[Nfb-krafters-korner] need help understanding how to crochet a slit stitch

[Lisamaria Martinez]

Hi Melissa,

It sounds like you need to learn the slip stitch to connect  a chain
or some other row. Or perhaps, to complete a granny square?

A slip stitch is very easy to do. I presume you are somewhat familiar
with crocheting vocabulary so hopefully my explanation will make
sense. This is how I do it with no mention of left or right
handedness:

Let's presume you are connecting the last chain stitch to the first
chain stitch to form a ring.

with one loop on your crochet hook, insert your hook into the first
chain stitch you made essentially forming a ring.

Yarn over.

Draw the yarn through the stitch and the existing loop on your hook.
(Sometimes, I am not successful in doing this part in one smooth
motion and find I draw through the stitch first, and then a second
time through the loop that existed on my hook to begin with.)

You now have one loop on your hook and you just made a slip stitch.

Hurray!

LM


On 11/18/13, Becky Frankeberger <b.butterfly at comcast.net> wrote:
> Slip stitch., Lay the yarn over the crochet hook with the tail towards you.
> Cross the tail and the long peace under your needle. Tuck the tail against
> the needle. Yarn over the needle and draw through the loop. From below pull
> the tail and the long piece wich will tighten that first stitch called a
> slip stitch.
>
> Sorry this sounds generic, not sure I know quite how to explain left handed
> crochet.  So experiment several times until it comes naturally to you. It
> pretty much is a chain one. All you do is tighten that first chain by
> pulling the tail and the long piece together.
>
> Becky
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]
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> Behalf Of melissa tucker
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 12:20 PM
> To: Nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] need help understanding how to crochet a
> slit
> stitch
>
> I know how to do the chain stitch, but not sure how the slipt stitch works,
> or how to do it.  At my beginning stage of this, I'm unable to determine
> the
> difference between the slit stitch and the chain stitch.  Someone tried to
> show me the slit stitch today, but she crochets right handed and I crochet
> left handed.  That's really strange since I'm right handed.  Thanks for any
> input on this.
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