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Making Crochet Fabric

Longer Basic Stitches

Longer basie stitches — usually called Tri-ple Treble (ttr), Ouadruple Treble (quad tr).

Double Treble (dtr)

a Wrap the yarn over hook 3 times and insert the hook into the work (into the 6th chain from the hook); b wrap the yarn over the hook, draw through the work only and wrap the yarn again; c and d draw through the first 2 loops only and wrap the yarn again; repeat this last step twice; e draw through the last 2 loops on the hook.

Ouintuple Treble (quin tr), etc — are madę by wrapping the yarn 4, 5 6. etc. times over the hook at the beginning and by wrapping and drawmg through 2 loops morę times to complete the stitch.

Making Crochet Fabric

These are the basie procedures for making crochet fabric — the things pattern mstruc-tions assume you know

Working in rows

To work to and fro in rows make a base Chain (see page 4) to begin.

Hint: It can be very frustratmg to be approachmg the end of a long first row only to discover that you have miscounted and there are too few chams in the base cham to complete it. Leave a generous end of yarn when making your mitial slip knot; then it is simple to remove your hook temporarily from the working loop, insert it through the end of the base Chain and. usmg the spare end of yarn. to add the necessary chains

a The first row of the fabric is madę by working across the base cham as shown m ‘The Basic Stitches' (Righthanders work from nght to left; lefthanders work from left to nght.) Insert the hook under either one or two of the three threads, which make up each individual cham. Hint: Choose which you find suits you best and then be consistent.

At the very beginning of the first row, in order to give the first stitch room to stand up to its proper height, one or morę of the base chams is ‘skipped'. These then bend and stand up alongside the stitches. Together they look like and may often count as the first stitch in the row. The number of chams skipped depends upon the height of the stitch they are to match as follows: single crochet = 1 or 2 chams skipped; half double crochet = 2 chains skipped: double crochet = 3 chams skipped: treble = 4 chains skipped; double treble = 5 chams skipped. For this and other reasons you must expect to make a larger number of chains for the base cham than there are stitches required in the base row. b At the end of each row 'turn' the work, so that another row can be worked across the top of the previous one again from right to left (lefthanders from left to right). Hint: It does not matter which way you turn, but it helps to be consistent.

Before the new row can begin a ‘turnir. Chain’ (one or morę single chains) must t> worked to bring the hook up to the heig^r the row will be. The number of chains fc turning depends upon the height of the stiter they are to match as follows: single croche = 1 chain; half double crochet = 2 chams double crochet = 3 chains; treble = -chains; double treble = 5 chains. Hint These numbers are guidelines oni. Depending on your personal techmque, tńe I type of work you are doing, the thickness c I yarn and size of hook you are using, yoc I may find from time to time a larger or smalte I number of chains gives better results. c The turning chain may also count as the first stitch in the new row. In this case sk: I the first stitch in the previous row, but (d anc I e) remember to work a stitch into the top ct I the previous turning chain when you reacr I the end of the row. If the turning chain doe: not count as a stitch, work into the first stiter ] at the beginning of the row, but not into the j top of the previous turning chain at the end;

To make each stitch insert the hook undefl the two loops lying on top of each stitch Ą the previous row. (Instructions always specrJ if you are to insert the hook in any othei place.)

Notę: Ali the pattern instructions in this bco indicate how many stitches are required «r the base row, how many chams to allow crj the base chain. how many chains to woi* for turning, whether the turning chain coursj as a stitch and if the first stitch is to b skipped.

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