Crochet help

[schmoomom]

I'm looking online and cannot for the life of me figure out how to do it...

I can make the starting chain no problem...but how do I create the next line of crochet? I see the "put the hook through the starting chain" thing, but I seem to not be able to do it right, and it all ends up look like a big knot.

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[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

There are videos here: http://www.anniesattic.com/crochet/content.html

I wish I could explain it easily, but I only learned to do it this summer and I'm not sure I have the vocabulary to make it clear. What stitch are you trying to do?

[wyvernfriend.livejournal.com]

You have to skip a few stitches (this depends on whether you're doing a double or threble stitch next aka 1 or 2, you either go in through one or two loops (usually 2 but there are always exceptions)

[mollydot.livejournal.com]

The first instruction I found that I was able to follow were in a Vogue knitting book. Basic Crochet, or something like that.

*scribles in paint for a bit*


For single crochet, you want to go into the second chain from the hook, not counting the one on the hook. Orient your chain so the threads look something like my diagram. Try to just look at the top and ignore what's happening underneath.

The thread towards the bottom of the diagram is the front loop, and the one towards the top is the back loop. For now, you want to push the hook under both of them. There's variations where you just go under the front or the back, or alternate. I haven't done any of that yet.


It is easier to orient the crochet once the first row is done.