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Tutorial Series: How to Single Crochet

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Once a foundation chain (How to Crochet Chain) is made, a new crochet project with any crochet stitch pattern can begin. A single crochet stitch pattern is the shortest in length/height and creates a denser fabric compared to double and triple crochet stitch patterns. The video and written instructions below show how to make a single crochet from a foundation chain and all the rows for right handed crocheting.

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Video in slow motion: Single Crochet from a Foundation Chain

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Written Instructions for How to Single Crochet from a Foundation Chain:

  1. Skip the first chain stitch from the loop on the crochet hook.
  2. Insert the crochet hook into the top strand of the second chain stitch
  3. Wrap working yarn counterclockwise around hook (yarn over), catch and pull the loop through the top strand of the second chain stitch
  4. There are two loops on the crochet hook
  5. Wrap working yarn counterclockwise around hook (yarn over), catch and pull loop through the two loops on the crochet hook
  6. Repeat Steps 2 to 5 for the rest of the foundation chain stitches till the slip knot end
  7. Chain one and turn to single crochet the next row
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How to Single Crochet:

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Written Instructions for a Single Crochet:

  1. Skip the first stitch from the loop on the crochet hook
  2. Insert the crochet hook under both the strands of the next stitch
  3. Wrap working yarn counterclockwise around hook (yarn over), catch and pull the loop through both the strands of the next stitch
  4. There are two loops on the crochet hook
  5. Wrap working yarn counterclockwise around hook (yarn over), catch and pull loop through the two loops on the crochet hook
  6. Repeat Steps 2 to 5 till the last stitch in the row
  7. For the last stitch of the row, repeat Steps 2 to 5, chain one and turn
  8. Repeat Steps 1 to 7 with single crochet stitch pattern for all the subsequent rows
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The Long Striped Crochet Scarf Pattern

Posted in May 2024, The Long Striped Crochet Scarf Pattern by
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The Long Striped Crochet Scarf Pattern (images and text for personal use only)

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Materials Needed:
Yarn: K+C Essential Cotton Yarn Colorway Yarn 1 – White Sands and Colorway Yarn 2 – Zion. There are other yarn colorways available at JoAnn.
Tapestry needle to weave in ends
Gauge: 5.5 stitches/inch in crochet moss stitch pattern. The scarf can be modified for any preferred width or length so gauge not really that important. The Long Striped Crochet Scarf is about 6.5 inches wide and 87.5 inches long.
Crochet hook: US size G-6 or 4.0 mm
Skill Level: Beginner – know how to slip stitch crochet, single crochet, chain 1 and chain 2
Abbreviation:
[…]: pattern repeat

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Tutorial Series: How to Crochet Chain

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The slip knot (How to Slip Knot) in crochet is the fist loop of a foundation chain. After the slip knot loop, the first foundation chain stitch can be made. A foundation chain is the basis for the beginning a crochet project. The video and written instructions below show how to make a crochet foundation chain for right handed crocheting.

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How to Crochet Chain: Slip knot and Chain 10

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Written Instructions for How to Crochet Chain:

  1. Make a slip knot (How to Slip Knot) and insert the crochet hook into the loop
  2. Take the crochet hook under and around the working yarn counter clockwise (see image below)

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  3. Wrap the working yarn around the hook

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  4. Catch and pull the wrapped working yarn through the loop on the crochet hook (chain 1)

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  5. Repeat Steps 2 to 4 of pulling the working yarn through the loop on the crochet hook maintaining even tension till the required number for the foundation chain of a crochet project has been reached

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The Brick and Mortar Dishcloth Pattern

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The Brick and Mortar Dishcloth is knit using the mosaic colorwork technique with slip stitches and two different colors of yarn. In mosaic knitting only one color of yarn is needed per row. The mosaic pattern in the Bricks and Mortar Dishcloth is formed with garter slip stitches and by switching the two different colors of yarn back and forth every two rows. The Brick and Mortar Dishcloth is knit flat and measures about 7.5 x 7.5 inches after washing. The dishcloth is finished with a round of crochet moss stitch and a round of slip stitch, chain one border edge with a hanging loop.

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The Brick and Mortar Dishcloth Pattern (text and images for personal use only)

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Tutorial Series: How To Slip Knot

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Cast on for knitting or a foundation chain for crochet all start with a slip knot. The first stitch in knitting is the slip knot. The slip knot in crochet is the loop for the first foundation chain. Therefore, how to make a slip knot is the first step in learning how to knit or crochet. There are many ways to make a slip knot. How to slip knot differs for knitters and crocheters. The video below shows how I make a slip knot to start a crochet foundation chain.

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How to Slip Knot (slow motion):

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Written Instructions for How to Slip Knot:

  • Wrap the yarn around index and middle finger of the left hand going from top to bottom (clockwise)
  • Bring the yarn across and between the two fingers
  • With the right hand, bring the strand of yarn in and through the ring formed by the wrapped yarn
  • Pull and tighten the ring holding the strand of yarn to form the slip knot
  • Insert a crochet hook into the slip knot and tighten it around the hook
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The Patchwork Petal Scarf Pattern

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Although early Spring flowers have appeared and so have the birds, winter has not yet left us. Below freezing temperatures and cold winter air still lingers. Nevertheless, I will make items with Spring weather in mind. The Patchwork Petal Scarf uses cotton yarn more suitable for pleasant weather. It’s made up of eight center out crochet moss stitch squares which are then joined using the zig zag slip stitch crochet join method. Two rounds of crochet moss stitch are used for the border edge of the joined squares. Fringes are added to the Patchwork Petal Scarf.

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The Swirling Hot Pad/Trivet Pattern

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The Swirling Hot Pad/Trivet is knit holding four strands of yarn together. It is a flat circle that is knit in the round moving towards the center from the cast on edge by a series of decreases. It is similar to The Striped Spiral Hotpad/Trivet but differs in where the series of decreases is placed. The cast on edge of the Swirling Hot Pad/Trivet is finished with a slip stitch, chain one crochet border.

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Materials Needed for The Swirling Hot Pad/Trivet:
Yarn:  Patons® Classic Wool Worsted™ in Natural Mix and Heath Heather colorway – 2 strands of each colorway yarn held together
Knitting Needles: US #9 (5.5 mm)16-inch circular needles and US#11 (8 mm) needles for cast on
Crochet Hook: H – 8 (5.0 mm)
Tapestry needle to weave in ends
Knitting skill level: Beginner to Advanced Beginner
Gauge: 3.5 stitches per inch in the garter stitch pattern with US #9 knitting needles after blocking
Size: about 9.5 inches in diameter

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Abbreviations:
K: Knit
P: Purl
BOR: beginning of round
pm: place marker
sm: slip marker
rm: remove marker
K2tog: Knit the two stitches on the left needle together
[…]: stitch pattern repeats

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Tutorial Series: The Knotted K2tog Bind Off

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A decorative bind – off method that I used in The Cozy Season Shrug is the Knotted K2tog bind – off. It gives a nicer looking finished edge for shawls, shrugs etc. that can be added to a garter stitch pattern border.

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The written instructions and video below on how to do the knotted K2tog bind – off is shown for right handed knitting.

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Abbreviations:

  • K: Knit
  • K2tog: Knit the two stitches on the left knitting needle together
  • wyif: with the working yarn in front

The Knotted K2tog Bind Off:

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Knotted K2tog Bind Off: (written intructions)

  1. To begin the bind off row/round: K2, wyif slip the 2 knitted stitches on the right knitting needle back onto the left knitting needle
  2. Wrap the working yarn in front of the 2 stitches on the left knitting needle
  3. Insert the right knitting needle into the wrapped stitches on the left knitting needle and knit those 2 stitches together.
  4. Knit the next stitch on the left knitting needle. There are two stitches on the right knitting needle
  5. Pass the second stitch on the right knitting needle over the first stitch on that needle
  6. K1, wyif slip the 2 knitted stitches on the right knitting needle back onto the left knitting needle
  7. Repeat steps 2 to 5
  8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 till one stitch left in the bind off row/round
  9. Cut and pull working yarn through the last remaining stitch and weave in the end
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The Drapes Well Scarf Pattern

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The Drapes Well Scarf is a rectangular infinity scarf that is knit flat and then joined at the cast on and the bind off edges. The scarf is knit with 2 strands of yarn held together in a combination of the garter stitch and the brioche honeycomb stitch patterns. The brioche honeycomb stitch pattern is a combination of slipped stitches and yarnovers in one row and knit 2 togethers in the next row. The yarn (Lion Brand® Yarn TruBoo) is smooth and silky that drapes well making it ideal to knit this infinity scarf. The 2 strands of yarn held together in the Drapes Well Scarf adds extra warmth around the neck making it an accessory suitable for cold weather.  

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Materials Needed for The Drapes Well Scarf:
Yarn: Lion Brand® Yarn TruBoo in Silver – 2 strands of yarn held together
Knitting Needles: US #8 and US#10 for cast on
Crochet Hook: G-6 (4.0 mm)
Tapestry needle to weave in ends
Knitting skill level: Beginner to advanced beginner – slipped stitches, yarnovers (see tutorial here) and three needle bind off
Gauge: 5 stitches per inch in the brioche honeycomb stitch pattern with US #8 knitting needles after blocking and without stretching
Size: Fits most adults. Length can be increased or reduced to preferred size 

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Abbreviations:
K: Knit
P: Purl
sm: slip marker
pm: place marker
RS: right side
WS: wrong side
YO: yarnover
K2tog: Knit the two stitches on the left needle together
wyif S1: with working yarn in front slip 1 stitch purlwise
S1 wyib: slip 1 stitch purlwise with working yarn in the back
[…]: stitch pattern repeats

The Drapes Well Scarf Pattern (text and images for personal use only):

With 2 strands of yarn held together, cast on 32 stitches with US # 10 knitting needles

With US #8 knitting needles and 2 strands of yarn held together knit the following:

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BLOCK 1 (The Drapes Well Scarf is divided into 8 blocks or sections of pattern repeats):

  • Row 1 (RS): K1, pm, K2, pm, K26, pm, K2, pm, wyif S1
  • Row 2 (WS): K1, sm, K2, sm, knit till marker, sm, K2, sm, wyif S1
  • Row 3 (RS): Repeat Row 2
  • Row 4 (WS): K1, sm, K2, sm, [YO, S1 wyib, K1] repeat […] till marker, sm, K2, sm, wyif S1 
  • Row 5 (RS): K1, sm, K2, sm, [K1, K2tog] repeat […] till marker, sm, K2, sm, wyif S1 
  • Row 6 (WS): K1, sm, K2, sm, K1, [YO, S1 wyib, K1] repeat […] till 1 stitch before marker, K1, sm, K2, sm, wyif S1
  • Row 7 (RS): K1, sm, K2, sm, K2, [K2tog, K1] repeat […] till marker, sm, K2, sm, wyif S1 

Repeat Rows 4 to 7, nine more times
Repeat Row 2, 4 more times ending in RS row

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BLOCK 2:

  • Repeat Rows 4 to 7, ten times
  • Repeat Row 2, 4 more times ending in RS row
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BLOCK 3 to BLOCK 7:

  • Repeat BLOCK 2, five more times (Block repeats can be reduced or increased if preferred)
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BLOCK 8:

  • Repeat Rows 4 to 7, ten more times
  • Repeat Row 2, 2 times ending in RS row
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Three Needle Bind off Joining the Cast on edge:

  1. Bring the Cast on edge with the WS (wrong side) facing out. With another US #8 needle pick up one leg of the V right below the cast on edge stitches. Pick up 32 stitches. 
  2. Insert right needle into the first stitch on the first left knitting needle and then insert it into the first stitch on the second needle.
  3. Knit the two stitches together on the needle
  4. Insert right needle into the second stitch on the first left knitting needle and then insert it into the second stitch on the second needle.
  5. Knit the two stitches together
  6. Pass the first stitch on the right needle over the second stitch to bind off.
  7. Repeat steps 4 to 6 for the three needle bind off. 
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Crochet Border:

  1. Starting on the RS (right side) of the three needle bind off edge, make a slip knot with G-6 (4.0 mm) crochet hook and pull it under the V of the the edge stitch and chain 2.
  2. Insert hook under the V of the next edge stitch and pull the loop through the edge stitch and slip stitch it to loop on the hook, chain  1
  3. Repeat Step 2 around one side edge of the scarf
  4. Slip stitch the last stitch on the hook into the beginning chain 1 stitch 
  5. Repeat Steps 1 and 2 for other side of the scarf

Weave in ends, wash and block the Drapes Well Scarf

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Tutorial Series: Yarn Over (YO) with Knit Stitches

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Yarn over (YO) is another method to increase stitches in rows or rounds. Yarn overs create holes or eyelets in knitted items and are most commonly used in lace stitch patterns. A stitch increase with a yarn over is most often followed by a stitch decrease in the same or the next row or round for most lace stitch patterns in knitting. The written instructions and videos below show how to increase a stitch with a yarn over (YO) on a knit row for right-handed knitting.

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Abbreviations:

  • K: Knit
  • YO: yarn over
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Yarn Over (YO) in slow motion:

Yarn Over (YO) written instructions:

  • Wrap the working yarn from back to front on the right knitting needle
  • Bring the working yarn to the back of the right hand knitting needle
  • Insert right knitting needle into the first stitch on the left knitting needle
  • Knit the first stitch on the left knitting needle to complete the yarn over
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Yarn Over with Knit Stitches:
   The video below shows K1, YO, K2, YO, K2, YO, K2, YO, K2

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