Beginner's Guide to Crochet - UK (2019-10)

BASIC TECHNIQUES

O

nce you’ve got started, the

subsequent rows of double

crochet are just as easy as the first

row. All you need to do is turn your fabric,

work the turning chain (see below right for

more) and then work a stitch into the top of

each stitch on the row below.

This is just as easy as working stitches

into chains. The only extra technique you

need to know is turning chains (see below

right for info). In double crochet rows, you

don’t count the turning chain (t-ch) as a

stitch and you don’t work a double crochet

stitch into the top of the turning chain of the

previous row. Have a practice and you’ll

soon get the hang of it.

The more rows you work, the larger your

piece of double crochet fabric. At the end of

each row, count your stitches (this is the

‘stitch count’) to check that you haven’t

made too many or missed any stitches.

DOUBLE

CROCHET ROWS

Create more rows of double crochet to make fabric

RIGHT-HAND

3

Work a double crochet stitch into the top of

each stitch across the row. To finish, work

into the last double crochet stitch.

4

Make sure you do not work a stitch into the

top of the turning chain of the previous row.

Repeat Steps 1-3 until you have the number of

rows you need.

1

Turn and work one chain (this is the turning

chain, see below right). Insert hook under

the v-shaped top of the first stitch from the

previous row. Make sure the hook passes under

both loops, as shown above.

2

Work a double crochet stitch in the same

way as before (yrh, pull yarn through the

stitch, yrh, pull through two loops on hook). The

first stitch will be complete.

If you’re right-handed, follow these steps for perfect rows of double crochet...