How To: Make a Crochet Chain Stitch

Pictures and videos on how to make a crochet chain stitch:

There are three components to crochet stitches:

• Inserting your hook into a stitch
  • Assume you should stitch your hook under both the front and back loop, or completely under the V, unless:
    • You are instructed to do “Front Loop Only”,
    • You are instructed to do “Back Loop Only”, or
    • You are doing specific special stitches, such as the invisible decrease stitch.
• Yarning Over (or Yarning Under*), which is basically grabbing the yarn with your hook.
• Pulling the yarn you’ve grabbed through either (i) the stitch you inserted your hook into, or (ii) loops on your hook.

*This is an alternative method. If you’re a beginner, just stick to yarning over.

All stitches are a variation in the order and number of times you do these three things.

For the chain stitch, you:

1. Yarn Over
2. Pull the yarn through the loop on the hook

Here’s a longer video demonstrating how to make a slip knot and create a chain of 8:

If you just want to focus on the slip knot, here’s a video for that: