Crochet Patterns

Video Transcript

"A crochet pattern is a lot like a knitting pattern. In that it's going to tell you the materials you need. And the directions on how to follow through to make your project. So for starters, it's going to give you the materials. And the weight of the yarn. It's going to tell you, what size hook you need. It's going to give you the gauge, how many crocheted stitches there are, in an inch. There'll be a glossary. And glossary will be crochet terms. So you have single crochet, half double crochet and chain. I'm just telling you this because these, these abbreviations will be used throughout the pattern. It's going to give you an idea of the pattern stitch, you'll be using. That you'd have to acquaint yourself for. This is called the simple stitch pattern. It's a four row, five row pattern. And then, it's going to start the pattern. It's going to tell you how many chains to put in your foundation chain. It's going to tell you how many rows to work in your pattern. And then, it's going to go to a button hole row. And it's going to tell you how to do the button hole row. Starting out, you'd have a single crochet, in the next 13 spaces. Then you would chain 2. Which would create the button hole. Skip the next two single crochet, chain spaces. And then, single crochet through the end. Then you'll repeat your pattern stitch till your piece measure twelve and a half inches from the foundation chain. Tells you how to fasten off, your last stitch. Then it will show you how to sow the seams. Because this is a purse, it will show you how to crochet the seams shut. Instead of sowing them with a tapestry needle. And you'll continue that, until it's complete. And you'd weave in all your ends. Just like you would for a knit pattern."