The Stitches and Knots
How to tie a slip knot
A slip knot is the knot that attaches the yarn to the crochet hook. To tie a slip knot, first loop your yarn. Tuck the tail in and pull the newly formed gap out. Tighten around the hook.How to single crochet
The single crochet is one of the basic crochet stitches. Insert your crochet hook into the desired stitch. Yarn over, pull your hook into then next loop on the hook. Do the same but into two stitches. Repeat from step 3 until only one loop remains. Double crochet is the same but before inserting your hook into the stitch, you yarn over.
How to blanket stitch
This stitch is an easy way to make a blanket. You first chain the desired length. Chain three extra stitches. Double crochet twice into the stitch closest to the hook. Then skip two stitches. Single crochet once and double crochet twice into the third stitch from the hook. Repeat until you are three stitches away from the end. At that point, single crochet into the last stitch. Repeat from the second step for the desired amount of rows (in this case, two).
Terminology and Notes
Yarn over -- Wrap yarn around the crochet hook.
In this project, I used double double yarn.
The Pattern
Do a blanket stitch (two turns). Then, chain the same number of stitches you put in for the blanket stitch. Next, double crochet into the other end of the blanket stitch. Tie off. Finally, tie a slip knot at the middle of the chain, but loosen it instead of tightening it.
ImagesThis is a double crochet (Row 1):
This is the crochet hook:
This is the end product:
This is one part of the blanket stitch:
Conclusion
I hope you try out this Crochet Pattern. It is an easy project for beginners - the first project I have ever done! You only need to know single crochet, double crochet, the chain stitch and how to tie a slip knot!
*This article was supposed to be posted PDT 6:30 pm (EST 9:30 pm) on August 5, 2022. I got very busy and forgot to post. Thank you for your patience.
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