[Nfb-krafters-korner] crochet help?

[Zimmer, Cindy]

Lovette, 
What you are making now is called a chain stitch.  Generally every project you make starts with a chain.  Your pattern will tell you how many chain stitches you need to make.  It is abbreviated like this:  Ch  

Your pattern might say  Ch 28  So you would do 28 of them.  Usually the number you chain determines the width of the project.  One would have to chain more stitches if making a baby blanket than if you made a scarf or belt.  If you were making an afghan you would have to chain even more.  The chain stitch is the foundation of most projects.

Cindy Z.

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great questions. The loops or chains should hang down and as you practice they should be the same tension. There is always one loop on for chaining. As you get into the different knots....there are different number of loops.
Theresa

On Jul 14, 2011, at 2:07 PM, Lovette Yewchan wrote:

> What should it look like when I get it? Do the stitches hang down from the hook or stay on the hook? How many loops should be on the hook at once?
> Not sure if I get it sometimes or not.
> Lovette
> At 09:21 AM 7/14/2011, you wrote:
>> Lovette,
>> 
>> What I tend to see when people are learning to crochet is they put too much "Motion" into what they are doing.  It is more of a wrist action.  You rotate your wrist quickly when you are using the crochet hook.  When the hook is up (meaning the slit of the crochet hook is up) the yarn is not able to fall out of the hook.  Make sure you are doing a flip of the wrist rotating the hook up so the yarn will not fall off the hook.
>> 
>> Cindy Z.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lovette Yewchan
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 10:42 PM
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>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] crochet help?
>> 
>> I am trying to teach myself to crochet. I get the slip knot but how
>> do you then pull the yarn through for another stitch?
>> I just don't quite get the motion needed here and hope someone can
>> use words to describe it.
>> Thanks.
>> Lovette
>> 
>> 
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