- [Kristen] Learn to crochet for the beginner.
Today we learn half double crochet.
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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.
Today we learn about half double crochet.
If you need to refer to last week's video on single crochet,
the link is down below.
Let's begin.
We'll start with a slipknot, and you're going to work
as many stitches wide as you want your width,
and then you're going to add two chains, okay?
So I'm gonna insert my hook, and I'm gonna work 22 chains.
So go ahead and work however many chains you need.
Again, you're gonna yarn over and pull through,
keeping this beginning foundation chain nice and loose,
and pause your video, and I'll meet you back up
with 22 chains.
See you in a moment.
For the half double crochet, we'll be going into
the third chain from the hook,
so do not count what's on the hook.
There's one, two, three.
That's where we're going, but before we do,
we want to yarn over.
So we already start with yarn on our hook.
We're gonna go into that third chain from the hook,
and now we're gonna yarn over and pull through,
so that we have three loops on our hook.
Now we're gonna yarn over again and pull through all three
to create our first half double crochet,
and as it does it, you'll see that it's gonna turn
and it creates this little V on the top,
and that's that first stitch there.
Alright, so we're gonna go into this next stitch here.
We yarn over first for the half double,
and then we go into the stitch and pull through a loop
so that we have three loops.
Now we're gonna yarn over and pull through all three,
and that's the half double crochet.
You're just gonna continue going down the line,
yarning over first, getting those three loops on, okay?
And pulling through all of them
in order to get the half double.
So continue all the way down to the end.
I'll meet you back up and show you the turn.
See you soon.
On this first row, we won't have to deal with
a turning chain, but we will on the next few rows,
so I do wanna address that.
Let's pull through, and when we're on the last stitch...
Of course, we're not going into the slipknot.
This very last stitch...
Okay, pull through, and now we need to chain
to go up to the next row.
You can count across and see how many you have.
If you turn it like this, you can see all these V-shaped
stitches, and this is the top of your stitch,
so that's the top of any stitch.
If you saw single crochet, a double, any of it,
half double, this is what it's gonna look like,
and you can count that you have 20 across, alright?
So we want to chain and go up one, two, okay?
And now we want to turn, and then we are going to
yarn over and go into the second stitch here.
So not the first stitch where this first V is,
next to the turning chain, but into the second stitch.
So we're gonna go in here, and yarn over,
and we've got our three, and yarn over, and pull through
one, two, and three, and now this turning chain
is going to be our first stitch,
and then the one that we just made will be actually
our second stitch, and you'll be able
to count that in a moment.
So just continue going across, and I'll show you
the ending for this row, and then we want to show you
the ending of this row, because we're gonna be going
into this turning chain, and that's important,
so that your work doesn't slowly get smaller
or slowly get too big.
Alright, pause your video, and I'll see you at that point.
See you soon.
Okay, we're coming to the end.
I've got one more stitch, and you can see
how mine looks right here with this extra little bump here,
and in order to count, you can see that I've got my
half double stitch here, there's one and two,
and counting all the way across, that's three,
four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19.
So this right here was my turning chain,
and that counts as my 19th, and you can also turn on the end
and you can count that you have the right amount.
So we're gonna come down here and you can see
the top of this chain...
When you tilt and turn, you can see this little V stitch
here, and that's what we're gonna go into,
so we yarn over first and go into that stitch,
and pull through, and pull through all three.
Now, that one stands out easier than when we
get down to the end here, so I do wanna show you
how to work with the turning chain.
So in order to move up here, again, we're chaining
one, two, and then we turn and work our way down.
So skip that first stitch here, and you're gonna
go into the next stitch, and pull through,
and pull through all the way, okay?
So we're gonna continue going down through
the next stitches, and I'll meet you back at the end.
Pause your video and I'll see you there.
Okay, so we're at the end of this row where we need
to work into the turning chain.
Now, before you begin and you think, oh, I'm here,
you might think, this little thing leaning right here,
this is the stitch.
No, there's actually two more stitches that need to be made.
If you go back and count your crochet stitches,
you've got a half double here, and counting
all the way down to this turning chain down here,
that's actually 18, and I need two more.
That's why it's important, as you're working and learning,
to count the stitches as you go.
You can count them at the end of the row
and double check your row, or you can count them as you go.
I'm gonna go into this one, because it's really obvious
that that's the one we need to go into, okay?
And pull through all of them, and it might look
like you're okay, but again, I'm gonna
count these and show you.
It's one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight,
nine, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19.
So we have only 19.
I need one more, or this is gonna
slowly get skinnier as we go.
We're gonna get a wedge shape.
So I wanna yarn over again, and we're gonna go into
this first stitch here on our chain.
So wherever we had chained up two...
So I'm gonna go up to this one and put both loops on.
Oops.
Now, a chain three loops, so you're only grabbing
those top two loops.
Let's see if I can get that.
My hook isn't nearly as sharp.
Some hooks are a little sharper,
and sometimes I could pull across...
There we go.
I can now see that stitch.
Okay, and now I'm gonna yarn over
and pull through those, okay?
And then pull through the whole thing.
Alright, so that's actually gonna make
my edges nice and straight.
Alright, so continue.
Chain up two, turn, and continue on your way,
and I will show you finishing this off
and darning in the ends.
See you in a moment.
So here is the half double crochet,
as I finish it up and work the last stitch
and pull through that last one,
or just cut it and pull through one more.
You're going to cut it and then just pull
all the way through and then we'll want to
weave in this tail.
Now, I've already used this method
of weaving down on this one.
You can see where my beginning tail is now hidden.
So let me show you how to do that.
I'm gonna use this bent needle here.
You can use a plastic tapestry needle or a blunt needle.
I like this bent one here, and just put it through,
and I like to work my way down through the back,
and go through several stitches here.
Okay, and then go down to the next row,
and work my way back, and get this nice, long tail
in here, and then to make sure that it's
not gonna work itself out, I will go back through
some of these stitches and even split the yarn
in some of these stitches to make sure that
it is locked into place, okay?
And sometimes people even will split the plys on a yarn
and work them into two different directions,
and that works as well.
When you're ready to cut off your yarn,
make sure that you don't cut it too short,
because if you need to give it a washing beforehand
or block it, this little end will
work itself down into the fabric.
Can you see how when I pull it like that,
it will pop right in there, so you don't want it...
Even if you cut it longer, after you wash it,
then you can trim it down an it should stay pretty well.
I hope you enjoyed making your half double crochet,
and for our next video, we'll be
working on the double crochet.
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