Learning to Crochet Part 2 - Double Crochet, Treble Crochet and the Slip Stitch

Welcome back! In case you missed the first tutorial on learning to crochet, you should check it out. You need to learn those steps before you can move onto this tutorial. You can find it here: http://begangstress.blogspot.com/2014/06/learning-to-crochet-part-1-chaining-and.html

You will need the same materials as last time:

• Yarn
• Crochet hook
• Comfortable place to sit

Pretty much every project starts with a chain as the base. Each of these stitches I'm about to teach you is a variation of the SC stitch you learned in the last tutorial. Are you ready?

The first one I'm going to teach you is the Double Crochet. You will see this abbreviated as DC in most patterns. Go ahead and CH 10 for this tutorial. Before you put your hook through the first CH pull your yarn over your hook and then slide it through the CH next to your hook.





Yarn over again and pull through the first loop only.Yarn over again and pull through the first two loops only (you should have 2 loops left) Yarn over one last time and pull through the last two loops leaving you with one loop on the hook. Repeat this for the next 9 stitches. Ta-Da! You've learned the Double Crochet!

This next stitch is called the Treble Crochet and you will see it abbreviated as TC in most patterns.  Starting fresh, CH 10 again.  Like we did with the DC above we're going yarn over the hook before putting it into the first CH except we're going to wrap around twice instead of just once. Make sure you wrap going up away from the original hook on your chain, otherwise you'll run into a Clusterf*** on your hook. Yarn over and pull through just the top loop.

Yarn over again and pull through the top two loops leaving 3 remaining on your hook. Yarn over again and pull through just the top two hooks again leaving 2 remaining on your hook.  Yarn over one last time and pull through the last two loops leaving one left on the hook. Repeat this for the next 9 stitches. And now you know the Treble Crochet.

The Slip Stitch, which is usually abbreviated Sl St, is usually used to finish up a row or to finish up a project. We're just going to practice this stitch, I don't think I've ever encountered a pattern that required an entire row of Sl St's. Go ahead and CH 10, just like with the SC, put the hook into the first CH without pulling the yarn over first. Yarn over and pull through both loops on your hook leaving you with one brand new loop. Simple right? Continue for the next 9 stitches.

I was going to continue with the half-stitches, but I think you've already done a lot of learning with this tutorial and I don't want to overwhelm you. Join me next time to learn all the half-stitches. In the meantime, keep practicing those stitches and I would love to see your completed projects. Send pictures of them to me at BeeBeeandJack@gmail.com. Can't wait to see!