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TITLE: Basics of Crochet

WRITER: Basir Nekmal

PRODUCER: Basir Nekmal

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Title Screen Hello everyone 20-25

Still shots with Ken Burns Effect
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This is a tutorial video on the basics of
crochet. This video is intended for
absolute beginners. To practice along
with this video you will need a yarn and a
crochet hook. You can easily find both of
these items in a Walmart near you.

Close-up shot of crochet hook When you are first starting, an aluminum 5- 7
showing the size. crochet hook in size H is highly secs
recommended.

Still shot of the dishcloth with Ken The stitches and techniques learned in 57
Burns effect. this video will help you make this basic secs
dishcloth.

Title Screen: Holding a Crochet
Video shots
Place the crochet hook in your right hand 20 25
even if you happen to be a left handed. secs
Next place your thumb and index finger
on the flat part of the crochet hook. Wrap
your remaining fingers around the lower
half of the crochet hook.

Title Screen: Creating the first loop
Video shots
Next create the first loop in the yarn. 35- 40
Wrap the yarn around your left index secs
finger in the clockwise manner as shown.
Now insert the crochet hook into the loop.
Take the yarn end to pull on it and gently
tighten the loop around the hook. Holding
the yarn gently in your left hand raise
your index finger to support the yarn.
Place your thumb and middle finger near
the bottom of the first loop to support it.

Title screen: Chain The chain usually starts off every crochet 30 35
pattern. Move your crochet hook under secs
Video shots and over the yarn, catch it on the hook
and pull it through. Continue this under
and over and pull it through for a total of
21 chains. In crochet it is important to

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keep count of the chains and stitches.
After finishing the 21 chains we will begin
the single crochet which is the basic stitch
of crochet

Title Screen: Single Stitch or Single For the first row of the single stitches we 35- 40
Crochet have to skip the first chain and insert the secs:00
crochet hook in the middle of next chain.
Video shots Do the under and over which is called a
yarn over. Pull the yarn through to form a
loop. You will now have two loops on your
hook. Yarn over and pull through both
loops on the crochet hook. Move on to
the next chain and do the exact same
thing. Yarn over and pull through. You will
crochet a total of 20 single crochets. The
first chain does not count toward the
number of stitches.

Title Screen: Adding second row of After completing the first row we need to 40 45
single crochets add another row. The first thing we are secs
going to do is chain one, then turn our
work. Skip the first chain and do a single
crochet in the next stitch.
Video shots
For this second row and all remaining
rows we are going to insert our crochet
hook underneath the two loops. We will
continue doing this, that is chain 1 turn
our work and complete 20 single crochets
until we have a total of 20 rows.

Onscreen text: Ooops. If you make a mistake take your crochet 35- 40
hook out and slowly pull out the loops. secs
Video shots Once you have removed the loops. Insert
the crochet hook back into the main loop
and begin crocheting again. After
completing 20 single crochets across and
a total of 20 rows upward it is time to
finish off our work. Cut the yard a few
inches from the crochet hook. Yarn over
and pull through the remaining yarn and
finally make a small knot. Carefully trim
the remaining yarn..

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Still shots with Ken Burns effect Thats it. You have practiced the basics of 5 10
crochet and have created a small secs
dishcloth.

End Title Screen Thank you for watching 2- 3

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