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- Step-by-step instructions
- A list of everything you’ll need
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Getting Started
The slip stitch is a versatile and functional stitch. Use it to create a firm finished edge, to join two finished crocheted pieces, or a new skein of yarn to your crochet project, or when you change yarn color. Combine the slip stitch with other stitches to form fancy stitches that look complicated.
As versatile as it is, the slip stitch is most commonly used to join one end of a foundation chain to the opposite end, forming a ring. The ring then forms the foundation for working pieces in the round.
To make a slip stitch, insert your hook into a stitch. Yarn over the hook and draw the yarn through the stitch and the loop on your hook. You’ll have one loop left on your hook (see figure 1).
Skill Level
- Intermediate
You Will Need
- Approximately 274yd/250m light worsted weight yarn
- Hook, 5 mm/H–8 or size needed to obtain gauge
- Yarn needle
- Sewing thread and needle
- Pearl bead
Gauge
- Always take time to check your gauge.
- 20 sts and 8 rows = 4"/10cm in dc
Stitches Used
- Chain stitch (ch)
- Double crochet (dc)
- Slip stitch (sl st)
Special Stitch
- Popcorn (pop): Work 5 dc in same st, drop loop from hook, insert hook from front to back in 1st of 5 dc, draw dropped loop through st.
Pattern Notes
- Adjust the capelet to fit larger sizes by working a longer foundation chain. Work an even number of stitches to desired length for circumference around neck edge.
Materials Used in the Featured Poncho
- 2 balls of Plymouth Wildflower D.K., 51% cotton/49% acrylic, 1.75oz/50g = 137 yd/125m, in Pink (#80)
Finished Measurements
- Women’s size S/M
- Neck edge, 33-1⁄2"/85cm in circumference
- Bottom edge, 42-1⁄2"/108cm in circumference
- Length, 9"/23cm
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