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...