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1. Introduction: Hi everyone. My name is Marina and I will be your crochet teacher
for this course. As you might tell from
my accent, I'm Italian, but I have been working, traveling and living abroad
for the past five years. I started designing
at the end of 2019, mainly creating crochet patterns for the English
crochet community. I also have a YouTube
channel where I share tips and tricks
about this graft. Without further ado, let's
jump into the course. First of all, what is crochet? The term crochet comes
from the French World, crochet, which means small hook. And it's the art of creating textile using loops
called crochet stitches. Crochet requires
the use of a hook, which comes in a range
of sizes and materials. Generally speaking, books
are made of plastic, bamboo, aluminium,
wood, or steel. And they are identified by their size according
to where you live. Crochet hooks may
be identified by numbers, letters,
or millimeters. The other tool you need
is obviously yarn. For crochet is usually sold
as both skins or cones. Skins and balls are
generally sold with the yarn label the tell
you the Yan's weight, length, fiber content, washing instructions
and other information. The weight of the yarn
or its thickness is a determining factor to identify what size of
food you might need. The final result
might change as well. For example, this top was
made using a thin neon, the small crochet hook. While the spinney
was made easing a very thick yarn and
the beak crochet hook. Thicker yarn generally require
larger diameter hooks. Why thinner yarn
requires smaller hooks? I say generally
because with practice, you can experiment and
try new possibility. For example, this top was
associated with a thin yarn, but a medium hook to give
you this lovely lays trip. Yarns are standardly grouped into categories according
to their thickness. Lays offending referred
to as categories 0. Super fine fingering or
baby weight category one, fine or sport category to light worsted or decay
categories three, medium or worsted weight or around category for
bulky or chunky, category five and super
bulky categories six. Yen fibers are generally
divided into animal fibers, natural fibers and
synthetic fibers. Animal fibers include silk, wool, angora,
Kashmir, alpaca, etc. Why natural fibers
include linen, cotton, Hemp, soy, bamboo,
core, and tensile. Come on. Synthetic fibers include
polyester and acrylic. For this particular project, I'm going to use a bulky yarn with a ten
millimeter crochet hook. It's much more easy for you as a beginner to learn
crocheting using a big hook. It's easier to hold
the hook and it's easier to spot and we're
into the stitches. I'll be showing you
how to create these super warm, extra cozy scarf. What do you think? It can be worn in
different ways? And it features these lovely
fringes for a hippie look. But first, let's learn how to hold your hook
and you're young.
2. Holding your Yarn and Hook: Slip knot and Chains: Hi, honestly, I've seen so many different ways of
holding the hook and the yarn. I believe all of them are valid. It's a matter of finding the most comfortable
position for you. I highly recommend you trying, experimenting to see what
feels more natural to you. For the moment, I will show you my way of holding
the hook and ER. But feel free to check
YouTube videos or other resources to find
out how other crochet, there's crochet, crochet
eaters generally crochet, holding the hooks in
one of these two ways. Like a pencil grabbing
the hook from below. Or like a knife grabbing
the hook from above. I personally grabbed
my hook like a knife. But there isn't a wrong way to hold the hook as long as you work nice even stitches
and you don't feel pain. Let's try try to hold
the hook like a pensive. Your thumb and index finger around the immediate
area of the hook. And the third finger near
the tip of the hook. To try holding the
hook like a knife. Place your hand over the crochet hook around
the middle area. Your thumb and third
finger gripping the hook while the index
finger is close to the top. The crochet hook should be
turned slightly towards you, not facing up or down. First, you will find yourself
gripping very tightly. Over time. Once you feel more
comfortable, you'll relax. I promise you should consider it as if it was an
extension of your hand. Again. Play around with
these two positions and see what works best for you. Now, let's talk about
how to all the young, holding the young
in the right way. It's essential to
control the tension, which is the stress applied to the yarn when crochet team, that means the way we pull our yarn from the skin
as we are crucial. You don't want your
attention to be too tight, but you also don't want
it to be too loose. Beginner crochet, those have the tendency to work too tight. Meaning they struggled
to get the hook through the chains or even
through the stitches. The hands cramped easily. What I personally do is holding the yarn in-between my index and middle finger so the yarn can flow smoothly
without problems. I have also seen people using this method to smooth
out their attention. Wrap the yarn around your pinky, under both your ring
and middle fingers. An over your index finger. Try few times and worked with what feels
intuitive for you. Do your needs two slides,
mostly without obstacles. This is my personal way to
hold the yarn that has I said, have seen many different
ways of doing so. I have seen people crocheting
like this, for example. Just try to find a
comfortable way for you. Slipknot and chains. The first technique you need
to learn is this slipknot. The slipknot isn't not
that allow you to begin any kind of flat project
like anything else. There are many ways
to make a slipknot. I'll be showing you mind
to make his sleep not grab the yarn around five inches from the end and wrap it around
your finger like this. Next, cross the yarn. You're all deem above
the loop on your finger. You create the X shape. Next, sleep the loop
from your finger. Pass the one above in-between. Pinch it with your
two fingers and pull. Grab the free end and pull it. Not start to tie up. These easier slipknot. If you pull the other tape, you will undo your note. Let's try again. Grab Deion around five
inches from the end. Wrap it around your
finger like this. Cross the yarn you are all dean above the loop on your finger. Sleep the loop from your
finger and pass the one above in-between pin sheet with your two fingers and pull. Once you get familiar
with the slipknot, you can then begin
crochet thing, grab your hook and inserted into the loop
you just created. As you can see, you can tighten or loosen up
the knot around the hook. Try to not keep this loop too tight or you have
problems later on. My suggestion is to always leave enough room for the hoop
to go through easily. Grab your yarn and All
the base of this slipknot with the thumb and index
finger of your left hand. Bring the yarn over the crochet hook from
back to front and hook it fully through the
loop of this slipknot. You have now created
your first chain stitch. Again, keep your sleep not
firmly with your left hand and bring the yarn over the crochet
hook from back to front. Pull it through the loop. You just made your second chain. Continue this way to
get familiar with the movement and train
your muscle memory. Be sure to not Tai
Dionne too much. Otherwise you are struggled to make the Crochet going
through your loops. As you can see here, I tied up too much
and the chain is too small to be able
to work into it later. Keep always some room
inside your loop to allow the crochet hook
to move smoothly. Keep practicing making changes until you are comfortable
with this technique. Don't worry if in the beginning your work will be an event, because that's
completely normal. You might crochet some changes
a bit larger than others. It's okay. Eventually
you'll be able to crochet smoothly with
all chains even in size. Now, let's take a closer look
to the chain themselves. The front of the chains
look like a series of V. When you count them, you have to skip
the slipknot and the small loop you
have on your hook. These two are not chains. So be sure to not get confused while counting. Let's count. If you turn your chains, you'll see the backside. The backside has what is
called a deck bar. This one. Now that you know everything
about the chains, let's learn how to crochet
your first stitches.
3. Single Crochet: Single crochet stitch.
You have crochet, your series of chains. These group of chains is often
called foundation chain. Because as you can imagine, this is the foundation
of your work. Meaning that you will insert your first row of stitches
into the chance you just made. Depending on the stage and on the pattern
you are following, you will be asked to insert your hook into
the second chain. The third chain, or the fourth
chain, it really depends. For the moment we are learning the single crochet stitch is the most basic and easy stitch. To begin crusading the
single crochet stitch, you must insert your hook into the second chain from
your hook, your count 12. Remember that the loop on your hook doesn't
count as a chain. Now insert your hook
into the V of the chain, going through the
back bar as well. Don't take this loop only as
it's going to be too loose. Bar gives you a bit of support. Sometimes you might find
crochet patterns that has Q to crochet into the
back var instead. This is because the final result is more elastic, tidy and neat. For the sake of
learning the basics, you're going to insert
your hook into the front v. This way
is much easier. And I don't want you
to get confused. You will eventually
learn to go through the backbone later
on, if you wish. Once you enter into the chain, grab the yarn with your
hook from back to front, and pull it through the chain. Now you have two
loops on your hook. Grab the yarn again, and pull it through both loops. Your first single
crochet is done. Let's repeat this
movement again. Insert your hook into
the V of the chain. Grab the yarn with
your hook from back to front and police
through the chain. Now you have two
loops on your hook. Grab the yarn again and
pull it through both loops. There you go. Your
second single crochet. Keep repeating this until you
get to the last, The chain. This line of stitches you have just worked is called a row. In this case, this
is the first row. What's important
for you here is to understand where is
exactly the stitch. To spot a stitch, you need to identify a series
of v. You see this fee? Our stitches. The V is made of two loops, the front loop and
the back loop. To work and normal stage, you must go through both loops. Be sure not to grab
one loop only. Otherwise your cruciate
different kind of stitch to begin the second row. So another line of stitches
on top of the first one. You need to change one. This chain one is not
the stitch is simply a way to give us room
to begin our next row. Turn your work. Keeping your hook in
the chain stitch. You don't lose your place. You will now be looking
at the backside of the previous row to recognize the front and the
back side of your world. In which sense you
work each row, you must identify the
V single crochet. You have just one
V8 on the front of the stitch with no
horizontal bars. If you turn on the backside, the V is upside down. Make a single crochet
stitch in the first stitch. So you work in new stitch
on top of the previous one. Grab the yarn with
your hook from back to front and
put it through. Now you have two
loops on your hook. Grab the Yan again and
police through both loops. Spot the next teach and repeat. Insert your hook
through both loops. Grab the yarn with
your hope from back to front and
pull it through. Now you have two
loops on your hook. Grab the yarn again
and pull it through both loops, continue across. Now, the tricky part, make sure to work into
the last stage as well. Otherwise your work
will not be even. The last v is here you see, that's the last stitch. Make sure to not
overboard and try to crochet into other loose that are not stitches
like this chain.
4. Half Double Crochet: As double crochet. The US double crochet
is in the middle. It's not as short as
a single crochet, but not as tall as a
double crochet either. Many patterns will
tell you to insert your hook into the
third chain from hook. But I personally crochet into
the second chain from hook, like I do for the
single crochet. Before inserting the
hook into the chain, you must Yan hover like you have previously done for
the double crochet. Now, you can insert the
hook into the chain, always including the
back bar as well. Draw it through the chain stitch in now have three
loops on the hook. Yarn over and draw
through all three loops. This is your first
half double crochet. When working the
half double crochet, you can also use this stitch marker to
mark your first stitch. This way in be sure to work
into the last teach in the next row without getting confused with the
beginning chains. Again, yarn over, insert
the hook into the chain, grab the yarn and joy
through the chain stitch. You now have three
loops on the hook. Yarn over and draw
through all three loops. The second stitch is done. Again, yarn over, insert
the hook into the chain, grab the yarn and draw
it through the chain, stitch, yarn over and draw
through all three loops. The front side of the half double crochet is
similar to the single crochet. So you can spot the VIP, but there is an extra
bar at the top. To work. Row two, I personally chain one like I do for
the single crochet. Even though many patterns
will tell you to chain to. Previously said this
chain is not a stitch but only a way to turn and
work the next row. Spot the first stitch yarn over, insert the hook
through both loops. Grab the yarn and
pull it through the loops in now have
three loops on the hook. Yarn over andrew through
all loops on the hook. Continue this way to practice
your half double crochet. Half double crochet
back loop only. I want to show you the main
character of this show. We choose the half double
crochet back loop only. This is going to be
the stitch you'll be used to make your
scarf all along. I chose this teach
for two reasons. The first reason is that
it's a simple stitch, meaning that even
complete beginners like yourself can learn how to
work it relatively fast. The second reason
is that despite being such a basic stitch
is truly versatile because it allows
you to introduce extra texture and spice
up a simple project. Your work exactly as explained in the half
double crochet chapter. But instead of entering
through both loops, you insert your hook
through the back loop only to work row two, I personally chain one like
I do for the single crochet. This is the front loop. This is the back loop. Let's practice a little bit. Spot the first stitch, yarn over and insert the hook
through this loop, only. The back loop only grab the
yarn and pull it through. Now have three
loops on our hook. Yarn over and drove through
all three loops on the hook. Repeat all along. Chain one. Spot,
the first stitch, yarn over, insert the hook
through this loop only. The back loop only yarn over and drove through all
three loops on the hook. It gives a very special effect that I personally loved so much.
5. Double Crochet: Double crochet. Now it's time to learn how to crochet another basic stitch, the double crochet stitch, as the name sad, is about twice as tall
as a single crochet. Many patterns will
tell you to insert your hook into the
fourth chain from hook. But I personally crochet into
the third chain from hook. Before inserting the
hook into the chain, you must yarn over
from back to front, which is the movement of
grabbing and Huike the yarn. Now you can insert the
hook into the chain, always including the
back bar as well. Grab the yarn. Droid through the chain stitch. You now have three
loops on the hook. Over and drove through
the first two loops. Now have two loops on our hook. Yarn over again and drove
through both loops on the hook. In a double crochet stitch, the front side is
characterized by two fees. We then horizontal bar
right in the middle. Let's try again yarn over. Insert the hoop into the chain. Always including the
back bar as well. Yeah, moreover, through
the chain stitch. Now have three
loops on our hook. Yarn over and drop through
the first two loops. You now have two
loops on the hook, yarn over again and drop
through both loops on the hook. To work row two, I personally changed too, even though many patterns
will tell you to chain three. As previously said, these
chains are not stitches, but only a way to give the correct height
to the next row. Spot the first stage yarn over, insert the hook
through both loops, grab the young and pull
it through the loops, yarn over and drop through the first two loops on the hook. Yarn over again and draw
through both loops on the hook. For absolute
beginners, it might be a good idea to use a stitch marker to
mark the first teach. This way, you'll be
sure to work into the last teach in the next row. Especially for double
crochet that require you to chain two or three at
the beginning of the row. You might get confused and work the last teach into the chain
with the stitch marker. This problem disappears
because you know that your last teach needs to be worked into the stitch marker. Make sure to work into
the last teach as well. The last fee is here you
see That's the last stitch. I also suggest you to count the number of stitches
after each row. You know you are
working correctly. If you get distracted and you skip or work once teach mark, your work will not be straight and your total stitch
count will be off. Continue to repeat this movement and practice the double
crochet stitches.
6. Note on Turning Chains: Note on turning chains. As we have seen so far, when turning your work, you must chain and
X amount of chains. To begin the next row. This beginning chains,
which are called turning chains given
their purpose, may sometimes we consider as a stitch except for
the single crochet. This depends on the
pattern you are following. If a pattern tells you
the beginning chain, thus not count as a stitch, then you would work as
we have worked so far. So placing your first stitch
into the very first stage. The last stage is in the
last stitch of previous row. You would ignore the
beginning chains when counting your stitches. If the pattern tells you the beginning chain
counts as a stitch, then you would consider
the amount of chains as a stitch and skip the very first stitch of the row to work into
the second one. This means that the last
stitch is also changing. Because if the turning chain
counts as stitch means that the last stage of the
row needs to be placed in that top chain of
the beginning chain. Why is that? Well, this is mostly
for aesthetic purposes. For example, when you
change two or three and skip the first stitch for a
double crochet for example, it leaves a gap. Lot of designers, me included, don't like this gap. So they normally choose the beginning chain that
doesn't count as a stage. The first double crochet
is placed into the very first teach to
eliminate that gap. Sometimes it's even because
of the stitch pattern itself. Some specific stitches in fact, require the beginning
chain to be a stitch simply because
it can be otherwise. I'm not talking
about that right now as it's something you
might find complicated. For the sake of this course, I just give you a brief
introduction to the topic. And you can always dive
deeper on your own later on.
7. Join Yarn and Weave In Ends: Joining JAR and waving in the ends to join
two balls of yarn. There are many methods, but I personally use more often. The one called magic
note does not, is stronger than a
standard naught. And it's unlikely to undo. Lay the end of your old yarn
parallel to the new tail. The yarn tail ends should
overlap about ten centimeters. Look one of the tape
above the other. Then under guarding to the left and over itself. May cannot pulling tightly. This yarn is knotted
around the other life that do the same thing
with the other tail, but going in the
opposite direction, loop it under the other yarn
and then above, over itself. Make it not pulling tightly. Now have two notes. Make sure to put both
of them very tightly. Pulling these two knots
together will create a double naught that is
almost impossible to undo. Pull on the lung ends of
both the new and old yarn. Slide the knots together. The stronger you tag
when they meet up, the stronger than not will be the short hands of the
yarn very close to the knot. Waving the ends,
hiding the loose tails within the work so they
become invisible chain. One good thing to remember is to leave yourself
enough Yan to work with. If you leave a short tail, is going to be
hard to secure it. And your work might grab the
yarn and pull it through. When weaving in the ends, I personally go back
and forth a few times, the backside, changing
directions as well. This means going in vertical
and horizontal directions. I also add an extra step to secure the piece by going
back on the same direction. But skipping one loop. This loop create a
sort of light back. When you are happy
about defining the results as close to
the project as possible. Very exciting emotion. You so much.
8. Creating your Scarf: It's now time to
begin our scarf. You'll need your
super bulky yarn. It ten millimeter
crochet, hook it, tape measure, Caesar's
stitch markers. I personally use safety paints. You don't really need to
purchase fancy stitch markers. The tapestry needle, make
a slipknot and chain 13. It should measure
around six inches, 15 centimeters. Chain one more. Insert a single crochet
in second chain from hook in each chain across. Remember to go through
the back bar as well. Don't worry if your work curves, it will straighten
as you go along. Okay. Let's count our stitches. 12345678910111213. This is the first stage. We work at the beginning. Chain one and turn your work. I said before, you need to work half double crochet back
loop only from now on. These are the two
loops of the stitch. You need to insert the
hook into the back loop. Only. Yarn over. Insert the hook
through the back loop. Grab the yarn and pull
it through the loop. It now have three
loops on the hook. Yarn over and draw through
all loops on the hook. As previously
mentioned, you can mark your first stitch to be sure to not skip it when
working the next row. Continue this way, working off double crochet back loop
only if in each stage across the second row is complete. And as you can see, you can already start to notice the interesting texture given by the use of half
double crochet back loop only to be extra sure, you can always
count your stitches and make sure you
have 13 stitches. Begin row three by chaining
one and turning your work. Spot the first
stitch, yarn over. Insert your hook
through the back loop. Grab the yarn and
police through yarn over and draw through
all loops on the hook. Mark the first stage. You will always use to stitch
markers at the same time. One in the first stitch
of the current row, one in the last stage
of previous row. Continue to crochet half
double crochet back loop only in each stitch across until you reach the stitch marker.
Your last stitch. Your last ditch needs
to be placed in there. Third row is complete. Repeat the same pattern
for RA, for as well. Let's see it. Keep repeating
row four again and again, always making sure you have 13 stitches each row and
your work is straight. I see you again at the
end of your 95 row. Your scarf should
be around 67 inches or went under 72
centimeters long. Feel free to add or remove rows if you prefer
another length. Too fast enough. Meaning to finish off your work, cut a long tail around ten
inches, 25 centimeters. Chain one, and put the yarn
through to make a small not thread the yarn into a tapestry needle and
start to wave in the end, like explained in the
corresponding chapter. Going back and forth a few
times in different directions. Once you are happy, cut the yarn as close to
the project as possible. Do the same with
the other tails. Now, it's time to have
fun with the fringes. Cut a piece of yarn that
measure around 12 inches or 31 centimeter and use it as a
template to cut many others. Once you have a few, take the first trend
and fold it in half. Insert your hook into
the first stitch of the last row and hook
the piece of yarn, police through about
a third of the way. Now, open up the loop and sleep the ends of the yarn
through the loop. Gently pull it tight. Repeat with the other strands. Dan, with the
firsthand of my scarf. And now I have to do the
same on the other side. Instead. Once trend
into each chain. You have chains and not stitches here because that's the
beginning of your work. Done with all my friends dress, isn't it? So pretty. Now I'm going to trim the ends so they
are even in length. Feel free to cut them
as long as you wish. I personally like
fringes of around 5.5 inches or 14 centimeters. And your scarf is complete. I hope you had fun and you are satisfied with your
crochet project. This is truly such
a rewarding project for a beginner, isn't it?
9. Let's Keep in Touch!: If you'd like my class, let's keep in touch. You can read more about
me on my website, bloody marriott.com, or
connect with me on Instagram. You can find my free patterns
and video tutorials on YouTube and purchase my written
patterns on my website. Etsy, rather early or Lovecraft. If you want to
support me further, you can offer me a
coffee on coffee.com. For any concerns. You can write me at bloody
Marriott at Outlook.com. Happy crocheting
and see you soon.