a tight, dense fabric. You use this stitch over and over again, alone or in combination with other

stitches:

1.Crochet 17chain stitches.

This step makes afoundationchain. You work your first rowof stitches into this foundation chain.

2.Insert the hook from front to back into the secondchain from the hook.

Be sure that you have the right side of the foundation chain facing you and youryarnhand holding the foundation

chain.

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3.With your yarn hand, wrap the yarn from back to front over the hook.

What you've just done is called ayarnover(abbreviated yo).

4.Rotate the throatof the hook toward you with your hook hand, and pull the

hook with the wrapped yarn through the stitch.

You should have two loops on your hook.

5.With your yarn hand, wrap the yarn from back to front over the hook.

You completed another yarn over.

6.Rotate the throat of the hook toward you with your hook hand, and draw the

hook with the wrapped yarn through both loops on the hook.

One single crochet is now complete, and one loop remains on your hook.

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7.To work the next single crochet stitch and continue the row, insert your hook

into the next chain stitch.

This step starts your second row of stitches.

8.RepeatSteps 3 through 6.

You've now completed the second stitch.

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9.Work 1 single crochet stitch (sc) in each chain stitch (ch) across the foundation

chain.

You should have 16 single crochet stitches, or one row of single crochet.

If youre wondering what happens to your 17th chain stitch in single crochet, remember that you worked your first

single crochet into the second chain from the hook. The skipped chain stitch is considered a turningchainthat brings

you up to the level needed to work your first stitch of the new row.

Doing a Double CrochetBy Susan Brittain and Karen Manthey from Crocheting For Dummies

1 of 8 in Series: The Essentials of Double Crochet

The doublecrochet(abbreviateddc) is one of the most common crochet stitchesand is about twice as tall as

asinglecrochet. (You can read about single crochet in How to Make a Single Crochet.) A fabric made of all doublecrochet stitches is fairly solid but not stiff and is great for sweaters, shawls,Afghans, placemats, or any number of

other home decor items. You can also combine the double crochet stitch with other stitches to produce many

interesting patternsand textures.

First things first: Row1

The following steps set you up to work your first double crochet stitch:

1. Make afoundationchain by doing 15 chain stitches (ch 15). (Check outHow to Crochet the Chain

Stitch if you need to.)

2. Chain 3 more stitches for theturningchain. (Get the scoop inHow to Crochet a Turning Chain.)

Now for your first double crochet stitch:

1. Yarnoverthe hook (yo), which you can read about inHow to Yarn Over in Crochet.

Remember to yarn over from back to front.

2. Insert your hook between the 2 front loops and under the back bump loop of the fourth chain from the

hook (see Figure 1a).

Figure 1: Beginning a double crochet stitch.

3. Yarn over the hook.

4. Gently pull the wrapped hook through the center of the chain stitch, carrying the wrapped yarn through

the stitch.

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Now, you should have 3 loops on your hook (refer to Figure 1b).


6. Draw your yarn through the first 2 loops on your hook (see Figure 2a).

Figure 2: Drawing your yarn through the loops.


8. Draw your yarn through the last 2 loops on the hook (refer to Figure 2b).

One double crochet (dc) stitch is complete. You should have one loop remaining on your hook.

To finish your first row of double crochet, work 1 double crochet stitch in each successive chain stitch across thefoundation chain, beginning in the next chain of the foundation chain as Figure 3a shows. You should have 16 double

crochet stitches in Row 1 (counting the turning chain as the first double crochet).

Figure 3: Finishing the first row of double crochet.

Take a look at Figure 3b to see what the end of the first row of double crochet looks like.

Turn around and begin again: Row 2

To work the second row of double crochet, follow these steps:

1. Turnyourwork so that the back side is facing you.

2. Chain 3 (ch 3; for the turning chain).

3. Yarn over the hook (yo).

4. Skipping the first stitch of the row directly below the turning chain, insert your hook in the next stitch

(see Figure 4a).

Figure 4b shows you the wrong place to insert your hook.

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Figure 4: Inserting hook for the first stitch of second row.

5. Repeat Steps 3 through 8 from the previous section in each of the next 14 double crochet (dc) stitches.

Be sure to yarn over before inserting your hook in each stitch.

6. Work 1 double crochet in the top chain of the previous row's turning chain (see Figure 5).

You should have 16 double crochet stitches in Row 2 (counting the turning chain as 1 double crochet).

Figure 5: Insert the hook in the top chain of the turning chain.

Repeat these steps for each additional row of double crochet. Continue until you feel comfortable working this stitch.

Figure 6 shows you how rows of double crochet look as a fabric.

Figure 6: Several rows of double crochet.

Don't work a stitch into the first stitch of the row after the turning chain. Doing so produces an extra stitch, and if you

continue to add a stitch in each row, your design gets wider and wider as it gets longer and longer. Be sure to count

your stitches frequently to make sure that you haven't inadvertently gained (or lost) any stitches along the way.

Sometimes, especially when you're working with bulky yarn or a larger than usual hook, the turning chain on a double

crochet row leaves a gap at the beginning of the row. To get a neater edge, try chaining 2 instead of 3 stitches for the

turning chain.

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How to Decrease Double CrochetBy Susan Brittain and Karen Manthey from Crocheting For Dummies


You candecreaseastitch(abbreviated dec), which is really just subtracting a stitch, in adouble crochet row. You

decrease stitches in double crochet in the same places that you increase stitches at the ends of the row or

somewhere in the middle. Begin your double-crochet decrease by starting the first double crochet like you would for a

normal double crochet stitch:

1. Yarn overthe hook (yo).

2. Insert your hook into the next stitch.

3. Yarn over.

4. Draw the yarn through the stitch.

5. Yarn over.

6. Draw the yarn through the first 2loops on your hook.

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Two loops remain on the hook.

7. Yarn over the hook (yo).

8. Insert your hook into the next stitch.

v.fig.Pct.9

9. Yarn over.

10. Draw the yarn through the stitch.

11. Yarn over.

12. Draw the yarn through the first 2 loops on your hook.

You should have 3 loops remaining on your hook.

13. Yarn over.

14. Draw the yarn through all 3 loops on your hook.

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You've made 1 complete double crochet stitch decrease.

This figure shows the symbol for a double crochet decrease as it appears in crochet stitch diagram.

How to Increase Double Crochet at the Beginning of a RowBy Susan Brittain and Karen Manthey from Crocheting For Dummies


You canincreasedouble-crochetstitches by adding a stitch at the beginning of the double-crochetedrow. Increasing

double crochet with this method creates a smooth, tapered edge to your piece.

Try your hand at adding 1 double crochet stitch at the beginning of a row:

1. Make aswatchof double crochet stitches.

2. Chain 3 (ch 3).

This is the same number of chains required for a double crochetturningchain.

3. Work your next stitch into the first stitch of the row.

This is the stitch directly below the turning chain, the one that you usually skip.

4. Finish the rest of the row as you normally do, working 1 double crochet stitch in each stitch across

the row.

Take a look at the symbol used in pictorial crochet diagrams to represent an increase at the beginning of a row:

How to Make a Double Triple CrochetBy Susan Brittain and Karen Manthey from Crocheting For Dummies

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Thedoubletriplecrochet(abbreviateddtr) creates a loose and holey fabric. Double triple crochet is commonly

used in lacy designs, particularly doilies and other finecotton crochetpatterns.

1.Do 15chainstitches (ch 15).

This step creates afoundationchain.

2.Chain 5 more stitches.

You make these stitches for theturningchain.

3.Yarnoverthe hook (yo) 3 times and insert the hook in the sixth chain from the

hook.

4.Yarn over the hook and gently pull the wrapped hook through the center of the

chain stitch, carryingthe wrapped yarn through the stitch.

Loop:

You should now have 5 loops on your hook.

5.Yarn over the hook and draw your yarn through the first 2 loops on your hook.

4 loops remain on your hook.

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6.Repeatthe preceding step three more times until you have only 1 loop left on

the hook.

One double triple crochet (dtr) stitch is complete.

7.Begin a new double triple crochet stitch in the next chain of your foundation

chain.

This step finishes the row.

8.Work 1 double triple crochet stitch in each successive chain across the

foundation chain.

Make sure that you yarn over 3 times before inserting the hook in each chain. When you finish the row, you should

have 16 double triple crochet stitches in Row 1 (counting the turning chain as 1 double triple crochet).

9.Turnyourwork.

You must turn your work to start Row 2.

10.Chain 5 (ch 5) for the turning chain and yarn over the hook (yo) 3 times.

11.Skipping the first stitch of the row directly below the turning chain, insert your

hook in the next stitch.

12.Repeat the preceding steps in each of the next 14 double triple crochet (dtr)

stitches.

Follow the steps from pulling the wrapped hook through the center of the chain stitch until you have only 1 loop left on

the hook.

13.Work 1 double triple crochet stitch in the top chain of the previous rows

turning chain.

You should have 16 double triple crochet stitches in Row 2 (counting the turning chain as 1 double triple crochet).

Repeat the preceding Row 2 steps for each additional row of double triple crochet. Continue working rows of this

stitch until you feel comfortable with it.

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Thehalfdoublecrochet(abbreviatedhdc) is kind of an oddball stitch. The half double crochet falls in between

asinglecrochetand a double crochet in height, but instead of working off twoloops at a time, you draw

the yarnthrough three loops on the hook. It produces a fairly tight fabric similar to one made with a single

crochet stitch:

1

Do 15chain stitches (ch 15).

This step creates the foundationchain.

2

Chain 2 more stitches.

These stitches create the turningchain.

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3

Yarnoverthe hook (yo) and insert your hook in the third chain from the hook.

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4

Yarn over the hook and gently pull the wrapped hook through the center of the

chain stitch, carryingthe wrapped yarn through the stitch.

You should have 3 loops on your hook.

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5

Yarn over the hook and draw your yarn through all 3 loops on your hook.

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6

Begin in the next chain of the foundation chain.

This step completes a full rowof half double crochet stitches.

7

Work 1 half double crochet stitch in each successive chain across the foundation

chain.

You have 16 half double crochet stitches at the end of Row 1 (counting the turning chain as 1 half double crochet

stitch).

8

Turnyourwork.You need to turn your work to start Row 2.

9

Chain 2 (ch 2) and yarn over the hook (yo).

The two stitches are for the turning chain.

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10

Skipping the first stitch of the row directly below the turning chain, insert your

hook in the next stitch.

Skipping the first stitch maintains a consistent number of stitches per row.

11

Repeatthe preceding steps in each of the next 14 half double crochet (hdc)

stitches.

Follow the steps from pulling the wrapped hook through the center of the chain stitch to drawing yarn through all 3

loops.

12

Work 1 half double crochet in the top chain of the previous rows turning chain.

You should have 16 half double crochet stitches in Row 2 (counting the turning chain as 1 half double crochet).

Repeat the preceding Row 2 steps for each additional row of half double crochet. Continue working rows of half

double crochet until you feel comfortable working this stitch.

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