How to Single Crochet

Use our easy to follow step-by-step guide to make a single crochet stitch, the foundation of most crochet projects.

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Yield: single crochet

Author: Debbie Chapman

Cost: $1

Begin with a foundation to add your stitches into.
We made a slip knot and chains here, but you can also create a magic circle.
Hold the working yarn in your non-dominant hand and use your thumb and middle finger to hold the chains close to the hook.
Insert your hook into the second chain from the hook. (If you work into the one immediately next to the hook, your chain will come undone.)
Wrap the working yarn around your hook, going counter-clockwise around the hook.
This is called a "yarn over".
Guide the top part of the hook back through the same stitch.
Pull the top of the hook (and the working yarn) all the way through, creating a second loop on the hook.
Yarn over again. (Wrap the working yarn around your hook in a clockwise direction.)
Pull the hook (with the working yarn) through both loops on the hook.
This will leave you with a new loop on the hook.
This loop will be the starting point of your next stitch.
Your single crochet stitch is complete!

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