Learning Double Crochet

I am going to share a very easy scarf pattern with everybody but we first need to learn and practise the Double Crochet. I would read through the instructions first before you begin your lesson and make your piece in double crochet.

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For this project, you need:

Yarn
Recommended Hook
Tapestry needle
Scissors

Ch 30 for starters.

The yarn I am using in 100% cotton called  Billow Blue by Peaches n Creme.

Now, the double crochet or the dc as it is abbreviated is three times the height  of the single crochet. And, personally, when I am crocheting DC, I keep my stitches on the loose side. So, play around with it and decide what you are comfy with.

Don't Be Afraid to EXPERIMENT!!! Use a smaller hook or a larger one. Are their guidelines in Crocheting? Yes, there are. But, you decide what you want to use and how you want to do it.

Remember also that the littlest or biggest details YOU add to what I have on my blog means that YOU are creating your own pieces. Now, just how COOL is that??

I love that aspect of all!!! And I really hope that you do to and get creative!!

Ok, so first you are going to yo (yarn over) and insert your hook into the 4th chain from front to back.

YO again and draw the loop through the first 2 loops that are on your hook.

First of all, I apologize for my crude instructions in my pictures!

The two loops that have the black mark on them are both from the yarn that is connected to your yarn source, the ball of yarn or skein that you are using.  The two loops that are marked with red are the loop that is on your hook and the loop from the 4th chain.  You have probably already figured this out, but I use my thumb and middle finger to hold onto the stitch I am working on.



So, now pull the loop numbered 1 through the loop numbered 3. I hold the stitch I am working on between my thumb and my middle finger. Now you have 3 loops on your hook just like in the next picture.

 YO again and pull that loop through the first 2 loops on your hook.

You should have this:

YO again and pull that loop through both loops.
Congratulations!!!  You have just made a double crochet!! Outstanding!!!




Now make 29 more of those puppies!! Now, in case you were wondering, the next dc you do on this row is into the very next stitch on your chain. Inserting into the 4th chain at the beginning is to gain the height this stitch needs.



 And take your time, it isn't a race. You'll need to practise! I have to practise, anyone who crochets has to practise. I find that if I don't crochet daily, my fingers need an adjustment period. Believe me, I have had to back track and pull out lots and lots of stitches and redo them. I have a good friend from Germany, she has been knitting fantastic socks for years and she tells me the same thing. Her fingers do not want to cooperate if she hasn't knitted in a while.

When you get to the end of your first row, I want you to turn your work. Remember, like turning the page of a book.  Now, I want you to crochet a dc in that last stitch of that previous row. In other words, I want you to crochet a dc on top of that previous one. I want you to insert your hook from front to back under both loops of the V. Once you complete your DC stitch, it is more than likely going to seem small, but don't worry about that. Once you work your way back across that row, it will straighten out.

Here is my second row started so you can see that your first DC on your second row will look short. But, it will straighten out as you keep going with the rows. 

Please, let me apologize for the lighting but Smudge decided to monopolize my window space and I don't have the heart to make him move!! How co-dependent am I, LOL

Here is Smudge being a window piggy, LOL

 


I really like this stitch, I think it works up so pretty!!!

I am currently working on my piece, I am going to load up this lesson as is and come back to post my progress picture.


 OK, I am back with my piece so far. I want you to see how the stitch straightens out as you continue to crochet the dc. 

How are you doing?

Email me:

Landon_Eason@yahoo.com

eason.landon.clary@gmail.com

Both will reach me. Send my pictures of your crochet pieces, I would love to see them!!

Ok, back to our project. Crochet as many rows as you want to to get comfortable with this stitch. Remember to fasten off your work and weave in the yarn tails.


Next Project will be the SCARF that uses this new stitch we have just learned, the double crochet.

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