In this tutorial I'm going to show you how to crochet the grit stitch I'm going to use
Stylecraft classique cotton and for this particular yarn it calls for a 4 millimetre
hook you can just check your yarn label of whichever yarn you choose to use to get the
corresponding crochet hook you will also need a pair of scissors and a darning needle to sew in
your ends but before we get started if you like my tutorials don't forget to like comment and
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on my channel so to begin you want to create a slipknot and you can do this in which every
method you prefer go ahead and insert your crochet hook and for this particular pattern you are going
to want to start with a multiple of two for your initial chain so you can chain to the length or
width you want your project to be so your going to yarn over and pull through for one yarn over
pull through that's two and then you would just keep repeating that until you get to your desired
length so yarn over pull through yarn over pull through I'm going to go ahead and chain a few for
this sample piece and then meet you back once you are ready so I have just chained a fairly small
length above 16 in order to do this sample piece for you and what you want to do is after you've
done your multiples of two and you've got your desired width or length you're going to go ahead
and chain one and this chain one is for turning so what we're going to do now is work our way back
along this chain and we're going to do a double crochet so double crochet is a UK term in the US
this is known as single crochet so we're going to skip this very first chain and then work into the
second chain from the hook with a double crochet you're going to insert your hook into that chain
grab the yarn and pull it through you'll have two loops on the hook and then yarn over pull through
both loops on the hook now what we're going to do is we're going to skip the next chain and then
work into the next one and into here we're going to do two double crochets so remember that single
crochet in the US insert your hook grab the yarn pull it through you'll have two loops on the hook
yarn over pull through both loops on the hook and then we're going to do another stitch into that
very same chain space so insert grab the yarn pull it through two loops on the hook yarn over
pull through two and this is literally what we're going to do all the way along this chain so we're
going to skip one chain and then move into the next insert the hook grab the yarn pull through
yarn over pull through two insert grab the yarn pull through yarn over pull through two skip a
stitch and then do exactly the same so one double crochet and two double crochet so go ahead pause
the video work your way along this chain and then meet me back once you get to the very end what you
should find is that you actually finish your last two double crochets in the second-to-last
stitch when you get to that point meet me back and I'll show you how to finish off okay so I've just
worked my way all along that chain and as I said there should be one chain left in that foundation
chain and you want to do a double crochet into that very last stitch so essentially what we
have is a double crochet right in the end that is our turning chain and then a double crochet
on its own at the other end and this really helps with the sides of our work we're going
to go ahead and chain one and turn and then if you just look at this stitch here we're going to work
into this very first stitch so the base of this chain one first of all and we're going to do a
double crochet we're going to skip the next stitch and then work two double crochets into the stitch
after that so you're going to go into the top of that stitch but this time you will look like you
have two loops on your hook it's just making sure that you're getting the front and the back loop
of that stitch grab the yarn pull it through two loops on the hook yarn over pull through two and
then do another double crochet into that very same space you're going to skip a stitch and then move
over and then do exactly the same thing so two double crochets into that very same space so go
ahead and pause the video and continue that all the way to the very end again you should be left
with one stitch at the end so pause the video and meet me back once you are ready so I've now worked
my way all the way to the end and this is what this end is looking like so we've worked our two
double crochets into this last stitch and then you almost have like a loop on the end like a
semicircle and this is where we're going to work our last double crochet into so it's just this
stitch just here you want to go ahead insert your hook again you'll look like you have two loops on
the hook grab the yarn pull through and then yarn over pull through and then that one double crochet
creates your end so we're actually going to repeat the pattern from here on out you're going to chain
one turn your work and then you're going to do your first double crochet into the base of that
chain one space like so we're going to skip one and then do a two double crochets into that next
stitch skip one and two double crochets and skip one and two double crochets if you want
to go ahead and pause the video work your way to the end I'm just going to show you one last time
what to do once you reach the end and how to move onto your next row I have again come to the end
of this row and I'm left with this stitch in the end what you want to do is find the top of that
stitch insert your hook so you have two loops on the hook grab the yarn pull it through and
do one double crochet and then chain one turn your work and you are ready to go again so let
me just show you this sample piece here so that you can see what the stitches start to look like
as they build you can see that they just give a really pretty variation on the standard double
crochet or single crochet as it's known in the US and this is really good for scarves blankets or
even a little washcloth like I have made here so that is the tutorial I really hope you've enjoyed
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