STITCH ANATOMY

How to work into the back loop or front loop of a stitch

When you first start to crochet, it’s very easy to work into the wrong part of the stitch on the row below until you get used to it. You’ll have seen by now that each stitch forms a neat ‘v’ shape at the top. Usually, you insert the hook under both strands of yarn that form that v-shape at the top. This stitch anatomy is important to understand because sometimes a pattern will ask you to insert the hook under just one of these strands and work a stitch. If you’re asked to work into the ‘front loop’, this is the part of the v-shape that’s closest to you while working the new row. The ‘back loop’ is the strand of yarn that’s farthest from you (see below). If the pattern…

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