Double double crochet. Single crochet. Loin mesh with empty and filled cells, made in double crochets
The purpose of this article is not to help too much experienced craftswomen Acquire basic knowledge of crochet in a short time. For those who are quite good at crocheting, a quick acquaintance with the description of the basic techniques may help them make some changes to their own models. Below in the article you will find basic crochet techniques.
A guarantee of successful completion of the work when crocheting, especially for beginners (and especially if in creating samples you need to reproduce dimensions very accurately), will be good rule: knit a 5 x 5 cm sample using the threads and hook that you will need to knit the pattern. This will allow you to compare the number of columns and rows of the sample with the amount that is required (for proportion, it is enough to tie the three initial air loops and tie the length of the finished sample to the height of all its rows). Possible differences arise due to individual characteristics each craftswoman: for example, if the column is too dense, you need to take a hook of a larger diameter, and if it is too loose, a smaller one.
Pay attention to changing the thread that has run out in a skein: it is better to always do this at the beginning of the row and leave a long tail knitted threads so that it can be secured on the wrong side with several stitches, just like the tail of a new thread.
Having finished a row, before turning and starting to knit a new one, knit several air loops: this is necessary to avoid ties along the edges, which deform the product. Unless otherwise indicated, the number of these chain stitches will depend on what stitches you are knitting the row with:
1 chain stitch for a single crochet, 2 chain stitches for a half double crochet, 3 chain loops for a double crochet, 4 chain loops for a double crochet, 5 chain loops for a double crochet. After washing ready product, put it between two terry towels and wait until most of the water is absorbed. Then carefully stretch the model, securing the edges with pins so that it takes the desired shape. If desired, you can starch the product or immerse it in a mixture of water and rice starch or water and sugar (the latter operation is done with products that should be hard, like bonbonnieres or small baskets for sweets), and then dry in the shade so that the threads do not turn yellow.
How to hold thread and use a crochet hook
With your left hand, hold the thread that comes from the skein, pass it from front to back between the ring finger and little finger, and then, going around the little finger, bring it forward and pass it over the palm so that the thread passes between the ring and middle fingers. With your little, ring, and middle fingers down, draw the thread from below onto your index finger. As you work, the thread should be held tightly between your index finger and thumb.
With your right hand, grasp the hook like a handle and guide its movement with the index finger on which it rests.
Below we will talk about the basic crochet techniques and their variations, accompanied by drawings that will demonstrate how to perform the different stages of knitting:
Air loop
1. Fold the thread in half, insert the hook into the resulting loop and, picking the thread a little higher, pull it forward to the fold so that a loop is formed.
2. Holding the resulting loop between your thumb and forefinger, hook the thread lying on your index finger (the hook goes under it), lift it and pull it forward along the finger with the hook.
3. Grab the thread with your hook and pull it through the loop: this forms the first loop of the chain, or air loop.
Double chain of air loops (double chain of air loops)
1. Cast on 2 chain loops and insert the hook into the first one.
2. Grab the thread with your hook and pull it through the air loop.
3. Pull out the first loop, that is, grab the thread and pass it through the loop.
4. Grab the thread with your hook, picking it up from behind.
5. Pull the loop through, passing it through 2 loops on the hook at once.
6. Insert the hook into the first loop on the left and repeat steps 2, 3, 4 and 5 along the entire required length. Cast on 2 chain loops and insert the hook into the first one.
Half single crochet (p/st. b/n.)
2. Pull out the loop.
3. Tie a stitch by passing the extended loop through the chain loop and the hook loop. To knit a stitch means to pass the elongated thread through all the loops that are on the hook.
4. Repeat the operation starting from step 1 and knit until the last loop of the chain.
Single crochet (st. b/n)
1. Insert the hook into the second loop of the chain on the left, hook the thread with the hook.
3. Tie a post, that is, pass the elongated loop immediately through 2 loops on the hook.
Double single crochet (double stitch, b/n.)
1. Insert the hook into the second loop from the left, hook the thread and pull out the loop, as in steps 1 and 2 of the single crochet stitch.
2. Pull out the loop and hook the thread again.
3. Pull the thread through the 2 loops on the hook.
4. Repeat starting from step 1, each time inserting the hook into the first loop on the left.
Half double crochet (p/dc)
1. Insert the hook into the first loop of the base, that is, into the third loop from the hook, and grab the thread from below with the hook.
2. Pull out the loop (there will be 3 loops on the hook), grab the thread with the hook from below.
3. Knit a stitch, that is, pull the thread through 3 loops on the hook at once.
4. Repeat steps 1, 2 and 3, starting each time with the first base loop on the left.
Double crochet (dc)
1. Perform techniques 1 and 2 of knitting a half double crochet, grab the thread by bringing the hook from below.
2. Pass the thread through two of the three loops on the hook; hook the thread from below.
3. Crochet a stitch by passing the yarn through the last 2 loops remaining on the hook.
4. Repeat starting from step 1, each time inserting the hook into the first base loop on the left.
Double crochet stitch (st. 2 stitches)
1. Wrap the thread around the hook twice, catching it from the back and bringing the hook forward.
2. Insert the hook into the first stitch of the base (the fifth stitch from the hook) and pull up a loop.
3. Grab the thread by bringing the hook under and pull it through two of the four loops on the hook. Then grab the thread again, bringing the hook under it.
4. Pull the thread through two of the three remaining loops on the hook, then grab the thread again from the bottom.
5. Knit a stitch (pass the thread through the two remaining loops on the hook).
6. Repeat starting from step 1, each time inserting the hook into the first loop of the base on the left.
Double crochet stitch (st. 3 stitches)
1. Knit as when doing a double crochet stitch, only wrap the thread around the hook not two, but three times.
2. Insert the hook into the sixth loop on the left, pull out a loop (there will be 5 loops on the hook), yarn over.
3. Pull the yarn through the first 2 loops on the hook and yarn over.
4. Using subsequent yarn overs, bind off all the loops remaining on the hook in two, and repeat starting from step 1, each time inserting the hook into the first loop on the left.
Two single crochets closed together
1. Where you want to knit two single crochets together, * insert the hook into the first loop on the left and pull the loop *; repeat from * to * twice; yarn over.
2. Pass the thread through the 3 loops on the hook, pulling it out carefully.
Two double crochets knitted together
1. Where you need to knit 2 double crochets together, yarn over, insert the hook into the next stitch of the base, pull out a loop; Yarn over again and pass the thread through two of the three loops on the hook. You will end up with an open (not fully knitted) double crochet; Yarn over again.
2. Insert the hook into the next loop of the base, pull the thread, yarn over again and pull it through the 2 loops on the hook. You will end up with 2 uncovered columns. Grab the thread with your hook again and carefully, without pulling, pull it through all three remaining loops.
Three double crochets, knitted together at the beginning of the row
1. Knit a chain of chain stitches of the required length, taking into account that the last 4 loops of the chain will form the first stitch (equal in height to a double crochet stitch) in the cone (a group of stitches starting in one base loop and closing together); make two yarn overs, insert the hook into the fifth loop of the chain, counting from the hook, and pull out the loop.
2. * Leave a loop on the hook and, picking up the thread again, pull it through the first 2 loops on the hook *; repeat from * to * twice; Yarn over, insert the hook into the same base loop, pull out the loop and repeat from * to * twice; Yarn over again.
3. Carefully, without tension, pull the thread through the 3 loops on the hook.
Loin mesh with empty and filled cells, made with double crochets
1. The basis of the mesh is formed by double crochets and air loops. To complete the first empty cell of the grid, knit a chain of chain loops, the number of which should be a multiple of 3, plus 7 more chain loops, then work a double crochet with the base in the eighth loop of the chain, counting from the hook./p>
2. Chain 2, skip 2 foundation stitches, then double crochet 1, inserting hook into next foundation stitch. Repeat these steps until the end of the chain./p>
3. Turn the knitting to the other side, knit a chain of five chain stitches (= 1 double crochet + 2 chain stitches for an empty square)./p>
4. Work 1 double crochet over the double crochet in the previous row and a chain of two chain stitches. Repeat until the end of the row./p>
5. Finish the row by knitting the last single crochet to the base in the third chain of the previous row. In each subsequent row, repeat step 3./p>
6. To knit a filled square over an empty one, knit 1 double crochet over the previous row and 2 double crochets into the chain of chain stitches from the previous row. A filled square is formed from three double crochets.
Loin mesh with empty and filled cells, made in double crochets
1. The checkered pattern consists of 3 chain stitches and 1 double crochet stitch. Knit a chain of chain stitches, multiples of 4, plus 10 chain stitches. For the first square of the first row, knit a double crochet into the 11th loop of the chain, counting from the hook, then * tie 3 chain loops, skip 3 base loops, knit 1 double crochet into the next base loop *. Repeat from * to * for all empty cells.
2. In the second and subsequent rows, perform 4 chain stitches (= first double crochet), then * 3 chain stitches and 1 double crochet stitch, performed in the penultimate stitch of the double crochet stitch of the previous row *. Repeat from * to * for all empty cells.
3. Each filled grid cell consists of four double crochets. At the beginning of work, to complete the first filled square: 4 chain stitches (= first double crochet), * 3 double crochets, knit into a chain of 3 chain loops from the previous row; 1 double crochet stitch in the previous row *. Repeat from * to * for all filled cells.
4. If a filled square is to be worked over another filled square: * work 1 double crochet stitch over each stitch of the previous row forming a filled square *. Repeat from * to * for all filled cells.
How to start the next row if a single crochet goes first
1. Instead of the first stitch of the new row, knit 1 chain stitch.
How to start the next row if the double crochet goes first
1. Instead of the first stitch of the new row, knit 3 chain stitches.
2. Knit a second stitch by inserting the hook into the top loop of the penultimate stitch of the previous row.
Pico (pc) with single crochet
1. Finish the stitch that should be to the right of the picot and knit a chain of three chain stitches.
2. Insert the hook from top to bottom into the loop knitted before the beginning of the chain and yarn over.
3. Pull the loop through and yarn over again.
4. Pull the thread through 2 loops on the hook (this way you will get a single crochet).
5. Skip one or more base loops (their number is indicated in the pattern description) and continue knitting.
Pico (pc) with half double crochet
1. Knit a chain of three chain stitches after the stitch to the right of the picot.
2. Insert the hook into the first of three chain stitches and yarn over.
3. Pull the thread through the 2 loops on the hook, so you get a half single crochet.
Pico-trefoil
1. Work 3 picots as described in the picot description from three chain stitches with a half single crochet.
2. Insert the hook into the loop covering the first picot and yarn over.
3. Lightly, without tension, pull the thread through the 2 loops on the hook, gathering 3 picots together.
Single crochet it is a basic element in crochet. But he has a variation that is double single crochet.
In almost every description or diagram we come across such an element as . It is durable, dense, and easy to make. The pattern obtained with single crochets is simple but neat.
Do you know that there is also a variation of single crochet stitches? This is a double crochet! It differs in density, height and resulting pattern.
The pattern obtained by using double crochet stitches turns out to be very interesting. It reminds me of spikelets. And you? 🙂
Double crochet
You can consider the double crochet as a separate element. Even if you knit a whole fabric using double single crochets, you will get a very interesting and unusual pattern.
The main difference between a double column and a regular one is its height, which is obtained due to an additionally connected air loop.
Let's look at everything using an example.
1. To rise to the height of a row performed with double single crochets, we make two
4. We grab the working thread and pull it through the first loop - we get an air loop in the middle of doing a single crochet
5. Grab the working thread and pull it through both loops on the hook - we're done double crochet
6. Let's repeat the execution. Thread the hook into the next loop, pull the working thread towards you, there are two loops on the hook
8. We complete the double single crochet by threading the working yarn through both loops on the hook.
Crocheting a half double crochet is similar to crocheting a half double crochet. This type of loop is found very rarely in descriptions of knitting, but, nevertheless, it occurs and to throw it out of our knitting alphabet would be, at the very least, incorrect and unethical.
Therefore, let's start crocheting a half-stitch with 2 crochets
- First, we make a chain of air loops from the number of loops we need.
- At the very end of the chain we perform two lifting air loops (that is, we simply knit two additional air loops).
- After this, we throw the working thread onto the hook twice, that is, we simply make two regular yarn overs.
- We insert the hook into our loop of the chain of air loops, which is otherwise called the base loop, not counting the two lifting loops that we picked up at the end of the row.
- Having inserted the hook into the loop, we pick up the working thread and remove the hook with the thread thrown over it from the base loop.
- Now we again place the hook behind the working thread (that is, we pick up the thread or otherwise, we make a yarn over) and pull the hook with the thread thrown over it only through the two outer loops on the hook. This way we should have 3 loops on the hook.
- After this, we again pick up the working thread with the hook and pull the hook with this thread through all three remaining loops on the hook.
- We have 1 loop on the hook and this means that we have knitted the first half double crochet stitch.
We will crochet the second half double crochet in the same way as we crocheted the first double crochet, that is, first crochet two double crochets, then insert the hook into the next loop of the row, again hook the main knitting thread and pull the hook out of the loop of the row. After all these manipulations, we should have four loops on the hook. Now we pick up the main knitting thread again and pull it through the first two loops on the hook. We again pick up the working thread with the hook and pull the hook through the last three remaining loops on the hook - we get one loop on the hook. The second half double crochet stitch is ready.
We repeat this until the end of the row and knit the required number of rows with half-columns and double crochets.
Here you can watch a video of crocheting a half double crochet, where everything is explained in even more detail and detail.
Knitting a half double crochet video
We will prepare a video on knitting half-stitches with 2 crochets a little later.
