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Chain stitch (ch)
Working into a chain
Working in rows
(^1) This is what the start of any
crochet project looks like – a slipknot
on a hook.
(^2) To begin making your fi rst chain, fi rst
wrap the yarn around the hook (yrh).
(^3) Pull the hook towards the fi rst loop
on the hook – always be sure to move
the crochet hook and not the yarn to
make your stitches – this will catch the
yrh in the head of the hook.
(^4) Continue to move the hook until you
pull your yrh through the fi rst loop on
the hook – you’ve made your fi rst
chain stitch!
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Once you’ve made the required length of
chain, you should be left with something
looking like this. This is your foundation
row, into which Row 1 is worked.
Once you reach the end of a row, it’s
time to work back along the other way.
To do this you need to turn the work. This
example shows a treble once again, so
we’ve made a three chain turning chain.
The starting chain instructions often include
the turning chain in them already. This
example shows a treble crochet, so the stitch
is worked into the 4th chain from the hook to
create the height needed for the fi rst stitch.
Then simply turn the work before continuing
to work the next row. This produces what is
known as a right side (RS) and wrong side
(WS) to the crochet fabric – something you’ll
come to recognise in no time at all.
This is what the fi rst treble stitch into a
chain looks like – you will then continue to
make the next stitch in the next chain all
along to the end to create your fi rst row.
Different stitches have different size turning
chains; double crochet is one chain (which
is often not counted as a stitch); half treble
is two chains; treble is three chains and
double treble is four chains.
Turning chains