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    The Basic Stitches: The Foundation Chain (Or Base Chain)

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    The document describes the basic crochet stitches: 1) The foundation chain is made by wrapping yarn around the hook and pulling loops through previous loops without tightening. 2) Common stitches include the slip stitch, double crochet, half treble, treble, and double treble which are made by inserting the hook and wrapping yarn specified number of times to complete each stitch. 3) Longer stitches like quadruple treble are made by wrapping the yarn additional times at the beginning and drawing through loops more times to finish the stitch.

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    The Basic Stitches: The Foundation Chain (Or Base Chain)

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    The document describes the basic crochet stitches: 1) The foundation chain is made by wrapping yarn around the hook and pulling loops through previous loops without tightening. 2) Common stitches include the slip stitch, double crochet, half treble, treble, and double treble which are made by inserting the hook and wrapping yarn specified number of times to complete each stitch. 3) Longer stitches like quadruple treble are made by wrapping the yarn additional times at the beginning and drawing through loops more times to finish the stitch.

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    The document describes the basic crochet stitches: 1) The foundation chain is made by wrapping yarn around the hook and pulling loops through previous loops without tightening. 2) Common stitches include the slip stitch, double crochet, half treble, treble, and double treble which are made by inserting the hook and wrapping yarn specified number of times to complete each stitch. 3) Longer stitches like quadruple treble are made by wrapping the yarn additional times at the beginning and drawing through loops more times to finish the stitch.

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    The Basic Stitches: The Foundation Chain (Or Base Chain)

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    The document describes the basic crochet stitches: 1) The foundation chain is made by wrapping yarn around the hook and pulling loops through previous loops without tightening. 2) Common stitches include the slip stitch, double crochet, half treble, treble, and double treble which are made by inserting the hook and wrapping yarn specified number of times to complete each stitch. 3) Longer stitches like quadruple treble are made by wrapping the yarn additional times at the beginning and drawing through loops more times to finish the stitch.

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    The Basic Stitches

    The foundation chain (or base chain)


    Almost all crochet starts with a foundation (or base) chain. This is the equivalent of
    ‘casting on’ in knitting. The base chain is a series of chain stitches, which normally begin
    with a loop secured by a slipknot.

    Making a slip knot


    Follow instructions given for ‘Making a Slip Knot’.

    Chain stitch (ch)


    1. Wrap the yarn over the hook in an anticlockwise direction (or hold the yarn still and
    maneuver the hook) (Fig.83).

    2. Draw the yarn through to form a new loop without tightening up the previous one
    (Fig.84).

    Note: Unless otherwise specified, always wrap the yarn this way round. To make a
    length of base chain, make as many chains as required. Keep shifting your left hand
    position up close to the hook every couple of stitches or so; this is easy, if you use a
    right hand fingertip to hold down the loop on the hook, while you do so. To count chains
    correctly as you make them, do not count the initial slip loop as a chain. To count them
    afterwards, first make sure that they are not twisted and that you are looking at the
    ‘front’ (see Figs 85 and 86), then count back, but ignore the loop still on the hook.

    Slip stitch (sl st)


    1. Insert the hook into 2nd chain from hook, wrap the yarn over the hook, draw the yarn
    through the chain and the loop on the hook in one movement - 1 sl st made (Fig.87).

    2. Repeat this last step (Fig.88).

    Double crochet (dc)


    1. Insert the hook into 2nd chain from hook, wrap the yarn over the hook and draw the
    yarn through the chain only (Fig.89).

    2. Wrap the yarn again and draw the yarn through both loops on hook (Fig.90) - 1 dc
    made (Fig.91).

    Half treble (htr)


    1. Wrap the yarn over the hook and insert the hook into 3rd chain from the hook

    (Fig.92).
    2. Wrap the yarn over the hook, draw through the chain only and wrap the yarn again
    (Fig.93).

    3. Draw through all 3 loops on hook - 1 htr made (Fig.94).

    Treble (tr)
    1. Wrap the yarn over hook and insert hook into 4th chain from hook (Fig.95).

    2. Wrap the yarn over the hook, draw through the chain only and wrap the yarn again
    (Fig.96).

    3. Draw through the first 2 loops only and wrap the yarn again (Fig.97).

    4. Draw through the last 2 loops on the hook - 1 tr made (Fig.98).


    Double treble (dtr)
    1. Wrap the yarn over the hook twice and insert hook into 5th chain from hook (Fig.99).

    2. Wrap the yarn over the hook, draw through the chain only and wrap the yarn again
    (Fig.100).

    3. Draw through the first 2 loops only and wrap the yarn again (Fig.101).

    4. Draw through the next 2 loops only and wrap the yarn again (Fig.102).

    5. Draw through the last 2 loops on hook - 1 dtr made (Fig.103).

    Triple treble (ttr)


    1. Wrap the yarn over hook 3 times and insert the hook into 6th chain from hook
    (Fig.104).

    2. Wrap the yarn over the hook, draw through the chain only and wrap the yarn again
    (Fig.105).
    3. Draw through the first 2 loops only and wrap the yarn again (Fig.106), then repeat
    this last step twice more (Fig.107).

    4. Draw through the last 2 loops on hook - 1 ttr made (Fig.108).

    Longer Basic Stitches


    Longer basic stitches - usually called Quadruple Treble (quad tr), Quintuple Treble (quin
    tr), Sextuple Treble (sext tr), etc - are made by wrapping the yarn 4, 5, 6, etc, times
    over the hook at the beginning and by wrapping and drawing through 2 loops more
    times to complete the stitch.

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