Let’s crochet friends! In this post, I’ll walk you through step by step how to single crochet for beginners. There are pictures and videos included to encourage you to crochet along and try this basic stitch.
If you are just beginning to Learn to Crochet, start with my very first post What Do You Need To Start Crocheting, where I show you what supplies you should buy. Single crochet is the third of the 6 Crochet Basic Stitches You Need To Learn First

how to single crochet For Beginners
To start making a single crochet, you will need to know How To Make A Slip Knot Crochet and How To Start Chain Crochet. Once you are confident with these two skills, you can start learning the single crochet.
How to single crochet into a chain

Insert the hook into the second chain from hook, and pull up a loop.
TIP: Make sure you are not inserting into the first chain. The first chain is skipped to allow for the height adjustment and is called the turning chain.



You will now have two loops on your crochet hook.

Yarn over, and pull through both the loops on your hook.



You have now made your first single crochet stitch!

Now that you have learnt how to single crochet, you need to repeat this into each and every chain of your starting row.

turning chain for single crochet
Once you have finished your finished your first row, it is time to now turn your work and start your second row. You basically flip your work so that the crochet hook with the loop is now held in your right hand.

An important concept to understand while learning how to single crochet is the turning chain. Each time you turn your work to start a new row, you will fist need to make one chain. This chain is called the turning chain and helps to keep the single crochet maintain its height. If you omit this turning chain, your first stitch of the row will be squished.

After your turning chain is made, simply insert your hook into the first single crochet from row, pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through both loops to create a single crochet stitch. This is now the first stitch of row 2.


Repeat making single crochets into each stitch of row 1 to complete row 2. And continue to work in this manner, turning at the end of each row to build your yarn swatch.




Once you are satisfied with the length, it is time to end your project. Using a pair of scissors, trim off the yarn leaving about 2 inches of tail.

Pull this yarn tail through the last loop on the crochet hook and yank firmly to knot off your work and prevent it from unraveling!


And voila! You have now learnt how to single crochet and have created your very first swatch! 🙂

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Conclusion: how to single crochet
The single crochet stitch is a basic stitch that has so many uses! It is often depicted as just sc in patterns. It makes a nice dense fabric with no holes which is great for making scarves and blankets. If you know how to chain crochet and how to single crochet you can easily try out this Colorful Crochet Moss Stitch Scarf Pattern
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