The low stitch is the easiest one to crochet and is a good basis for learning the half high and half high. If you already have experience in chain stitching, you are ready to take the next step: the single stitch. We show you how to make an American low stitch. In the UK, it is called a double dot instead.
Steps
Part 1 of 3: A Base Low Point
Step 1. Insert the hook through the loop
Which ring to choose depends partially on your pattern, but at a basic point it should be the following or the one after. You can identify the rings by laying the work flat and looking for the reliefs along the top edge. The crochet should go in from the front and come out from the back of the ring.
Step 2. Capture the thread
Hook the thread so that it faces up.
Step 3. Pull the thread
Pull the thread through the ring. You should now see two loops of yarn on your crochet hook.
Step 4. Take the thread again
Hook the thread so that it faces you again.
Step 5. Pull the thread again
Pull the yarn through the two buttonholes on your crochet hook. You may need to lower the front of your crochet hook towards the work. When you're done, you should still be left with a single buttonhole.
Step 6. Repeat the process
For the next point, avoid the buttonhole that is pulled up in your current stitch. Instead, move on to the next ring.
Part 2 of 3: Making a Crochet Chain
Step 1. Assume the right number of chain stitches
If you are starting from scratch, you will need to chain before moving on to the single crochet. First, you'll need to chain a chain with the number of single crochet you want to create, plus one or two, depending on how thick the thread is. Try to figure out how many you need and continue.
Step 2. Make a noose
To create the chain, first make a loop and insert the hook through the loop.
Step 3. Hold the hook in one hand and the working thread, the one towards the skein in the other
Step 4. Wrap the yarn around the hook once in a back to front motion
The thread must go back behind the hook.
Step 5. Pull the hook through the loop with the newly wrapped yarn behind you
Here the first chain stitch is created and a new loop is obtained around the crochet hook.
Step 6. Repeat, wrapping the yarn and pulling the hook until you have the desired number of stitches
Part 3 of 3: Crochet the Second Row
Step 1. Turn the job
In other words, hold the hook steady as you turn the chain stitch you just made, from right to left or vice versa.
Step 2. Go back to the second chain stitch from the hook
That is, skip the very first point and go to the next one.
Step 3. Insert the hook through the top of this stitch, front to back
Continue as described in the first section.
Step 4. Always chain the additional stitches
At the end of each row, always add an extra stitch, turn the work and repeat the process along the entire row.
Advice
- Before you start, you need to make a chain or you won't be able to work.
- To give a shell effect on the last round, just work multiple stitches in the same stitch.
- If you find yourself with two rings even the second time it doesn't matter, undo the job and go back to where you went wrong.
Warnings
- This is the American low point. In the UK it is referred to as a double dot.
- Do not wind the thread twice
