Learn to Single Crochet and Make Fabric

Single Crochet (sc) - Really Making Fabric

First Row: You should know how to make a slip knot and a chain. To make a sc you must first make a foundation of chains to create the stitch. Begin by making a chain of 11 sts.

Wrap the working yarn through your fingers, while pinching the chain between your thumb and middle finger of your left hand.

Holding your hook in your right hand, insert the hook in the 2nd ch from the hook. (You skip the first ch by the hook, this gives you room to begin your first sc.)

YO hook and draw loop though ch.

You should now have 2 loops on your hook.

YO hook again and draw yarn through both loops on your hook. You have just completed your first sc.

* To begin your second sc, insert your hook through the next ch. YO and pull the yarn through.

YO once again and draw yarn through both loops on hook. Repeat from * across row. You should end the first row with 10 sc. Once you have completed all 10 sc, ch 1 at the end of the row.

Turn your work around so the loop is now on the right side-not the left to begin the next row.

Next Row: Do not skip the first sc this time. You made a ch at the end of the row that gives you room to begin the next row, this st is called the turning ch. Insert your hook into the first sc and make 10 sc across the row working through both loops of the sc on the previous row. Be sure to always ch 1 at the end of the row and always count your stitches to make sure you are not skipping or adding any.

Work a few more rows to practice. Your piece should look like the one below.

Decreasing and Increasing With Single Crochet

To decrease in single crochet (dec sc) - Draw up a loop in the first st indicated as if to sc. Leave both loops on hook.

Insert hook in next st as if to sc and pull up another loop. You will have 3 loops on your hook.

YO your hook and draw through all 3 loops at once.

To increase in single crochet (inc sc) - Insert your hook into the stitch indicated and complete a sc. Insert hook back into the same st and make another sc. You have just added another st to your row.