Creative Knitting – August 2019

Passtheyarnoverthehook.Insert

thehookthroughthetoptwoloops

ofastitch(Diagram1).Passthe

yarnoverthehookanddrawupa

loopsothatyouhavethreeloops

onthehook(Diagram2).Pass

theyarnoverthehookanddrawit

throughthefirsttwoloopsonthe

hook,passtheyarnoverthehook

anddrawthroughtheremaining

twoloops.Continueinthesame

way,insertingthehookintoeach

stitch(Diagram3).

Passtheyarnoverthehook.

Insertthehookthroughthetop

twoloopsofastitch(Diagram

1).Passtheyarnoverthehook

anddrawupaloopsothatthere

arethreeloopsonthehook

(Diagram2).Drawthrough

allthreeloopsonthehook

(Diagram3).

Makeaslipknotonyourhook.

Passtheyarnoverthehookand

catchitwiththehookanddraw

itthroughthelooponthehook.

Repeat,drawingyarnthrough

thelastloopformed.

Withdouble-pointedneedles,caston

thedesirednumberofstitches.*Without

turningtheneedle,slidethestitchesto

theotherendoftheneedle,pulltheyarn

aroundthebackandknitthestitches

asusual.Repeatfrom*untilyourwork

measuresthedesiredlength

Adroppedstitchcanbepickedupusingacrochethookanddon’tbeput

offbystitchesthathaveunraveledseveralrowsdownintothework.To

pickupknitstitches,insertthecrochethookintothedroppedstitch,draw

throughthebarlyingabovethedroppedstitchandpullitthroughtheloop

ofthedroppedstitch.

Diagram 1

TREBLECROCHET
(TR)(USDOUBLE
CROCHETDC)

Diagram 1

Diagram 1

Diagram 2

Diagram 3

Diagram 2

Diagram 3

SLIPSTITCH

CROCHET(SLST)

I-CORD

HALFTREBLECROCHET(HTR)

(USHALFDOUBLECROCHETHDC)

DOUBLECROCHET

(DC)(USSINGLE

CROCHETSC)

CROCHETCHAIN

PICKINGUPDROPPEDSTITCHES

Insertyourhookintothestitch.Yarnover

thehookanddrawtheloopthroughthe

stitchandloopontothehook.

Insert the hook through the top

two loops of a stitch. Pass the

yarn over the hook and draw up

a loop so that you have two

loops on the hook (Diagram 1).

Pass the yarn over the hook and

draw through both loops on the

hook (Diagram 2). Continue in

the same way, inserting the hook

into each stitch (Diagram 3).

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