There are many ways to hold your project but this can get you thinking on what will be the most comfortable for you and your hands.

A slip knot makes it easier to start your project since now you will have your yarn tight around your hook

1. Complete one slipknot

2. Complete 21 chain stitches (the extra one is important since we will be turning our piece around and going back over)

Question: How do I count them?

It would help if you looked at how many V's you have, take a look at the diagram to the left

Simple Crochet is a super important stitch that you will use with everything, watch and learn how to add simple crochet to your foundation layer of chain stitches.

3. Going into the second stitch from your hook, complete 20 single crochets across

4. Complete 1 chain stitch and turn, and complete one more row of 20 single crochet

Now that we know how to complete chain stitch, and single crochet and turn our piece around we can learn another very common stitch

5. complete 1 chain stitch and turn, completing 20 half double crochet across

Double crochet stitch is nearly twice as tall as our single crochet stitch and is a very useful one to know

6. Complete 1 chain and turn complete 20 double crochet across, finish off!