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def: Stitch ; A mode of arranging the threads in sewing, knitting or crocheting

CROCHET

How to crochet, crochet lessons and tutorials, for crochet stitches and flowers too

Crocheted fabric is begun by placing a slip-knot loop on the hook, pulling another loop through the first loop,
and repeating this process to create a chain of a suitable length.
The chain is either turned and worked in rows, or joined to the beginning of the row with a slip stitch and
worked in rounds.
Rounds can also be created by working many stitches into a single loop.
Stitches are made by pulling one or more loops through each loop of the chain.
At any one time at the end of a stitch, there is only one loop left on the hook.
Tunisian crochet, however, draws all of the loops for an entire row onto a long hook before
working them off one at a time.

Materials

Steel crochet hooks range from 3.5 to 0.4 millimeters in the size of the hook, or from 00 to 16 in American sizing.
These hooks are used for fine crochet work.

Aluminum or plastic crochet hooks are available from 2.5 to 19 millimeters in hook size,
or from B to S in American sizing.

There are also many artisan-made hooks, most of hand-turned wood, sometimes decorated with
semi-precious stones or beads.

Crochet hooks used for Tunisian crochet are elongated and have a stopper at the end of the handle,
while double-ended crochet hooks have a hook on both ends of the handle.
There is also a double hooked apparatus called a Cro-hook that has become popular.

How to crochet  Click for animated crochet instructions

In Crochet stitches in symbols and illustrations, crochet lessons 1
    Crochet stitches in symbols and illustrations, crochet lessons 2
you will find the most common crochet symbols.  To print or save.

ach stitch in a charted crochet pattern is represented by its symbol.

little back information about crochet.
In contrast to knitting, crochet (in French hook) is a method of working interlocking loops of thread into a
chain by means of a slender rod hooked at one end. The work is begun by crocheting a single chain of loops,
each new loop being formed by catching the yarn and drawing it through the previous loop.
The chain is made to the planned width of the finished piece, the yarn is turned at the end of the chain,
and a second chain is crocheted, each new stitch being looped through a stitch in the previous row.
Various stitches are possible, and a variety of textures and patterns can be created.
Descriptive stitch names are chain, single, double, treble, filet mesh, ribbed afghan, pineapple, popcorn, and slipper.

How to ;  hairpin lace   netzgabel              hairpin lace Stitch Diva

Hairpin lace or hairpin crochet is a textile-making technique using a crochet hook and a hairpin loom:
a small handheld loom with two parallel metal prongs joined by wooden end pieces (historically,
a metal U-shaped hairpin was used).

Yarn is wrapped around the prongs to form loop, and a strip of lace created by crocheting into the middle
of the loops. The strip can be made long or short by means of a disconnecting bottom bar to slip the loops
off one end as the strip is worked toward the top.

The resulting long strand can be crocheted together with other strands to create an airy and lightweight fabric.
Hairpin lace is a type of crocheted fabric formed by using a crochet hook and a hairpin, which consists of two
parallel metal rods held at the top and the bottom by removable bars. Historically, a metal U-shaped hairpin
was used, from which the name originates.

Hairpin lace is formed by wrapping yarn around the prongs of the hairpin to form loops, which are held together
by a row of crochet stitched worked in the center, called the spine. The resulting piece of lace can be worked to
any length desired by removing the bottom bar of the hairpin and slipping the loops off the end.
The strips produced by this process can be joined together to create an airy and lightweight fabric.

Learn to ; crochet stitches

Finishing crochet stitch

Finishing plays an important role in the crochet works final appearance.
Seams must be sewn with care, edges must be smoothed out or trimmed with nice edgings or cords,
and the crochet work should be blocked.

Most crochet work needs to be blocked, steamed, or otherwise smoothed out once the work is complete.
But it would be senseless to lose the structure in doing so. Therefore blocking must be done with extreme care.
Place the crochet work face down on an ironing board or other flat surface.
If it is to be of a particular size, if it has shrunk together, or if the edges are very uneven, block it out with pins.
Cover with a damp cloth (one that has not been starched) such as a tea towel.
Carefully guide a warm iron across the towel so that steam penetrates the crochet work.
Remove the iron and pressing cloth and pat the steam down into the crochet work with your hands.
Use only light pressure on the iron to prevent the structure from becoming flat and dull.
If the crochet work has areas of high relief, as in Irish crochet or a popcorn stitch pattern, it should be blocked
out right-side up, sprayed with water, and allowed to air dry.
If the yarn is not overly delicate, you may wet the crochet work first and then block it out.

After creating a chain, use a slip stitch to join the two ends of the row

knot stitch

Border with single crochets

How to ; crochet crab stitch

Is used as a decorative texture or edging. It consists of working single crochet stitches
in the ‘wrong’ direction (from left to right for right handed knitters).

Crab Stitch or Shrimp stitch (or Reversed Single Crochet)

How to ; crochet flowers

Learn to ; join flowers crochet joining flowers and squares

how to crochet flowers tutorial and for tons of flower patterns go to flower patterns page

Crochet flowers tutorial

  How to join flowers

Joining crochet flowers while you are crocheting

Vintage crochet patterns DMC

When crocheting flowers you have to crochet in rounds, not in spirals.

Ending the round is mostly done with a slipstitch,
beginning the next round and the next stitch is not so complicated as it look likes.
I have made the last stitch red.

6 singles crochets round, blue crosses,
1 chain st. = first stitch = counted as 1 single crochet
5 single crochets
close round with slip stitch

6 double crochets round, 
3 chain st. = first DC = counted as 1 double crochet
5 double crochets
close round with slip stitch

3 chain st. + 2 DC = join them together to finish
the stitch = the first puff stitch
5 chain st.,
1 puff stitch and so on
close round with slip stitch

round 2;
groups of 8 Double Crochets
3 chain st. = first DC
another 6 DC = first unfinished group
3 chain st., group of 8 DC and so on
ending with
3 chain st., 1 DC and 1 slipstitch
finishing the first group

Congratulations

1 double crochet = equal to 3 chain stitches. 
1 treble crochet  = equal to 4 chain stitches. and so on.

I have made many tutorials and explanations about crochet stitches and how to crochet.
If you think I have forgotten something, mail me, and I will make the crochet lesson for you.

      join flowers together to create a garment

How to ; crochet leaves

   leave pattern chart

Increasing (inc) With sc, dc, etc, work the same st twice and inc by 1 st.
Decreasing (dec) Dec can be done by working 2 sts together.

Steel crochet hooks range from 3.5 to 0.75 millimeters in the size of the hook, or from 00 to 14 in American sizing.
 These hooks are used for fine crochet work.

Aluminum or plastic crochet hooks are available from 2.5 to 19 millimeters in hook size, or from B to S in
American sizing. Some of the more popular crochet hooks are made by Boye and Susan Bates.

There are many artisan-made hooks, too, most hand-turned of wood, sometimes decorated with semi-precious
stones or beads.

Crochet hooks used for Tunisian crochet are elongated and have a stopper at the end of the handle,
while double-ended crochet hooks have a hook on both ends of the handle.
There is also a double hooked apparatus called a Cro-hook that has become more popular.

How to crochet picots

  How to ; crochet vertical buttonholes

horizontal buttenholes

crochet with beads

Other how to's           all kind of tips

Tunisian crochet, also known as Afghan crochet,
uses an elongated hook with a stopper on the handle end, called an afghan hook.
In Afghan crochet, each row is worked in two halves: the first half is worked from right to left and the second half
from left to right. Work is never turned. You always stay at the front of your work.

After the starting chain is completed, the first row is worked by inserting the hook in the chain, pulling a loop from
the free end of the yarn, and inserting the hook in the next chain without working the loop off the hook.
At the end of the row, you will have as many loops on the hook as there are stitches across.
In the second half of the row, you will work the loops off the hook.

This type of crochet creates a dense fabric with a definite front and back side.
Used often for baby blankets and baby garment.

Tunisian Crochet, Shepherd's Knitting, Railroad Knitting, Tricot Crochet, Hook Knitting

afghan crochet how to             all Tunisian crochet stitches

Tapestry
Historically, a hand-woven textile or cloth weave, commonly figured, and used as a wall hanging, curtain, carpet,
or furniture covering. The term tapestry has also been used to identify any pictorial weaving.
Since the 18th century, the technical definition of tapestry has been narrowed to include only heavy, reversible,
patterned or figured hand-woven textiles. In crochet we mean crocheting with 2 or more different colors.

  the tapestry crochet stitch  One or more threads are carried between the stitches

Learn to crochet stitches

Fantastic ! on this website all crochet stitches in video movies 

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Tension swatch or gauge, crochet a square larger than 10 x 10 cms.
Measure a square of 10 x 10 cms, in your tension swatch. Count the amount of stitches and rows, and
that is your gauge. Without this your garment will not fit.
It would be the same as building a house without a building plan. You need this figures.