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Welcome to "Learn to Crochet"! In this comprehensive series of tutorials, I will walk you through the wonderful art of crocheting, perfect for anyone looking to learn this versatile craft.
NOTE: this video is in US terms.
Whether you're a complete novice or have some basic knowledge, this video is designed to equip you with essential crochet techniques and tips to get you started on your creative journey. Follow along as I take you step-by-step through starting off, forming a chain, doing single crochet and finishing off your crochet.
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Hi and welcome to the Learn to Crochet series part 1. This is going to be all
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about the single crochet. This video is entirely in US terms so if you want the
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UK terms please click on the link on the screen or in the description below. In
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this video I'll show you everything you need to know including how to finish it
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off at the end. So you're going to need some yarn and a crochet hook. Don't worry
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what sort of crochet hook you've got. If you've got access to one have a go with that one but if you're going to buy some I recommend the ergonomic ones with the
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nice handles. It makes crocheting so much more pleasurable especially if you're going to sit there for hours and of course you'll need some scissors. If
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you do decide to buy ergonomic crochet hooks you can just get a set of them
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very cheaply on Amazon like I've bought here and then you've got various
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different sizes and you can tackle lots of different projects but as I say if you've got access to a hook don't rush out use the one you've got have a go and
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make sure it's for you first. So let's get started. You're just going to need
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your hook and your yarn and we need to make a slip knot and that's the very
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start in fact it's the start of any knitting or crocheting. So make a loop
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around your fingers and then from the long end of your yarn from the ball make
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a little loop and poke it through the large loop and then pull it through and
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then take the short end and pull that so the very end of your yarn you're pulling
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and you ended up with that nice loop and put it onto your hook and there you go
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and now you've got your loop that you're starting with. Make sure your length that
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you've got off there is at least a few inches long because you're going to need it to weave in at the end which I will show you I promise. So now you need to
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take hold of your yarn. Now there are lots of different ways you can wrap it
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around your fingers and I am no expert I'm just going to show you how I do it
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I wrap it purely around that first finger and I know a lot of people use
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their small finger and keep that one free but that's how I do it. So
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long as your yarn is taut that's all that matters and then you're going to
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hook and through the loop. So put your hook through that yarn, hook it on and
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pull it through the loop that's on the hook and this is forming a chain which
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is how you start your crocheting with a whole row of chain. So you need to keep
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that yarn so there's some tension in it and then you twist the hook so that it
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catches onto that yarn and then pulls it through the loop that you've got on the
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hook and you'll see I'm developing a rhythm and once you're able to do this
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you'll just keep going and I keep moving my fingers up the chain so that it's
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nice and easy to hold and then if you stop and have a look you should have a
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nice chain like that and they should all be a very similar size and if they're
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not pull it back and have another go. When you look on the back you're going
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to have all those ridges so the front is covered in V's and the back is
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covered in ridges so you can tell which is the front and the back of your chain
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then it's time to start the exciting bit of your single crochet and what we'll do
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is work our way back down that chain. So the little chain that the actual loop
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through that's on your hook we don't use that one we're going to go straight to
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the next one and you're going to push the hook through and then hook your
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yarn again like you were doing before and pull it through that one loop that's
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on your hook and now you'll still have two on there hook it again and pull it
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through both loops this time so let's do it again go through the next chain stitch
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hook the yarn pull it through one loop hook it again pull it through both
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loops through the next stitch hook the yarn pull it through one loop hook it
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pull it through both stitches through the next stitch hook the yarn pull it
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through one loop hook it pull it through them both and you'll see you're forming
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that first row of single crochet and you just keep going all the way to the
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start now how many stitches you're doing depends on what you're crocheting if
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you're just doing a sample like me and having to go 10 is not a bad number but
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it's absolutely unimportant and if you find in this a bit of a struggle don't
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be put off the first row into that row of chain stitch is the absolute hardest
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you will ever do it gets easier and easier and easier it's always a little
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bit tricky going into your chain especially if you've got your chain a little bit tight so if you want to just put it all back and go again and make
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your chain a little bit bigger I've left this here so you can sit and work
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alongside me and you can keep seeing that stitch over and over that single
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crochet because I'm going to work all the way along back to where I started a
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little tip when you first start is to count your stitches so if you know
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you've got 10 on there count those 10 as you work your way along because then you
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won't start finding it's getting shorter or longer and you don't really know why
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it'll make sure you work in every stitch so when we get back to the beginning
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we've produced a nice little row like that and it's looking good and then we
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need to turn and go back the other way so you simply turn the work and then do
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one chain stitch just to give you the height to then start your single crochet
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so look for that first stitch push your hook through the stitch hook the yarn
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and pull it back through hook the yarn again take it through both loops so when
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I say go through the stitch you're going under those two loops along the top
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you'll see that there are two loops and you're going under them both and then
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hook the yarn through hook it again pull it through both loops so you're doing
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exactly the same stitch as you were going the other way the only difference
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is that instead of struggling with those chain stitches at the start you're
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now going straight through that stitch under both of those loops on the top of
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that last stitch and it's a lot easier and you'll find hopefully you're
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starting to get into a rhythm and working your way along so if you're
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enjoying this video and finding it helpful please do give me a thumbs up
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below so it spreads to more people and this is part one of a series so if this
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is the only one on YouTube so far bear with me the rest are coming but I am
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building up a library of all the basics for crochet so you should be able to
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develop your skills and start making some items so I've got all the way back
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to the beginning and you can see it's the same length on each row you would
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turn and then go back the other way in exactly the same way so you do one chain
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and then do a row of single crochet and just keep going but what I'm going to do
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is say okay I'm done I've had enough I'm going to finish off here so that I can
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show you how you finish off make sure you leave plenty of yarn for your
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weaving in so a few inches pull your hook so that it opens the loop up a
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little bit feed that free end of yarn through that loop and then pull the loop
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tight and that's a little knot that will just hold it you don't want anything
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coming undone now here's a sample piece I've made that's a little bit bigger so
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you can see how it builds up with that single crochet it's actually a really
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tight stitch that gives you a really solid piece of work you can see it's the
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same width all the way and I've got a nice tidy end and it's complete so what
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we'll do now is finish off completely because obviously we don't want those threads hanging off it forever and we will weave the ends in so all you're
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going to need is a needle that your yarn will fit through the eye of I'm going to
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use a metal needle because I have one and I prefer it used to call them bodkins
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I don't know if they still do but you'll find lots of people now have these plastic ones very very cheap to buy and they work perfectly well so if you've
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got one of those or you've got one in a kit use that so take your yarn and
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thread it through the eye of your needle when you look at your single crochet you
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will see at the bottom of each row stitching there are lots of little loops
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so I'm just going to go down through the crochet in to those loops it's just a
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bit tidier than running the thread where it's visible and then we're going
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to go through those pairs of loops so at the bottom of each stitch there are two
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loops and you're going through it and then you're going to go through the next
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two and then the next two and then the next two and I recommend going along
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four stitches so it's like through eight little loops there are no hard and fast
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you do what you want but I find that works for me and then just pull the work
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so that you haven't pulled the thread too tight you don't want to know it's there afterwards and then you're going to go back the other way but you're
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going to go over a loop first so it doesn't just unravel and come back and
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like you haven't achieved anything so make sure you go over one loop and then
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back under all the others back to the edge of your work and then when you pull
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that out it's nice and secure so then just pull your work so it's not too
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tight we don't want it drawn up at all and then cut the end and do the same
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with the other one so now you're off and running and ready to work so please do
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move on follow on with this series develop your crocheting and practice
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thank you for watching and enjoy crocheting
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