How to Crochet For ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS: Basic crochet stitches

I cut my yarn, this is how my 10 chain

stitches

can be seen very clearly, there is a kind of V stitch here, you don't have to cut it, I'm just cutting it so I can show it later and have more comparison with the others points, okay? I'll start with the single

crochet

, so let's see how to do the single

crochet

. Now the low point is the American terminology. The corresponding British terminology will be double crochet, so let's see how to do this, so here again I'm going to start with a single crochet. slip knotand here I'm going to do 11 chain

stitches

, so do your 11 chain stitches and then I'll see you once you're done with 11 chain stitches, so if you want you can pause the video here and do your 11 chain stitches, like this that this is one, two, three, four, five.

Now if you see, I'm not pinching my crochet hook every stitch because I'm pretty used to it, but if you're a beginner after every stitch you might have to move your thumb, but I'm pretty comfortable with a few stitches before moving my thumb. so I'll do a few more eight nine. I'll just count. I'm starting with eleven chain stitches one two three four five six seven eight nine ten and eleven okay, so here I have my 11 chain stitches now. If you see here, the chain stitch is pretty balanced. Now, as a beginner, you may or may not have a balanced and evenly placed chain stitch.

It's not a big deal, everything will come with practice. Okay, so let's see how to do the chain stitch. single crochet now, if you see here, we have 11 chain stitches for the single crochet. I'm going to skip the first chain stitch and insert my hook into the second chain stitch on the hook. No, you will not count this loop as a point. Okay, you shouldn't count this one, the stitch next to it we're going to skip, so this is the first stitch and this is my second stitch, so I'm going to insert my hook into the second stitch of the hook like this.

I'm going to pick up the working yarn, so I'm going to hook the working yarn and just pull it through the first loop like this, okay, now I have two loops on my hook, I'm going to yarn over, this is how I'm going to go and grab my I'm going to go under the thread and hook it. This is called yarn and I'm going to pass the working yarn through both loops like this, so this is my low point, like this. I'm going to make a full row of single crochets, so I also insert my hook into the next stitch.

Now if you see here, it's like a V, so each chain stitch is like a V. I'm just going to insert my crochet hook and catch just the top thread, so there's a top thread, there's a bottom thread like a v actually a chain stitch is made up of three loops, if you see here, there's a top, there's a bottom and if you flip it over, there's the third stitch that's running. Along this is the back loop, so each chain stitch is done with three loops, but when we do it here, we'll just go between the v and catch just the top loop, so that's what we'll do for your stitches low.

Okay, so I'll start again so that a single crochet has been made. Go to the next chain stitch. Insert the hook into that stitch and then go grab the working yarn and pull the working yarn through just one stitch, just the first stitch. or the first loop, okay, now you have two loops, now you yarn over again, so what is the yarn over, go to the left, go under, hook the working thread and now you pass the working thread through of both loops. Try to keep your hand loose to pull the thread. like this, so this is my next single crochet, like this, again I'm going to go to the next stitch, insert the hook, pull up one loop through just one loop, just this loop, so I'm just going to pull my yarn through from a loop, okay, I got it. two loops to the left and yarn over, so I'm going to go to the left, pass down, I'm just going to hook my yarn here and I'm going to go through both loops to complete my next single crochet like this.

I'm going to make a full row of single strands. crochet, so insert the hook, pick up one loop, you will have two loops, yarn over and go through both now, any point you feel you have made a mistake, you can completely correct it, all you have to do is take out the crochet and pull. pull out the thread so you can see it coming, it comes undone and you can start from where you stopped, so even if you make a mistake you can completely correct it, you just have to pull out the hook and then just make frogs, your job, make frogs no it's nothing. but undoing your work is a kind of crochet terminology that we use quite often, so mistakes can be easily corrected when it comes to crochet, so I will show you once again how to make a single crochet, insert the hook of this way and then pull up. one loop, so yeah, you just have to hook it into the working yarn and pull it through just one loop, you have two loops, pull the yarn over and pull through both, so I'm going to complete this row and since we had started with 11 stitches of chain. and we had skipped one stitch, you will have a total of 10 single crochets, okay, I only have one stitch left here.

I'll do it again with you, so insert the hook, pick up one loop, you have two loops on the hook and yarn over. pull through both loops, okay, that completes a row of single crochets. Now at this point I'm just going to cut your cut my thread now, if you want, you can undo this and start again. Keep practicing, you don't need to cut it. I'm just cutting it because I just want to compare it. Well, next we will start with the half double crochet, so let's see how to make a half double crochet. Now half double crochet is the US terminology.

If you follow the UK terminology, this stitch will be known as your half double crochet, okay, so let's see how to do this, so for the half double crochet I have made a slip knot and I've done 11 chain stitches so if you want you can pause the video and do a slip knot and do 11. chain stitch and meet me and we can start right so like I said I've done eleven chain stitches we'll start with half double crochet now for half double crochet, what we'll do is skip the first two chain stitches, okay, so this is one. these are two, I'm going to skip the first two chain stitches and insert my hook into the third stitch on the hook.

You will never count this as a stitch, this is just one loop, so from hook one, two and three, this is my third. stitch, I insert my hook here now, if you find difficulty in finding the third stitch of the hook, you can count from here and find the third stitch, so since we have made eleven chain stitches, it will be nine, so count from here the ninth stitch chain. Also, if you have a beginner, you can do that too. Well, now we insert a hook to make a half double crochet before inserting a hook. You always have to loop, so the loop is nothing more than going to the left, going under the loop. this is a loop, okay, so you'll hear a loop quite often, so this is a loop.

I'll show you again, so go left, go under the yarn like this, so this is a yarn over, now skip the first two stitches, one two, insert the hook. in the third stitch of the crochet, so I join two and this is my third stitch. I'm going to insert my hook right through the, it's like a V, so just the top loop now what you want to do is pull the working yarn through the first loop. That's there, so yarn over and simply pull the working yarn through the first loop. Okay, now you see that you have three loops on the hook.

Now you have to yarn over again and pull the working yarn through the three loops, so we'll do that. so make the yarn over and pull the working yarn through the three loops, like this, okay, then we'll do it again, so before you start a half double crochet, you should first make the yarn over and then insert the hook in the next stitch so this stitch has already been taken care of this is our next stitch so insert the hook into that stitch and then pick up a loop so just pull the working yarn through this loop you only have three loops on the hook and pass all three now.

If you can't pull it in one go, you can do it one by one like this, going through the first loop, the second loop, and the third loop, this will also work. This is our second half double crochet. We will make another one, so knit the first insert. put the hook in that point and then pick up a loop, you have three loops on the hook, yarn over and go through the three loops, so this is our next half double crochet like this. I'm going to make a full row of half double crochet. so we'll do that one more time, so first you have to yarn over, insert the hook into that stitch and then pick up a loop.

You have three loops. You have to knit the yarn over and go through the three groups. You can do it one by one. or in one go, yarn over and pull it through all three loops, one, two and three, so this is the next half double crochet, so you can repeat this until you reach the end of this round, so this is my next half. double crochet yarn over insert the hook into the stitch pick up a loop yarn over and go through all three loops so I'm going to finish this and then I'm going to cut my yeah okay I'm almost to the end of this I'm going to do that against one one more time with you so yarn over insert the hook into the stitch pick up a loop you have three loops on the hook you yarn over and pull through the three loops here okay so this is my last half double crochet so here we have I completed a full row half double crochet and I'm going to cut my thread so I'm going to make a chain and then I'm going to cut my thread now if you see you should have nine half double crochets and we had skipped two chain stitches.

At the beginning, two chain stitches are actually a half double crochet height. Okay, if you see the strip here, you can count the nine half double crochets, so one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, okay, here we have nine. half double crochet and here we have two chain stitches, so nine plus one together we have a total of ten half double crochets, so chain two here, as I said, is the height of a half double crochet and we will count the chain . two as the first half double crochet, that's how you do your half double crochet now.

If you want to know how to do the next row, I have a detailed tutorial on that, so I have a separate crochet playlist for

basic

stitches. On that, I have made separate videos on all the

basic

s. There I have shown how to make the following row, so if you are interested, you can find the playlist link in the description box or by clicking the i button that appears. you can find that video okay so let's look at the next stitch so the next stitch we're going to do is the double crochet stitch so that's the US terminology and in the UK terminology , double crochet is known as triple crochet stitch. look, for this I did a chain stitch again, so I started with a slip knot and this time I put 12 chain stitches, so if you want you can pause the video here, make a slip knot, make 12 chain stitches and meet me and we can start the next stitch, okay, so like I said here, I've done 12 chain stitches now we're going to start now with the double crochet, what we're going to do is we're going to skip three stitches off the hook, not the stitch, not the loop here, but three stitches from the hook, so this is the first chain stitch, the second chain stitch, the third chain stitch, so we're going to skip three chain stitches and insert our hook into the fourth chain stitch from the hook, like this that this is my fourth chain stitch from the hook where I'll put my first double crochet now in case you're finding it difficult, you can count from here, so, um, the third chain stitch, or you can say this is the fourth stitch , so you can count nine chain stitches from the beginning and find it either way.

It's okay, since you are a beginner, you might be a little confused, so you can find it either way. I'm going to skip three points, one, two, three, this is my fourth point. I'm going to place a double crochet now for a double crochet. crochet we will do exactly the same as we did for a half double crochet, first we have to yarn over, insert the hook into the fourth chain stitch of the hook like this, then pick up a loop, so I'm just pulling the working thread through through the first. loop, you have three loops on your hook, now there is a slight difference between the half double crochet for a double crochet, you make the yarn over and pass the working yarn only through the first two loops, so I'm going to pass my yarn alone through the first. two loops I still have two loops left.

I'm going to yarn over again and pull it through the last two loops like this. Okay, this is my high point like this. I'm going to repeat it until the end of this row. This is my next point. Here I will do a double crochet, so first of all you have to knit the yarn over. Insert the hook into the next stitch. This point has already been resolved. I'm going to insert it here. I'm going to pull up. one loop, I have three loops on my hook, I will yarn over and pull the working yarn through just the first two loops, not the last one, just the first two loops, or I will yarn over and pull through the first two loops , you still have two. remaining loops again, make the yarn over andpull it through the last two loops, so this is my next double crochet.

We'll do it one more time, so yarn over first, so for a half double crochet and a double crochet, you need to yarn over first. hook into the next stitch, pull up a loop again, yarn over and pull through just the first two loops again, yarn over and pull through the last two loops, so this is my next half double crochet, we'll do it one last time. do it with you, so again, yarn over, insert the hook at that point, pick up one loop, you have three loops, yarn over the first two loops, go to the next two, okay, this is how they should be make double crochet stitches. so I'm going to keep repeating until I get to the end okay so if you want you can pause the video or just rewind it watch how the double crochet is done and complete this row now if you remember we skipped the first three stitches.

For this double crochet, the first three stitches here will be counted as a double crochet. I'll explain it in a moment, so in case you make a mistake just like I said, if you make a mistake, just grab your hook and undo this. and you can repeat it, so don't worry if you make a mistake, you can rectify it pretty well when it comes to double crochet, you just have to undo your work and start again, okay, I'm almost towards the end, okay, so here I have the last point left. I'll do it again with you, so yarn over insert the hook into that last stitch.

Raise a loop. You have three loops. The loop pulls the first two loops. Pull the last two. So this is my last double half. crochet, okay, now I'm going to cut my thread here, so I'm going to make a chain, so I'm going to make a chain. It kind of closes or locks the stitch in place, okay, so it's made a double crochet, so we'll have nine double crochets and a chain of three, so this is a chain of three, this chain three is the height of a double crochet, so let's count chain three as a double crochet, so this is one, we should have nine double crochets here , so one two three four five six seven eight nine nine double crochets plus your chain three together makes ten double crochets, that's how you make a crochet double crochet now we'll move on to the last stitch, okay, so the next stitch we'll look at is the treble crochet stitch, so treble crochet is American terminology when it comes to UK terminology, this stitch is known as double treble. crochet stitch okay so we'll start so for this what I did was I made a slip knot and this time I put 13 chain stitches okay so do your 13 chain stitches and then we can start okay so to this here, uh. for your triple crochet we have to skip four chain stitches and work our first stitch in the fifth stitch so skip four stitches one two three four and this is my fifth stitch from the crochet so I have to skip four stitches and I will do my uh triple crochet in the fifth stitch of the hook, okay, so for a triple crochet you have to yarn over twice, not once but twice, so this is one time you make another yarn over, so you have to yarn over twice.

I'll show you. so yarn over twice so that we have made two double crochets insert the hook into the fifth chain stitch of the hook skipping four stitches in the fifth stitch. I'm inserting my hook and I'll pick up a loop like this. just from the first loop now, if you see I have four loops on my hook for a treble crochet, you have to yarn over, pull the working yarn through the first two loops, you have three loops left again, yarn over, pull through the yarn over the next two loops, the yarn over. to the last three loops, sorry, the last two loops, this is my triple crochet, we will do it again, so for a triple crochet you have to crochet twice, one and two, okay, then insert the hook into the next point and then pull up. one loop, you have four loops on your hook, yarn over pull the first two yarn overs, go to the next two yarn overs, pull the last two yarn overs, so this is my next treble crochet like this, I'm just going to complete this row too , so yarn over twice insert the hook into the next stitch and then pick up a loop you have four loops yarn over pull the first two yarn overs pull through the next two yarn overs go through the last two ok so this is my crochet triple This, I'm just going to finish this row by doing a double crochet row, so if you want you can pause the video, come back, watch how to do a double crochet and I'll complete the stitch anyway, I'll finish this, so here I've completed it. a full row of double crochet now, if you come, you have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, nine, double crochet and the chain stitches, so we skip four chain stitches, like this that if you calculate four chain stitches as a double crochet, we will finish again. with a total of ten double crochets, then four chain stitches are the height of a double crochet, this is how you make a double crochet.

Now we'll compare this to the other points, so we'll compare this to the other points. This is what we had done before, we had started with 10 chain stitches, okay, I'll keep it low, so we've started with 10 chain stitches now, if you compare this, this is how the height is going to change, so they make low points. this here are our 10 single crochets, we had skipped one stitch, so in the single crochet itself, the chain that we had skipped will not be treated as a stitch it will just be treated as a turning chain, so here we have 10 single crochet now if you compare it with your half double crochet.

We had skipped two chain stitches and then did the half double crochet, so chain two is the height of a half double crochet, so now it's a little longer than your single crochet if you compare your double crochet. here we had skipped three chain stitches, so three chain stitches is the height of a double crochet and it is still higher than your half double crochet. Now the last stitch here is your triple treble crochet for which we had skipped four chains, so that's four chain stitches. the height of a triple double crochet and this is the longest or highest stitch among all of these, so these are the basic stitches that you will learn and that you should learn if you want to start knitting.

Okay, now let's see what to do once. you learn your basic stitches so most patterns you just need these stitches or like I said you just need a combination of these stitches or a slight modification so I've actually made them in my basic playlist uh that one playlist how to do increases how to do decreases but that all depends on the basics so once you learn this you can go ahead and see what increases what decreases all of that and again like I said you can find the list of reproduction in which I have shown you how to make the second third. rows also of all these points.

Okay, now I just want to talk about patterns you can try after you learn the basic stitches. Patterns you can try once you learn the basic stitches would be very small and simple crochet projects. here is a very simple crochet flower, so this is an

absolute

ly beginner friendly pattern, so you can try a very simple crochet flower. Crochet flowers are a great start to start experimenting with your stitches. This again is a very simple flower made with double crochet and chain. stitch so yeah try them try to see how the basic stitches come together to give a shape and all the other examples would be starting with shapes so this is a granny square now the granny square is the most popular and the evergreen. uh pattern in crochet so you can try a granny square, you can do it in one color or different colors, you can even try to make a circle, so once you learn the circle, you will be able to adapt it into many different projects so that you can make hats , bags, baskets, so all this the basic thing is to start with a circle so you can start with some shapes, very very simple projects because as a beginner you should see some results to motivate you so start with quick projects and very simple. that you can see the results and try other patterns, okay, these are some of my suggestions.

Of the patterns you can try, I will put all these links in the description box, if you are interested, you can check them out. I'll also add a few more videos in a playlist that's more beginner friendly, okay, so if you make something, tag me on my social media. I'll put my Instagram and Facebook links in the description box please. Tag me, I'd love to see your progress, so yeah, that's it for today's video. I hope it was useful and useful. If you liked it, don't forget to hit the like button and if you are new to my channel, please consider it.

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