- [Kristen] Beginner crochet series, the Linen Stitch.
A perfect beginner stitch
that you can make beautiful dishcloths
all the way to beautiful blankets,
and even in planned pooling.
Stay tuned.
Welcome back to GoodKnit Kisses
where we stitch our love and love our stitches.
I'm your host, Kristen,
and I'm gonna be showing you
a series of Beginner Crochet Videos.
This series is going to be in my style
and I'm so happy to bring this to you,
so stay tuned for all the videos that are coming.
As always, I suggest that you watch the video through
the first time before attempting to get the idea
and all the tips along the way.
Then grab your yarn and hook and pause as needed
to crochet along with me.
Let's begin!
The Linen Stitch is a great stitch to learn
as your first stitch pattern beyond learning the basics
that we've already covered,
which is the single crochet, half double,
double, and the treble.
So, if you go back to your beginning basic lesson one
where we talk about the single crochet,
and you can refer to that down below in the link,
then you can make this Linen Stitch.
It makes a really sweet little V
that goes across all the row
and then it offsets on the next row,
and so you have this stair-stepped or offset pattern.
You can make it in a solid
or make it in a color-changing yarn,
and even do a little planned pooling.
Now, we're not gonna cover planned pooling in this video,
but this is going to be a great next step
to jumping into it.
In fact, this video, we're gonna cover
as a one-row repeat Linen Stitch.
It's also called the Moss Stitch or Granite Stitch,
so, if you hear those, it's the same thing.
The basic stitch is a single crochet
and a chain and it repeats.
But on other versions you might see the beginning
and the ending of each row is different
and you have to remember
if you're on the second row or the third row.
Not today.
I'm going to show you a one-row repeat, plus a bonus.
This foundation row,
sometimes you get too many chains, right?
Well, today I'm gonna show you
how to take out some of those chains
and then you don't have to worry about it.
So let's begin and dive in to the Linen Stitch.
We're gonna start with a medium-weight yarn
and I'm going to start with my slipknot.
Take the back loop over the front
and take the back loop up
and over the front again for a slipknot.
And we'll insert our hook.
Just use the hook that's appropriate for you,
I'm using an I-9 hook or a 5.5 millimeter.
I'm gonna stick that right in there and pull on it.
And I am ready to begin.
Now, normally with the Linen Stitch,
you would hear me say use a multiple of two,
so an even number of stitches.
I'm gonna say make your even number of stitches plus one.
Okay, and that's to get this repeat
that I'm going to show you how to do.
Now, if you accidentally make too many,
I'm actually gonna show you how to fix that,
so don't worry about it.
So go ahead and chain,
I'm gonna show you how to chain and take one out.
So we're gonna make 20 chains right now for our foundation.
Now, if you were doing this from the start,
you would say 19 or 21.
That way we have an odd number.
Okay, so let's go ahead and start chaining up 20.
And pause your video as you need.
So I've got one,
two, three, four, five.
Six, seven, ...
17, 18.
19.
Okay, now that we have made our chain,
we're going to go into the third chain from the hook,
so we do not count what's on our hook.
We skip the next chain that's down here,
and we skip the next one, and we go into the third one.
So insert in, and we're going to single crochet
into that third chain from the hook,
so yarn over, pull up a stitch.
Okay, so we've got two on the hook.
Yarn over and pull through two,
and we've made a single crochet.
Now we're gonna chain one.
And this is going to repeat.
We're going to single crochet, chain one.
What we do next is
we're gonna look down our foundation chain.
We're gonna skip the next one.
So, not this one that's pulled back here,
but the very next stitch here, this chain.
We're gonna go into the next one after that,
so skip one and then single crochet into that stitch.
So, yarn over, pull up a stitch,
yarn over, pull through two,
and immediately chain one.
Go into our foundation.
We're gonna skip one,
go into the next one,
single crochet, chain one.
So you're just gonna continue this all the way down
and do that until you have three stitches left,
or three chains left down here,
and that is gonna be a row one.
I'm gonna show you how to continue on.
Technically, this is our foundation row
and we'll do row one right after this.
So see you in a moment.
Skip one, single crochet, and chain.
See you soon.
Okay, so I've got three chains left, one, two, three,
and I only need to skip one and chain
and go into that second chain here for my last stitch
and then this last one is not going to be used.
Remember, I had you do an extra one.
So let's just go ahead and keep going.
We skip one and then we single crochet
into that last stitch here.
Okay?
So, if you had chained the two plus one,
or the odd number, then you would be done.
But if you have this last one left,
let's finish after.
So I'm gonna show you how to continue this.
We're going to turn our work and then chain.
Now, normally I would have you do our turning chain
before we turn our work, and the reason why is
because this one-row repeat will actually make more sense
when you do it this way.
So let's go ahead and turn our work
and we're going to chain up two times, one, two.
Okay?
In other versions, you'll see it only chain once
and you'll see why here in a moment.
All right, so I'm gonna pull this up closer
so you can see it.
Let me pull back my stitches
and you can do the same on yours.
If you notice, where we had chained
between our single crochets,
you can see this is a more substantial, thicker chain here.
Okay, so I'm gonna go into that hole.
This is the chain-one space.
So we go into the chain-one space
and we're gonna bring up a loop, okay?
And then we're just gonna go ahead
and single crochet right into that chain-one space, okay?
And then we chain one again.
So remember, single crochet, chain one.
So you go down to the next space.
You pull this back and you can see
that there's this more substantial, thicker part.
You can usually feel it with your finger really well.
You go into there, pull up a stitch,
and single crochet, and chain one.
Okay, come down to the next one.
Go into that next space.
Pull up a stitch.
And single crochet and chain one.
If you're having a hard time looking at it,
you can come down here
and see that there is this little V-shaped stitch
that goes here and here.
It makes like a little V.
You see that V there?
Into that stitch,
that's that single crochet that you did before,
and then there's another one down further.
So in between those two.
It's like a bridge,
like these two things hold up
this middle part of the bridge.
So you're just going right into that space,
pulling up a stitch and single crochet.
So go until you get to the very end down here,
where this big bump is, and I will meet you down there
and show you what to do with the end of the row.
See you in a moment.
Okay, so I'm come down to the end.
I've got one more chain-one space
and then I have this part right here.
So let me go into my last chain-one space that I can see.
It's right here.
Single crochet, chain one.
Okay, now, I can see where this,
this part here, where my original turning chain is,
and I'm just going to stick my hook right in there
and pull up a stitch, and make a single crochet.
Okay?
So I made my single crochet.
Gonna turn our work
and repeat, our row one is here.
So we're gonna chain one, two,
and then we're gonna single crochet
into that first chain-one space that we find.
And crochet one, sorry, chain one
and then go into the next space.
And single crochet, chain one.
And keep going across.
So the repeat is turn,
and then you chain two
and make your single crochet, chain one
across, and then at the last part,
so you just keep repeating until you run outta stitches,
and you run outta those chain-one spaces,
and then that very last part is where we're going
into our chain-two space
for our last single crochet of the row.
So we're getting closer to it, just keep going.
Pause as you need.
Okay, here is my chain-one space.
Single crochet and chain one, and then,
here is where this big, thick part is down at the end.
This is where the chain-two space is.
I'm gonna pull up a stitch and single crochet into that.
And so now we have just completed our second row,
but this is gonna be a repeat,
so this second row you're repeating.
It's really a one-row repeat though.
And what it does is, it will offset these V-shaped stitches.
So after you've finished this row,
you're just gonna continue until you get another,
this is about 3 1/2 inches wide,
get another 3 1/2 inches and I'll see you,
at the end of that, I'll show you how to finish that off
and also, how to get rid of that extra little chain
that you did in the beginning.
And you can use it on any project in the future
where you've gotten too many.
Pause your video and I'll see you in a moment.
So I've continued on with my sample
and I'm ready to finish it off.
I've finished this last stitch
and I'm just going to yarn over
and pull through one last stitch
and go ahead and cut our yarn, which I've done.
And then you are done with that.
So then you just need your tapestry needle
to weave in your tail,
this ending one but also the beginning,
and right here is where I'm going to fix
this extra little chain that I had made.
So, if you made just an enormous amount,
several of them, however many you need to,
this is how you will pull it out.
So you can work with a blunt tapestry needle
or one that has the little bent end on it,
maybe it's a little sharper and just pull that out.
So I just go through where the stitch is,
kinda pull on it and get that little tail outta there
and just pull it once.
And there it is.
It's like magic.
(chuckling)
And you have permission to do this.
This is okay.
It still retains that little slipknot there.
And then you would in your tails.
I hope you enjoyed making the Linen Stitch today.
It really is a great, versatile stitch.
You can make yourself a washcloth
all the way to a beautiful sweater in this one.
A great first scarf is really pretty in this stitch.
Stay tuned for our next videos on the Granny Squares.
We are gonna be working on the classic Granny Square
and this solid one, as well as a corner-to-corner
coming up in this series,
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