Super Easy Crochet Stretchy Foundation Chain
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- Super Easy Crochet Stretchy Foundation Chain or starting chain for projects such as sweaters and scarves. I thought there must be an easier way to create a stretchy crochet foundation chain that doesn't require a lot of effort. I researched extensively and couldn't find anything easy. It occurred to me that when I knit, I discovered many years ago that when I double twist the loop it makes it stretchy. I thought this should also work for crochet, as well. It seems no one else has thought of this simple technique. Most important is that it works!
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Excellent tip. Just what I needed, simple and it works.
Thank you!
Brilliant so well taught you’ve made learning easy. No waffle no time wasting just straight into what we came to learn Brilliant. Thank you
Thank you so much!!!
Yes, you can watch how to join the the first round here, plus 3 other crochet tips.
ruclips.net/video/5SnExZVehFI/видео.html
I never just make a chain then join to the first chain. I always work the first row, then join to first st with a SS. I find this much easier as the first row is always flat and easy to join. Working the chain then joining usually makes the chain twist and curl and then you have to be careful to untwist the chain before joining. When you are ready to weave in the tail, follow the stitch formation by pulling the tail through under the 2 top loops of the next stitch then back through the center of the top of the previous st. This will create a invisible stitch. Hope that helps!
@@MeadowvaleStudio you are very kind and super impressive to reply so quickly and so helpfully. Thank you
@@lndlcy You are very welcome!
This is so great I was looking for a way to make a neck warmer that would stretch to fit over my head but be tighter at the neck thank you!
Absolutely amazing! I want to crochet a wrap harness for a small pup and this should do the trick. Thank you so much for sharing.
So glad to be of help!
thank you, thank you so much for figuring this out, i have search like you said too and couldnt find a site in which it can be different than a ribbing stitch i wanted something else,, thanks for sharing this and coming out with a fantastic idea. God bless,, have a good day.
I am glad it is helpful!
This is perfect! I needed a chain for a pair of socks but it wasn't stretchy enough. I think this will be perfect!!! Thank you !
Excellent tutorial. Much appreciated. Going to make a great improvement to my efforts. Big thank you and please keep them coming. Well done! And thanks for no music. Much prefer without and I can then appreciate your lovely, clear voice.
Thank you Su! I have plans for many more videos. Hope to start some soon.
This is really great. Thanks!
I found it a bit hard to keep track of where to do R2……
So to do this, I went through the entire chain and put each correct stitch onto a very thin DPN. Then, you can see that all the stitches a correct. It’s then a breeze to do R2.
This was super helpful - thank you!
You are very welcome!
This is amazing! Thank you so much for sharing! This will save me so much headache with baby headbands and kids ear warmers!!
Very cool! I’m glad I found this video. Thanks for sharing.
This looks like a better way to begin the rim edge of a hat. I’ll try it today. Thank you! BTW, Yours is the only video I found showing this process ❤️
Thank you! I came up with the idea after many frustrated attempts to create a stretchy chain.
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I did work on the crocheted baby hat today and your stretchy cast on is perfect! ❤️ It’s for a newborn so I don’t want it to tight.
@@1wildwackywoman That's great! Glad it was helpful.
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Genius
If only I had seen this before my last project!!!🤯
Thank you it’s a great technique💖
You are very welcome!
Great video. I like your technique, voice, and the fact that you get right into it. And no music! Thank you thank you
Thank you, Ronnie!
This is so helpful and just what I was looking for! Thank you! God bless!
You are welcome. Happy it is helpful to you!
This is great! I usually use a size up hook when doing the beginning chain but this is so much easier. (Especially because I forget to switch to the bigger hook until my beginning chain is halfway done!) Thanks so much!
Thank you, Vickie!
This is so awesome, you are right, I won't go back to the old way.
Very good idea. I have been crocheting for 45 years
and have never seen this suggested until now. Super!!
Thanks! I knit too and was taught to do a double twist for casting on for that, so I thought it might work for crochet and it does!
Thank you for this example sure gonna try cuz I was having a lot of problems wth the simple chain. I'm a beginner. Have nice day.
Lovely to have found your tutorial. I've never seen this before.
This is absolutely genius. :D A stretchy foundation cord is exactly what I was looking for and this works marvelously! :) Thank you!
Brilliant. I think I can actually remember this one!!! Thanks!
This. Is. A. LIFE CHANGER!! ❤❤❤❤
This is genius! Thank you so much for sharing 😻😻😻
Thank you!
Thank you.
Thank you SO MUCH ❤️❤️❤️
You are welcome!
I'm so glad I found your video. I watch a lot of crochet tutorials and I haven't seen this technique anywhere else! Thank you for sharing :)
You are very welcome!
thanks. i was crochetin shirt and the first row stuck on shoulder. this is so useful
great! thanks was exactly what i was looking for.
You are so welcome!
The " technique " is really just that the twist adds a tiny bit more to the length of the st. When casting on the usual way, the stitch tends to tighten up with the resulting tight line. With this method, the tiny bit of extra length allows for the stretch. Simple but it works!
Ditto to what everybody else wrote!! Wow!
Great! Thank you!!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you! 👍😊
This seems like a great idea but I’m wondering what effect it has on the gauge of a project, because it seems like it is doubling the length of the chain (you’re skipping over the line made in between each chain), could you clarify..
Hi Hannah. It does not make any difference to the gauge of your work as the foundation chain settles into place once the first row or round is worked. Unless, of course, if you use a very large hook or work your stitches very loose, then switch to a smaller hook, then it will become too loose. Sticking with the same size hook will create a good stretchy foundation chain.
Yes i love this
Would you show us how to connect the first chain to make a neck hole do you join the last chain to the first in a different way to usual. Thank you
Sorry Linda! I did not see your comment. I always work a 2nd row then join to create the circle. This makes it really easy to join. So work the foundation chain, CH 1. Turn, work to end of row then SS to the first st of the 2nd row. Take a look at my video ruclips.net/video/5SnExZVehFI/видео.html
@@MeadowvaleStudio thank you so much for replying and leaving a link. Much appreciated
@@lndlcy You are very welcome!
Thanks for this, very useful! 😀
Thank you Isabel!
Meadowvale Studio , I would like to see how you do the technique in knitting too. I can't figure it out :-)
mgd3105 very kind, thank you :-)
Will this make the starting edge match the last edge?
How many rows do you have to do before it stops twisting? I've done 5 or 6 rows and its still curling around it's self length wise pretty bad.
Hi Kori, it should not twist at all with most yarns such as Red Heart Super Saver or Bernat Handicrafter Cotton yarn but will if using a rayon or a yarn that has very little stretch. Or if you are crocheting very tight. Try using a different yarn or a larger size hook. I have been using this technique for a few years now and never have a problem with twisting except once when I used a non-stretchy yarn. Hope that helps!
Pro tip: multiple twists for increased springiness.
Hi Michael! I tried it twisting the yarn twice and it does work and gives it a nice edge, too. Thanks!
I just dont seem to get any stretch when I try this? Im left handed. Im trying to follow this mirrored but the chain has no real stretch. I just cant figure out why.
Hi Erin! Sorry you are having trouble. I tried it left handed and if you change the direction of the twist before every chain, it seems to work better. So instead of pulling the loop on the hook towards you, then down and back, try pulling the loop away from you, then down and up. I tried it a few times and it works. Just make sure when you work your first row that you are working into the loop just behind the horizontal loops. Let me know if this helps.
Hello, this is wonderful ! Can you please let me know if I can use that at the end of a work too? like on a flingerless glove or a slipper at the enkel?Mzny thanks !!
Hi Fanny! Yes, you can. Just work your st, any st, then twist the yarn, then work your next st. Just remember to always twist the yarn in the same direction. Hope that helps!
Meadowvale Studio thanks a lot ! I will try. 😍👍👍👍
Thank you
Thank you!