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CROCHET STITCH, TECHNIQUE or TIP
(A different crochet stitch and/or tip featured in each issue...
to be added later to the Crochet Basics page)
If you know of any stitch I have omitted from our basics pages please drop me a line.
CROCHET STITCH/TECHNIQUE:
BACK POST DOUBLE CROCHET
Yarn over, insert hook from the back side of the work right to left around the post of the indicated stitch on a previous row;
yo and pull up a loop (3 lps on hk)
yo and draw through two lps (2 lps on hk)
yo and draw through two lps (1 lp on hk)
FRONT POST DOUBLE CROCHET
Yarn over, insert hook from the front side of the work right to left around the post of the indicated stitch on a previous row;
yo and pull up a loop (3 lps on hk)
yo and draw through two lps (2 lps on hk)
yo and draw through two lps (1 lp on hk)
Illustrations
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ILLUSTRATED BASIC CROCHET INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE BEGINNER:
SINGLE CROCHET (click here for instructions)
HALF DOUBLE CROCHET (click here for instructions)
DOUBLE CROCHET (click here for instructions)
TRIPLE CROCHET (click here for instructions)
CROCHET TIP:
Work from two separate skeins of yarn when a pattern calls for using two strands of the same color at once. If you work using both ends from one skein your yarn will tangle.
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VIEWER TIP
Hello there,
You were asking for tips on crochet. I have two of them.
When joining two squares or more of contrasting color, (example: red and white), use the thread of of the predominate color. You would use red in the example used. It doesn't bleed through as much as if the white were used.
If you need to join four or more squares together here is a technique I use to keep the lines straight.
Join the first two. Do not remove needle and thread. Put the second two at the seam. The second two squares are unjoined. Place them together with your fingers and hold them at the seam of the first two. Then use the thread from the first two to join the second two . This will result in the joint of all four to be correct without having to line them up. Then join any open areas that are needed.
I hope you can use these hints. I'm concerned the second one may be hard to understand as it is difficult to explain. Please e-mail me if there is a problem and I will try a different approach.
Thank you for having the club. I'm enjoying it so much. I am in the process of making an afghan with the simple stole pattern you gave us. It is bright yellow with black lines here and there to break up the yellow. I can hardly wait to finish it.
I've got to go for now. I'll talk with you later. Keep up the good work.
Sincerely, Paula Turley
VIEWER TIP
A suggestion for a new stitch on your newsletter is the FRONT POST and BACKPOST things.
I just recently had it come up in a square (pastel granny) and didn't know what it was, and it was not listed in any of my books that I had. I think we were using FRONT POST DOUBLES in the pattern... without doing it right - it didnt have the pulled look .... Also... here are my fluffies (bichon frise) in the sweaters I made from your site pattern. Arent they the cutest??... they look like Mr. and Mrs Santa CLAWS... hahahahaha
I thought you would get a chuckle outa it.
Rhonda
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I love what you did to your website. Great Job!!
I have made many of the patterns you have posted and am happy to report that
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problems.
Thanks for sharing,
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The scene: The "E" train of the subway line in New York City.
I was commuting from the Borough of Queens to my job in Manhattan. I'd finished
reading the morning paper and was saving it to bring to friends on the job.
How do you save a newspaper on the subway? You sit on it. A new commuter came
in, saw the newspaper under my rear and asked the second most stupid question
I've ever heard (someday I may tell of the first), "Are you reading that paper?"
I stood up, turned the page, sat down on the paper and answered, "Yes.
Marriage Secrets
People ask us the secret of our long marriage. It's really
quite simple. Two evenings a week we take time out to go to a restaurant. A
quiet dinner, soft music, some candlelight, a slow walk home...She goes Tuesdays;
I go Friday.
Help!
Pilot : "Pilot to tower, pilot to tower, we're 400 miles from land, 800
feet high and running out of fuel, please instruct, over. Tower : "Tower to
pilot, tower to pilot. Repeat after me. Our Father, who art in heaven..."
All men/ All Girls? ehhhh??? When my daughter Kelli was 3, she and my son Cody
would say their nightly prayers together. As most children do, we have to bless
every family member, every friend, and every animal current and past. For several
weeks after we had finished the nightly prayer, Kelli would say "And all girls".
As this soon became part of her nightly routine to include this at the end,
my curiosity got the best of me and I asked her, "Kelli, why do you always add
the part about all girls?". Her response: "Because we always finish our prayers
by saying All Men!"
She Can Turn It On Herself
At age 83, Granddad was admitted to the hospital
for the first time. "What is this?" he asked as he held up the bell cord they
had fastened to his pillow. "That's the bell, Granddad," I replied. He pulled
it several times, then remarked, "I don't hear it ringing." "Oh, it doesn't
ring," I explained. "It turns on a light in the hall for the nurse." "Well!"
he replied indignantly, "if the nurse wants a light on in the hall, she can
turn it on herself."
You Get
What You Pay For!
(that is For Certain too) This rich person was very faithful
about going to church. Their time came about, and they passed on to heaven.
Met at the Pearly Gate by St. Peter, they were made to wait. The inquiring mind
wanted to know, "Why must I wait, I was faithful about going to church. I was
am important person on earth." St. Peter said, "Well are readying your residence."
Off in the distance as far as the eye could see was fabulous mansion after fabulous
mansion. St. Peter finally led the person in and started walking past all the
beautiful homes, each one more beautiful that the last. Turning a corner, St.
Peter said, "This one is yours." The newcomer asked, "But this is a dilapidated
shack. Why do I get this?" St. Peter replied, "Although you did get rich, this
was the best we could do with the money YOU tithed us."
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