Crochet 101 - The Single Crochet

I have heard a lot of people say "teach me how to crochet" or have seen on social media that people would like to learn to crochet, so I decided to start a "Learn to Crochet" series.

Slip Knot

You need to start with a slip knot



Once you have your yarn on hook, you'll need to start with a base chain. We will do a chain of 20 for this tutorial.

When you get the to the end
of your chain, you will turn your hook, and insert it into the second chain from hook, yarn over (YO), pull up a loop, yarn over(YO) again and pull it through the two loops on your hook. So that will look like this:

Repeat this across. And you will have 19 single crochet! Great start! There are a lot of things you can make with a simple single crochet. Here is a free and easy head band pattern that will work up quickly and will make great practice for your new crochet stitch!

Headband Pattern:

Round 1: chain approximately 80-100 (enough to fit around your head -- an 18" headband should fit most teens to adults); slip stitch to join, ch1
Round 2: single crochet in each chain around
(repeat until headband is desired width)
fasten off and weave in ends