Baby, I learned Foundation chaining over 10 years ago, TOTAL GAME CHANGER!!!! 😅 Less time going back to do what you can do with this technique, even in the round! 😊
@@Nari_Trovi The same way as you would doing it straight across. If the pattern calls for performing a chain in multiples in the round or whatever number you’re still going to start it with a foundation chain and work that many as the pattern calls for
@Nari_Trovi the pull through the first loop creates the foundation base without that base the work would begin to curve ... ie 3 dc without the ch1 base would mimic 3 dc into next stitch
I had to do this for a pattern and I could NOT get it. Didn’t understand it in writing from multiple sources. Watched HOURS of videos. Nothing. Nada. It was rocket science and almost brought me to tears. I hit subscribe so fast bc OMG THIS MAKES SENSE. Bless your beautiful soul 🤣🌟
It’s like math, depending on how it’s explained, either you get it, or you’re totally lost. I was confused to, but swing her doing it like that was enlightening! The first 3 chain are the width of the strip, and then it’s kind of like knitting multiple tiny 3 stitches rows !
Absolute game changer. Ot makes your whole piece more malleable and it doesnt pucker up on the edges. Great for beginners who can't keep the same tension.
Thank you. I have tried learning this via videos for the last couple of years (and I've been crocheting for 45+ years) ... being left handed, only a couple of LH tutorials on this available. On this short it actually seemed really clear cut and even as a lefty I was able to "visualize it" so that I could easily "convert" it for left handed use. Thank you.
I used a single crochet foundation on my last baby blanky project: never going back to the old way. 50+ years of left-handed crochet, thought i done it all but you said it Sister, its MAGIC! ❤❤❤❤
I'm a lefty also and have been crocheting for 47 yrs. Being the only lefty in the family to crochet, it was quite difficult. The last 15 yrs have been a blessing as I learned a lot from some great coworkers. Two wks ago I finally learned to read a pattern thanks to RUclips!
@@dawntyson8970 I'm the only lefty in the family, too. My mom taught me single crochet and slip stitch when I was 5. She kept saying "pretend my hand is a mirror of your hand".... she taught me how to read patterns, but I have to say since so many crochet content creators are on the internet, I almost never read patterns anymore! I'm sure if I get rusty, I'll be able to find a refresher on YT. Honestly, my favorite thing on the internet is all the crochet content. It's amazing how much great content is available!
@@lisamonderewicz2832 that's what I got when sitting with my mom when I was 9. I had a left handed cousin that helped me. Almost no one read a pattern then most was done by memory.
This is really cool! Thank you for the tutorial! Hey, just a little tip: try to learn how to hold your working yarn in the classic position, twisted around the pinky, drawn under the ring and middle, and up over the top of the pointer. It's a game changer to hold your yarn this way! You can control the flow and position of your yarn, and you work goes so much faster!
I just weave through the fingers, and don't twist around the pinky. After 50 years of crocheting, I don't need it for tension, but it feels weird without it😂. Although when using a 1 or 2 weight, I will use a tension ring in my pointer finger, just because my.hand will cramp after a few hours without it.
I just found this stitch and I love it. When I'm making something like a blanket square with 31 or 34 chains, I can never ever make the first row come out even, despite stitch markers. You can't miscount chains and double crochets when you're making them as you go!
This is the only way I will make my projects ❤️ learned this a few years ago and never going back to foundation chains. It's got too many bonuses for me: 1- a stretchy starting row, unlike with a chain. 2- you can add or subtract as many as you need to get your count right without having to start over from the very beginning. 3- it makes the bottom edge look nicer and is much easier when making a border for blankets/ other projects. 4- you can see how your yarn of choice will work up as you go instead of guessing or having to do a million swatches.
This is amazing 😍! I love all of your stuff! Thank you for taking the time to teach. I too struggle with reading it on paper so thankful for you slow down tutorials❤
This is the best way to start a project! I love it for many ways: 1. the edge i more stretchy, 2. the edge is more finished, 3. it is easier to work border stitches, and *most* of all, 4. I don’t have to struggle to insert my hook into chain stitches or start row 1 over bc Imiscounted the number of chain stiches!
My tip is don’t have to be perfect exact on number of chain stitches. If it says 100, put on 105 or something. On one second row, you may have left over stitches. Just turn and do rest of pattern. At the end of the project, you clip one or two of the stitches and weave them in.
PROs: easy to count stitches Same elssticity as rest of work - Much better gauge/tension! Feels as if takes less time as start and row/round one create in the same pass CONs: takes a minute or so to learn and acclimate to see correct place to insert hook.
OmG I've been crocheting for 2 yrs and I had given up on this particular stitch. I thought I'd never get. You made it so simple. But question.... once it's built up is it considered a double crochet
Does great for solid patterns.. But if you have to put more than one stitch in a loop or you have to skip stitches on your first row this will not work.
I’m new to crochet. By foundation double crochet stitch, are you showing how to combine foundation chain followed by row of double crochet? As in combining them into one?
The foundation chain is really good, but it does not work as well for working in around. So if you’re making panels or if you making blankets, it’s perfect but if you make beanies or if you making something in around it does not work.
I cant do rhem. Whenever i do they end up looking HORRIBLE. no matter how many times i try i just cant.. really frustrating. And im also left handed and ive watched all the videos and none of mine look good 😢
I learnt a foundation chain before anything else and honestly i hate doing them????? Is it just a preference or am I actually weird is it supposed to be a lot easier?? Because its so annoying for me to do
Once you’re done with the foundation chain, do you do the next row on the stitch where your hook is or the one where you do the chain for the foundation chain? Like where does row 2s first stitch go?
Your next row would go into the top of each st you are making((the st closest to your hook) (as normal). The reason you use the bottom for the foundation st's is because you are technically creating the ch as well... So for any rows after the ch and 1st row, would be crocheted normally. 😊 I hope this helps.
Almost every other crochet youtubers always cover up their whole stiches and makes it very confusing! Im glad i watched this! Thank you so much!
And they crochet the stitches so quickly that it's hard to follow.
Baby, I learned Foundation chaining over 10 years ago, TOTAL GAME CHANGER!!!! 😅 Less time going back to do what you can do with this technique, even in the round! 😊
yesss!! It really is the best!!
how do you do it in the round?
@@Nari_Trovi The same way as you would doing it straight across. If the pattern calls for performing a chain in multiples in the round or whatever number you’re still going to start it with a foundation chain and work that many as the pattern calls for
@Nari_Trovi the pull through the first loop creates the foundation base without that base the work would begin to curve ... ie 3 dc without the ch1 base would mimic 3 dc into next stitch
I had to do this for a pattern and I could
NOT get it. Didn’t understand it in writing from multiple sources. Watched HOURS of videos. Nothing. Nada. It was rocket science and almost brought me to tears. I hit subscribe so fast bc OMG THIS MAKES SENSE. Bless your beautiful soul 🤣🌟
I've found that is helps to slow videos down and go back as many times as I need to, pausing the video while I learn to do the stitch.
It irritated me too! My thought was, this is like MATH! 😂
It’s like math, depending on how it’s explained, either you get it, or you’re totally lost.
I was confused to, but swing her doing it like that was enlightening! The first 3 chain are the width of the strip, and then it’s kind of like knitting multiple tiny 3 stitches rows !
It's the way she holds the working yarn for me although I learned this technique just now😮😂
Thank you so much what's showing me the different technique you have cut down my time in crocheting . I love this new crocheting stitch thank you
Oooh I love that. The first row after the chain is always so fiddly
Ty for explaining this. I have such a hard time understanding the wording on paper, so much easier to follow a video. 😊
Glad it was helpful!!
@@EvelynAndPeterCrochet very helpful, Rachel❤
Absolute game changer. Ot makes your whole piece more malleable and it doesnt pucker up on the edges. Great for beginners who can't keep the same tension.
This is the clearest explanation of this stitch ever! Thank you!
Excellent explanations and techniques
I do foundation stitches where ever I can, it has made a difference in my crocheting.
Yes game changer I love it. I learned this about 5 yrs ago but never heard of it. Crocheting for 30 years. 😊
What a game changer! Thx my world just got bigger!!
Thank you. I have tried learning this via videos for the last couple of years (and I've been crocheting for 45+ years) ... being left handed, only a couple of LH tutorials on this available. On this short it actually seemed really clear cut and even as a lefty I was able to "visualize it" so that I could easily "convert" it for left handed use. Thank you.
I’ve never been able to count stitches in foundation by doing a long series of chain one….. this seems like a game changer
And now you've stumbled into the wild world of Tunisian crochet, have fun!
I have never seen this done or even heard of it. I love it and will be using it. Thank you!
Thank you !!! You are an excellent teacher!
I’ve done many of these for single crochet, this is brilliant for double crochet! Thank you!💕
I used a single crochet foundation on my last baby blanky project: never going back to the old way. 50+ years of left-handed crochet, thought i done it all but you said it Sister, its MAGIC! ❤❤❤❤
I'm a lefty also and have been crocheting for 47 yrs. Being the only lefty in the family to crochet, it was quite difficult. The last 15 yrs have been a blessing as I learned a lot from some great coworkers. Two wks ago I finally learned to read a pattern thanks to RUclips!
@@dawntyson8970 I'm the only lefty in the family, too. My mom taught me single crochet and slip stitch when I was 5. She kept saying "pretend my hand is a mirror of your hand".... she taught me how to read patterns, but I have to say since so many crochet content creators are on the internet, I almost never read patterns anymore! I'm sure if I get rusty, I'll be able to find a refresher on YT. Honestly, my favorite thing on the internet is all the crochet content. It's amazing how much great content is available!
@@lisamonderewicz2832 that's what I got when sitting with my mom when I was 9. I had a left handed cousin that helped me. Almost no one read a pattern then most was done by memory.
Love foundation stitching. I can finally get a "chain" that fits the size of whatever I'm making.
This is really cool! Thank you for the tutorial!
Hey, just a little tip: try to learn how to hold your working yarn in the classic position, twisted around the pinky, drawn under the ring and middle, and up over the top of the pointer. It's a game changer to hold your yarn this way! You can control the flow and position of your yarn, and you work goes so much faster!
I just weave through the fingers, and don't twist around the pinky. After 50 years of crocheting, I don't need it for tension, but it feels weird without it😂. Although when using a 1 or 2 weight, I will use a tension ring in my pointer finger, just because my.hand will cramp after a few hours without it.
@tkgosselin 50 years? The look of your hands and quality of your voice suggest 25, not 50!!! You go girl!!
@akabga thank you. I started at 5, so I am indeed 55! My body feels like 70, but my brain feels 25 for sure!
@@tkgosselin 😂
I just found this stitch and I love it. When I'm making something like a blanket square with 31 or 34 chains, I can never ever make the first row come out even, despite stitch markers. You can't miscount chains and double crochets when you're making them as you go!
It's sooo much stretcher, too! 10/10 recommend.
Awesome 👏🏻 thanks for sharing 👍🏻
This is the only way I will make my projects ❤️ learned this a few years ago and never going back to foundation chains. It's got too many bonuses for me:
1- a stretchy starting row, unlike with a chain.
2- you can add or subtract as many as you need to get your count right without having to start over from the very beginning.
3- it makes the bottom edge look nicer and is much easier when making a border for blankets/ other projects.
4- you can see how your yarn of choice will work up as you go instead of guessing or having to do a million swatches.
You basically make the chain and then the stich. Its wonderful!
This is the clearest I’ve seen this explained thank you!
Ah wow this is life-changing!!
For certain projects, yes, for others, a chain is better.
This is a game changer! Your video is helpful and makes it easy to understand ❤
Obsessed with all the foundation stitches
Thank you very much! I’ve seen this before but it wasn’t made plain! I think it’s because you’re useing DOUBLE strands. Not sure but again thank you!!
Omg you have helped me out so much with this. Thank you ❤
This is amazing 😍! I love all of your stuff! Thank you for taking the time to teach. I too struggle with reading it on paper so thankful for you slow down tutorials❤
This is the best way to start a project! I love it for many ways: 1. the edge i more stretchy, 2. the edge is more finished, 3. it is easier to work border stitches, and *most* of all, 4. I don’t have to struggle to insert my hook into chain stitches or start row 1 over bc Imiscounted the number of chain stiches!
Awesome! Thank you!❤
Thank You for sharing 😊
i haven’t made a chain in months since i learned about this, it’s such a game changer!
Brilliant thank you
Wow I love that … I am going to use this on my next project xx
Ohhh that's interesting. I learn it to do it bit differently
I do know the magic! There is literally no going back. The edge tension is soooooo much nicer.
It's amazing how I understand why this works and doesn't look like a fake foundation chain
My tip is don’t have to be perfect exact on number of chain stitches. If it says 100, put on 105 or something. On one second row, you may have left over stitches. Just turn and do rest of pattern. At the end of the project, you clip one or two of the stitches and weave them in.
Wowwww tysm for this because I'm so tired of chaining x amount of stitches just to have to dc in every single one of them
Holy crap. I always wanted this to be a thing. I knew there had to be a way.
Thank you, algorithm Gods
Hey Thank you
I love learning! Thanks for sharing ❤❤
Thank you 🙏🏽… finally a way I can follow.
Thanks for sharing. It's very clever.❤
Wow! Thanks
Fabuloso. Me encanta. Gracias
Thank you!!!
OMG! THANK YOU! - Straps will be SO MUCH eassier now lol -
The hardest part of crochet is the tension of the yarn practice that part and the rest falls in to place
Love this❤
thanks i'm going to try this!!
Thank you I will do it ❤❤
Very helpful. Thanks a lot
This is great..
PROs: easy to count stitches
Same elssticity as rest of work -
Much better gauge/tension!
Feels as if takes less time as start and row/round one create in the same pass
CONs: takes a minute or so to learn and acclimate to see correct place to insert hook.
Love this!! Thank you !!
Just learned this technique and Love it
Отличный способ! Спасибо!
Wowww thank yu 🎉🎉🎉
OmG I've been crocheting for 2 yrs and I had given up on this particular stitch. I thought I'd never get. You made it so simple. But question.... once it's built up is it considered a double crochet
Does great for solid patterns.. But if you have to put more than one stitch in a loop or you have to skip stitches on your first row this will not work.
I’m new to crochet. By foundation double crochet stitch, are you showing how to combine foundation chain followed by row of double crochet? As in combining them into one?
Yep! It's the starting chain plus the first row of dc sts!
@@EvelynAndPeterCrochet That’s amazing - will definitely practice that because it always looks so wrong (maybe since I am new and self taught)!
Awesome
Can you show us how to do it left handed? Please?!
Thank youfor this tutorial
Beautiful!
Genius
Great tutorial!
This is so awesome and I'm definitely saving this, is this only for double crochet? Thank you!!
I learned this a few weeks ago and now I use it for almost every project.
It's stretchy and looks so neat.
The chain foundation method is obsolete!
Im hoping i van follow along and finaly crochet more than just a line.
Why am i just now finding this after my dc sweater 😭
Does this work with half double crochet? Great video by the way 😁
Omg the amount of bobby pins I need to help me do these stitches on my octopus projects 😩
The foundation chain is really good, but it does not work as well for working in around. So if you’re making panels or if you making blankets, it’s perfect but if you make beanies or if you making something in around it does not work.
It's quite doable, you just build on the different edge than you're used to and weave the "cuff" closed later
i was wondering this, thanks for explaining!
I’ve gotta try this, my chain always gets twisted and I gotta redo a million times 😭😭
Does this negate the need for a foundation chain in a normal project?
wow!!!
Foundation stitches are THEE SH*T! No more edges curling! And has some stretch!
This is genius! 😱😍 also, does anyone know what the song is called in the background?
I cant do rhem. Whenever i do they end up looking HORRIBLE. no matter how many times i try i just cant.. really frustrating. And im also left handed and ive watched all the videos and none of mine look good 😢
I was paying more attention to her nails then what she was saying
what about single crochet foundation stitches? i cant find a good one that shows me how to do it
You need put this on RUclips youtube
I learnt a foundation chain before anything else and honestly i hate doing them????? Is it just a preference or am I actually weird is it supposed to be a lot easier?? Because its so annoying for me to do
? Why do you use this? I have been having great results with normal stitches into the back loop of the chain - game changer, that.
Does ot work for other stitches than double crochet?
What do you do now? I have no idea 🤷♀️
Thats treble in England.
I’m in Canada, and that looked like triple crochet to me 😄 having said that, I haven’t crocheted in a fair while.
Different terminology, same stitch
@@relatableusername That's fine, but then what's double crochet, and what's triple crochet? Like if she's calling double crochet, triple.
No yalls tr is out dc, this is is different from both
@@pennycandyys
Us terminology/UK terminology.
single crochet (sc)/double crochet (dc)
half double crochet (hdc)/half treble crochet (htr)
double crochet (dc)/treble crochet (tr)
treble or triple crochet (tr)/double treble crochet (dtr)
double treble crochet (dtr)/triple treble crochet (trtr)
Once you’re done with the foundation chain, do you do the next row on the stitch where your hook is or the one where you do the chain for the foundation chain? Like where does row 2s first stitch go?
Your next row would go into the top of each st you are making((the st closest to your hook) (as normal). The reason you use the bottom for the foundation st's is because you are technically creating the ch as well... So for any rows after the ch and 1st row, would be crocheted normally. 😊 I hope this helps.
exactly what @MamaTata86 said!! you turn and work your first St into the top of the stitch closest to your hook!
as a beginner crocheter this looks super confusing
I know the techniques but not the verbage. My grandmother taught me how to crochet when i was 11yo.
YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT INSTEAD OF CHAINING AND UNRAVELING AND CHAINING AND UNRAVELING I COULD'VE DONE THIS?
UGGGHHHH IKRR THIS MAKES EVERYTHING SO MUCH EASIERRRRR