[Nfb-krafters-korner] how to make a single crochet

[Melissa Green]

I would have to start with beginning crocheting.
Like making a chain stitch.
Smile!

Have a blessed day.

Melissa Green
"Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your 
grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cathy" <flowersandherbs at gmail.com>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 3:35 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] how to make a single crochet


> Hi all,
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> I think I could teach a class in how to make a variety of crochet 
> stitches.
> Let Joyce know if you might be interested in learning more about crochet.
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> To get you started, here is how to make a single crochet.
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> How to Make a Single Crochet Stitch
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> Let's assume that we have made as many chain stitches as needed and we are
> ready to single crochet.
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> With the hook on the last loop of your chain, lay the working yarn across
> the chain loop facing you so they are together(left to right), (do not 
> wrap
> the working yarn.) be certain that the hook end of your hook is facing 
> away
> from you and toward the just created chain. Also be certain that the hook
> end of the hook is facing upward, not sideways or downward, so that you do
> not lose your loop.
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> Skip the first chain stitch.  Then, Insert hook in the second chain.
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> Now you have two loops on the hook, your loop at the end of your chain and
> the loop you have just placed on the hook.
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> The next step is usually referred to as "Yarn over hook. What this means 
> is
> that now you need to lay your working yarn between the hook of the hook 
> and
> the two other loops already on the hook. Do not wrap the yarn around, lay 
> it
> from left to right flat across your hook.
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> Be certain that the hook on your hook is facing upward, not to the side or
> downward.
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> Next you will use one hand to pull the hook toward you, while feeling with
> the other hand to guide your hook, as you
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> Allow the hook of the hook to pull the yarn you have just laid over the 
> hook
> to come through the loop closest to it. this works easiest if you pick up
> the loop gently with the fingers that are guiding the hook, to ensure that
> the working yarn pulls through easily. (be certain not to pull the yarn
> through both loops on your hook, only the closest one to the working yarn.
> If you have completed this step successfully, you will once again have two
> loops on your hook.
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> Next Yarn over hook. (Lay the working yarn between the hook of the hook 
> and
> the two loops.) lay it left to right without wrapping it.
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> Finally, with the hook of your hook facing upward, Pull yarn through both
> loops on the hook
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> Again, guide this process with your other hand, gently picking up the 
> loops
> with your fingers to help the yarn come through.
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> (one single crochet made).
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> Note, this is not the way sighted folks do it, it is the way that works 
> for
> me however. It is slow, but it works.
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> If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
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> Cathy
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