Crochet essentails

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Step-by-steps detailing techniques you’ll need to create and finish the projects in this supplement

SIMPLE STEPS HOW TO WORK A MAGIC LOOP

1 To start a magic loop, don’t make a slipknot. Instead, make a loop with the yarn, leaving a tail around 10cm long. Make sure the tail end is under the working yarn.

2 Insert your hook into the loop, from front to back. Wrap the working yarn round the hook anticlockwise and pull the yarn through the loop.

3 Make a t-ch for the sts you want to work (above, we made 1 t-ch for dc). Now work the sts into the magic loop, making sure you work over both the loop and the tail end (so, 2 yarn strands).

4 Once you’ve worked all the stitches you need, pull the tail end of the yarn to close the ring. Work a slip stitch to join the first and last stitches to finish the first round.

SIMPLE STEPS HOW TO MAKE A DOUBLE TREBLE

1 Yrh twice and insert the hook under the top 2 loops of the stitch indicated. Yrh and draw through the stitch only (4 loops on hook).

2 Yrh and pull the yarn through the first 2 loops only (3 loops on hook).

3 Yrh and pull the yarn through the first 2 loops only (2 loops on hook).

4 Yrh and pull the yarn through the remaining 2 loops. There’s your double treble