Summary: to Crochet you can begin by learning a simple chain stitch Hold the slipknot firmly in your left hand and wind the yarn in a clockwise position over the shaft and catch it on the hook Now while you have the yarn on the hook pull it through the slipknot you are holding When you do this you will still have one loop on the hook You see that That is called a chain
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