Button Hole – Base Chain Double Crochet
Base chain double crochet is useful for more than just starting a project. Here you can learn how to use base chain double crochet to make a button hole.
Base chain double crochet is useful for more than just starting a project. Here you can learn how to use base chain double crochet to make a button hole.
Front post and back post double crochet (fpdc and bpdc) is a great technique. It’s the basis for many ribbed cuffs and basketweave patterns.
You’ll often see instructions in patterns that tell you to crochet through the front or back loop only. What does that mean?
The Double Loop Magic Circle is a variant on the original single loop version. Some people like the double loop better because they think it is stronger than the single loop and will hold up better to the abuse children can put things through.
There are a few different ways to start in the round. The classic ways are to make a short starting chain, then work stitches into the first chain. This is my least favorite technique and I do not even show a tutorial for it because I never use it. The technique I show here is,
The invisible join is a great way to finish a project to create a super smooth (invisible, perhaps?) seam for a work in the round. You can use either a yarn needle or a crochet hook in a smaller size than you’ve been using for your work.
Have you ever noticed that when you change colors you are left with an awkward bump from knotting the yarn around the hook or the stitch doesn’t look quite right because the top of the stitch seems to be the same as the old color instead of the new color? This tutorial shows how to
The magic circle is a favorite way to start a crochet work in the round because it leaves no center hole, however, many people are intimidated by the technique. Once you learn how to do it, it’s quite easy.
Here you can learn how to work a single crochet (sc), half double crochet (hdc), double crochet (dc), triple crochet (tr), and extended triple crochet (extr).