Photo Tutorial – Crochet Beginner Guide: Basic Stitches For Absolute Beginners!

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Thanks for visiting my page! Here is a written tutorial with photos on how to make the 4 most basic crochet stitches, for beginners!

First, with any project you'll need a crochet hook and yarn. Any yarn or hook will do for learning to make these stitches

For this tutorial you'll need to know how to make Chains (CH), I have a tutorial here!

I will now go over the 4 most basic crochet stitches:

The Single Crochet Stitch

The Half Double Crochet Stitch

The Double Crochet Stitch

and The Triple Crochet Stitch

We're starting with the Single Crochet Stitch (SC)

Make 1 CH to start your row, This 1 CH is the same height as the SC

*To start our SC: Insert your hook into the next Stitch, grab that yarn you're working with and pull it through that Stitch, pulling up 1 loop on your hook

You'll have 2 loops on your hook now

Yarn over your hook 1 time

Take that yarn through both loops on your hook

to complete that Single Crochet Stitch

You'll now repeat the steps above from * for the rest of your row

And that's how the Single Crochet Stitch is looking

I have a individual tutorial for this stitch here!

Next we are making the Half Double Crochet Stitch (HDC)

Make 2 CHs to start your row, These 2 CHs are the same height as the HDC

*To start our HDC: Yarn over your hook 1 time

Insert your hook into the next Stitch, grab that yarn you're working with and pull it through that Stitch, pulling up 1 loop on your hook

You'll have 3 loops on your hook now

Yarn over your hook 1 time

Take your yarn through all 3 loops on your hook to complete that HDC Stitch

You'll now repeat the steps above from * for the rest of your row

And that's how the Half Double Crochet Stitch is looking

I have a individual tutorial for this stitch here!

Next we are making the Double Crochet Stitch (DC)

Make 3 CHs to start your row, These 3 CHs are the same height as the DC

*To start our DC: Yarn over your hook 1 time

Insert your hook into the next Stitch, grab that yarn you're working with and pull it through that Stitch, pulling up 1 loop on your hook

You'll have 3 loops on your hook now

Yarn over your hook 1 time

Take that yarn through 2 loops only

This is the bottom of the DC made

You'll have 2 loops left on your hook

Yarn over your hook 1 time

Take that yarn through the last 2 loops left on your hook to complete that DC Stitch

You'll now repeat the steps above from * for the rest of your row

And that's how the Double Crochet Stitch is looking

I have a individual tutorial for this stitch here!

And last, we are making the Triple Crochet Stitch (TR)

Make 4 CHs to start your row, These 4 CHs are the same height as the TR

*Yarn over your hook 2 times

Insert your hook into the next Stitch, grab that yarn you're working with and pull it through that Stitch, pulling up 1 loop on your hook

You'll have 4 loops on your hook now

Yarn over your hook 1 time

Take that yarn through 2 loops only

You'll have 3 loops left on your hook

Yarn over your hook 1 time

Take that yarn through 2 loops only

You'll have 2 loops left on your hook

Yarn over your hook 1 time

Take that yarn through the last 2 loops on your hook to complete that TR Stitch

You'll now repeat the steps above from * for the rest of your row

And that's how the Triple Crochet Stitch is looking

I have a individual tutorial for this stitch here!

I hope this tutorial if helpful to have all of the basic stitches together!

These are the 4 stitches you'll want to master before moving on to more complex stitches

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Some unique crochet stitches to check out:

The Delilah Stitch, tutorial here!

The Scribble Stitch, tutorial here!

The Felicity Stitch, tutorial here!

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