Last week I made a post about how to make the foundation single crochet. This week is time to move forward and learn another stitch foundation. So, here I am with step by step instructions and video tutorial on how to make the foundation double crochet.

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You will see that is very easy and you will catch the thing right away.

Step 1

Chain 3.

Step 2

Yarn over and insert the hook in the first stitch that you’ve made. Yarn over and pull the yarn trough this stitch. Now you have 3 loops on your hook.

Step 3

Yarn over and pull the yarn trough the first stitch. 3 loops on your hook.

Step 4

Yarn over and pull the yarn trough the first 2 loops on your hook. 2 loop on the hook.

Step 5

Yarn over and pull the yarn trough the last 2 loops on your hook. Well done! You just made your first foundation double crochet.

Let’s see how we will make the next one.

Step 6

Yarn over, turn your work and find the “v” stitch at the bottom of the foundation double crochet that you just made and insert the hook trough it. Yarn over and pull the yarn trough that “v”.

Step 7

Yarn over and pull the yarn trough the first loop. 3 loops on your hook.

Step 8

Yarn over and pull the yarn trough the first 2 loops on your hook.

Step 9

Yarn over and pull the yarn trough the last 2 loops on your hook.

And this is it: you just made the second foundation double crochet stitch. Repeat the steps until you will reach the desired length.

As you know, you will find bellow a video tutorial on how to make this.

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So many times I wished to skip the foundation chain step on my projects. I hate doing that and I’m so glad and happy with this trick: foundation single crochet (or other stitch foundation depending what stitch you need for your project).

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So today will gone learn to make the foundation single crochet, but it will be other posts with the other stitches foundation.

Is so easy and you will love this trick.

So, let’s begin

Step 1

Chain 2

Step 2

Insert the hook in the first stitch you’ve made, yarn over and pull the yarn trough this stitch. 2 loops on hook.

Step 3

Yarn over and pull the yarn trough the first loop.

Step 4

Yarn over and pull the yarn trough both loops on your hook. First foundation sc is done.

Now let’s see how we go further.

Step 5

Insert the hook trough the “v” stitch at the bottom of the previous stitch you have made, yarn over and pull the yarn trough both loops of that “v”.

Step 6

Yarn over and pull the yarn trough the first loop.

Step 7

Yarn over and pull the yarn trough both loops on your hook.

The second foundation single crochet is done. To continue just repeat the steps that you’ve made for the second stitch.

Bellow you will find a video tutorial that will help you to learn this so quickly

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