Crochet: How to Chain Stitch

Series Summary

Centuries ago, working with one’s hands was an honorable way to make a living. People have not lost their connection to such skills. Many arts and crafts that exist today in some ways reflect an attention to craftsmanship and detail that echoes a pre-industrial way of life. Other crafts are practiced by groups of friends who share a common interest. Still, some arts and crafts are favorite hobbies for people who like to work with their hands.

Crochet is the art of weaving with a hook. Usually crochet uses yarn, and the hook can range in size from .75 to 3.5 millimeters. In this free craft video lesson, learn to crochet and discover free tips & techniques on the art of crocheting, including free patterns for doilies and dolls and instructions on how to change thread and complete a chain stitch.

Video Transcript

"Hi! Martha McCue for expertvillage.com. We are going to go over the stitches I have been showing you, but we are going to go very slow. So if you know nothing about it may be you can learn something. Make a slipstitch, a slipknot or whatever you want to call it, that is where you are going to put your needle in. Remember your tension see how it is on the hands, going to make a little chain. With this larger thread I have made a looser chain so you might be able to see it a little better. Now we are going do a single crochet. You go through the stitch like so, you see. You do loop over, drop the thread and voilà you have a single crochet. You go through, loop over, single crochet and one more. Now, I am going to chain so we can show another stitch. Now we are going to do a double crochet. You loop over, you yarn over your needle one time. You go through, pick up your thread, come back through. You have four threads on your needle. You are going to pull through two levels, now you have two, you are going to pull through those two and that is a double crochet. More threads, pull through two, pull through two more. Now I am going to go up and show you a treble, which is one, two, three, four, five. Trebles are nice and long. You are going to yarn over twice for a treble. So now you have five threads on your needle. Pull through two that is one, pull through two that is two, pull through two that is three, that is your treble. In slow motion as slow… as slow as I know how to make it. "