Crochet Basics: Learning the Single Stitch
Learning how to make the single crochet stitch might seem frustrating for beginners at first. Where does the hook go? Which way do I wrap that yarn? Just remember that after you master the technique of single crochet, it's easy as pie from there. Follow this step-by-step single crochet tutorial to learn this essential stitch and start your crochet journey! It is the most basic of all basic stitches, yet you'll be able to use this single stitch to create such a lot of various things.
Now that we’ve covered the equipment you’ll need, learned all about yarn, and the general rules of reading a pattern it’s time to start to learn basic crochet stitches. All stitch patterns are a combination of the basic stitches which include single crochet, double crochet, half double crochet, and treble (triple) crochet stitches. And we will cover them all later on. It is how you combine this stitches which determines the way the stitch pattern works up.
Once you've got your foundation chain crocheted (if you’ve missed that lesson, you may find it here: https://lifehack.craftorator.com/79-crochet-basics-making-a-foundation-chain.html) you can now build upon it with other stitches.
Besides the chain stitch, the single crochet is probably the most basic and easiest stitch to learn! Believe it or not, if all you learned was the single crochet, you would still be able to create hundreds of different patterns and projects. Pretty cool, right?
Before we get started, I suggest you to take a light-colored medium weight yarn and a 5 to 6mm crochet hook (check the yarn label for the suggested hook size). The lighter color is so you’re able to see and count your stitches. And if you are ready, let’s dive in!
Create a slip knot and chain 15.
Make sure you don’t work into the loop which is on the hook, and you don’t work into the very first chain stitch.
Place the yarn over the hook and draw it through the stitch.
You will now have 2 loops on your hook.
Step 5
Insert the hook into the next stitch and yarn over, pull the yarn through the stitch, yarn over and then pull through both loops on the hook. This is the second single crochet. Continue single crocheting in each chain until you reach the end of the row.
Don’t forget to go back and count your stitches. This is very important especially when you’re first starting out. You should have 14 stitches total. This is because you placed your first stitch in the second chain from your hook. Continue to do this process across the row or as many times as the pattern calls for.
very helpful 👍
very helpful 👍
Thank you, dear Sandra! Glad it was helpful 🌹