Returning to Single Stitches: Crocheting Beanies

Video Transcript

"Hi my name is Alissa with Expert Village and today I'm going to show you how to crochet a Beanie. Now that we've been working with a double crochet, we've been putting two stitches per stitch in order to make a nice curve for your Beanie. Now if you'll notice, our circle has started to ripple a little bit and that's a good indication that you have enough stitches going around that you can start going back to just one stitch per hole. So we're going to keep with our double crochet which is putting the hook through the stitch, in front of the yarn, behind the yarn, and pulling it through. Pull the yarn through just the first loop, and then both loops. And now instead of doing a second stitch in the same hole, we're going to go ahead and move on to our next hole. And just crochet like normal. So continue on doing just one double crochet per stitch all the way around. And you'll notice the ripple effect in the circle will become less and less as you keep just one stitch per hole throughout your Beanie. And then, eventually after we've done several stitches of just putting one stitch per hole. We'll start subtracting stitches once you get closer to the bottom of your Beanie. But for now continue on stitching one stitch per hole with your double crochet and in the next clip I'll show you how to do a single crochet. I'll show you the double crochet one more time. Put your hook through the stitch, in front of the yarn, behind the yarn, and pull it through. Pull the yarn through the first hook and then both. So continue on stitching one stitch per hole and in the next clip I'll show you a triple crochet."