May 2011 Projects complete

A friend of mine puts together a box with a blanket, clothes for a hospital here in Utah. When premature babies pass away, the nurses dress them and put them in the blanket and take pictures for the family.  Then everything is put in the box and given to the family for something to keep in rememberance of their baby.  Such a sad experience that I hope I never have to go through.  To help her with her donation, I have made a few things for her. the blankets are size 2'x2' and then premie size hats.

How To: Double Crochet Stitch

How To: Double Crochet Stitch

This is my favorite stitch.  It adds good height, so when making an afghan, if this stitch is used the most, it seems to go faster for me.  So, lets start with the chain...to give height to the edge of the DC (double crochet) you usually start your double crochet stitch in the 3rd chain from the hook.

YO, and insert hook into 3rd ch from hook.

YO, and pull through ch space.  This will give you 3 loops on the hook

YO, and pull through 2 of the loops on the hook

YO once more and pull through the last 2 loops on the hook

That completes your Double Crochet Stitch.  Now finish the chain to practice and even out your stitches.



How To: Single Crochet Stitch

How To: Single Crochet Stitch

Ok, so now that you have your chain, use 1 ch space as the edge to build up the side.  In the 2nd ch space, we will start the single crochet stitch. 

Now, yo (yarn over) and pull through the chain

Now, yo again and pull through both loops on the hook



That completes the single crochet.  Now finish out the chain with single crochets to practice and you should be able to maintain even stitches.