To practice your double stitches, you will need to make a
new row of chain stitches.
When you have made your row of double chain crochet
stitches, count the first three chains skipped at the beginning of the row as
the fist double crochet stitch.
First, bring the yarn once over the hook from the back to
the front then insert the hook in the top loop of the forth chain stitch from
the hook. Hook the yarn and draw it
through the stitch. You will have three
stitches on your hook now.
Second, hook and draw the yarn through the first two loops
on the hook. You’ll have two loops on
the hook.
Third, hook and draw the yarn through both loops on the
hook. You’ve now made one double
crochet!
Continue until you’ve worked all the stitches on your chain
stitch.
To work the next row chain stitch three stitches for the
turning chain, then turn your work counterclockwise. The three stitches of the turning chain count
as the first stitch of the row. Skip the
first stitch and work a double crochet in the second stitch making sure to
insert the hook under the top two loops of the stitch. Continue with each stitch and at the end of
the row, make sure to work the last double crochet in the top chain of the
turning chain of the previous row. Be
careful to work in the top of the turning chain of the previous row or your
work will narrow and be sure not to forget to skip the first stitch of the row
or your work will widen.