Crohook or Double ended Crochet
Crohook or Double ended crochet
I know somewhere amongst your hook collections you have a long needle that appears to have a crochet hook on both ends, dust it off and we will learn how to use it. Since history is a little sketchy I am going to guess that this method of crochet had to be one of the first to be used. It does create a wonderful stretchy type fabric sort of like knitting so this can be a great way to create anything that might need a little give to it such as a hat, sweaters, or whatever your imagination can come up with. For demonstration purposes I highly recommend using two different colors so that you can see exactly how it is done, once learned you can use only one color if you so desire but I myself like using the two colors to create some pretty colorful combinations. A rule of thumb to remember is that after you get your beginning row, you will take loops off and put loops back on with one color, push all the loops to other end of hook, turn use 2nd color to remove loops and put loops back on the hook. Various types of stitches can be created by the way you take the loops on and off.
With color A Ch 10, insert hook into 2nd ch from hook, yo, pull loop thru the ch, leave the loop on the hook. You now have 2 loops on your hook.** insert hook into next ch, yo pull loop thru ch leave the loop on the hook**, you now have 3 loops on your hook. Repeat from ** to ** to the end of your ch, you should have 10 loops on your hook. Now we are going to add the second color and remove loops from the hook.
REMOVE LOOPS: Push all the loops that you have down to the opposite end of the hook, turn your hook. With color B make a slip knot, put it on your hook, pull it thru the first loop of color A, you now have on your hook 1 loop of color B and 9 loops of color A * yo, pull thru color B and color A loop* repeat from * to * until you have only 1 loop of color B on your hook. PUT LOOPS ON: Take a look at the row, you should see vertical stitches of color A, there will always be a loop on your hook and it is always counted as the first stitch.We are now going to put loops back onto our hook by inserting the hook under the vertical bars. Remember the loop on your hook and the vertical bar underneath it is counted as your first stitch and you do not insert your hook into it, insert your hook into the 2nd color A vertical bar from hook, yo, pull loop thru, leave it on your hook, you now have 2 loops on your hook. *Insert hook into next color A vertical bar, yo pull loop thru, leaving loop on your hook*, you now have 3 loops of color B on your hook. Repeat from * to * at the end of the row you will have 10 loops of color B on your hook. Now you will use color a and repeat the above REMOVE LOOPS and PUT LOOPS ON. That’s all there is to it.
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