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

BASIC TECHNIQUES

1

After making a chain length, wrap yarn round

hook and insert hook into 4th chain from

hook. Yarn round hook again and gently pull the

yarn through the chain loop, so you have three

loops on the hook.

3

Work yarn round hook again and gently pull

the yarn through the remaining two loops

on the hook to finish the stitch.

2

Work the yarn round hook movement again

and then gently pull the yarn through just

the first two loops on the hook. You now have

two loops on the hook.

4

Your first treble crochet stitch is finished

and you can see how it sits neatly next to

the 3-chain turning chain.

If you’re left-handed, follow these steps to master the treble crochet stitch...

LEFT-HAND

Being able to count your stitches is vital and

helps you to make sure that you’re following

a pattern correctly. It’s a good idea to count

your stitches at the end of every row,

especially after the first row of stitches

worked into your foundation chain.

To count tall stitches such as treble

crochet, it’s usually easiest to look at the tall

Check that you have the right

number of crochet stitches

HOW TO COUNT

STITCHES

‘stem’ of the stitches (see above), rather than

the v-shaped top of the stitch. If you made 24

chains (21 chains plus 3 turning chains), you

should now have 22 treble stitches.

GET COUNTING

After working the

foundation row of stitches

into the foundation chain

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