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Double crochet complete. The completed double crochet looks just like any other double crochet stitch — no unsightly chains!

Chainless start. This other method ofjoining a new yarn works just as well and eliminates the sometimes unsightly Chain start.

Here’s how to do it:

1.    Fasten off at the beginning of the completed round.

2.    Place a slip knot on the hook.

3.    For single crochet, insert hook into appropriate stitch and puli up a loop, yarn over, and puli through both loops on hook to complete the stitch.

OR

3. For double crochet, yarn over hook, insert hook into appropriate stitch and puli up a loop, (yarn over, and puli through two loops on hook) two times to complete the stitch. (See photos above.)

If you use the chainless start, ignorę the instructions to work a beginning-of-round Chain, and instead simplyworkthe first stitch as indicated.

Counting from the Comer

Because right-handed crocheters work from rightto left, that’s the way we count throughout the book. Left-handed crocheters work from left to right.