Start the work. The chain. The stitch.
The zero point
To start crocheting, we must tie the thread to the crochet hook.
And since a picture is worth a thousand words, I'm including step-by-step images:
RESULT:
The chain
Once we have the thread tied to the crochet hook, we make a chain stitch. We knit chains until we reach the desired width of the project (they will be the base of the work). Once the row of chains is made, we start to knit them, growing the work upwards.
Tip : Don't have the thread too tight, it doesn't have to be too tight, but rather loose.
1. “Yarn over” – This involves passing the thread coming from the ball in front of the needle to hook it.
2. Use the crochet hook to bring that strand towards the thread ring on the needle.
3. Pass the thread through the needle ring towards us.
4. We already have our first chain.
5. Repeat steps 1 to 3 until you reach the desired length.
Where to put the needle
To knit a stitch, where do we insert the needle? Where do we “hook” the crochet hook?
We can find two basic cases:
1- If it is our first row and we are going to knit over the chains, we insert the needle through the circles formed by the chains.
2- If it is our second or subsequent rows, we insert the needle into the stitch of the previous row. As we can see in the photo, each stitch is one of the little gaps left in the fabric. Each time you complete a stitch, a little gap like that is formed.
When you insert the needle, you can see that there are two strands on it in a “V” shape. If not, you have missed the other part of the “V”!
Front strand / Back strand
In some patterns or some types of stitches, you may find the instruction to take only the front loop or only the back loop (front loop / back loop, in English). This means that when you insert the needle into the stitch, you only have to take one of the two strands of the “V”: either the front one (1) or the back one (2):
