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Crunch stitch crochet tutorial
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Dec 12, 2024
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hey everyone in this video I'm going to
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show you how to work the crunch Stitch
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and if you've had trouble with it in the
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past there's probably a reason and I'm
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going to explain what that might be
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let's get started
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[Music]
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so I'm going to get started and you will
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need to work an even number of chains
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for this
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Stitch and then the the second Stitch
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from Hook here's my first going to the
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second going to work a slip stitch keep
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your slip stitches nice and loose you
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may want to go up a hook size for this
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because you'll still need to work into
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them so
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you'll probably know slip stitches is a
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finishing
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technique but it's also an actual Stitch
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so it can give you texture
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and in this case that's what's happening
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now my next Stitch after the slip stitch
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is a yarn over work the Stitch that's a
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half double
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crochet next
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Stitch go in pull up a loop slip the
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Stitch keeping it
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Loose then again half double crochet so
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I'm going to keep alternating the slip
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stitch and the half double crochet
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nice and
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loose you can see it already has texture
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coming
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along right so I'm at the end of the row
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and I'm going to finish finish Row one
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with a slip
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stitch then chain two and turn now this
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chain two will count as a half double
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crochet so this first chain would you
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would think of as half double crochet
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skip that go into the next one and this
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is where you can kind of keep keep up
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with what you're doing if you look up
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here you'll
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notice kind of a smaller Stitch bigger
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Stitch smaller Stitch bigger
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Stitch the bigger Stitch which is my
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first I'm skipping this one's bigger the
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second Stitch where I'm working into
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those will always be the slip stitch so
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I'll go
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into the Stitch there
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this yarn is a little
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slippery go in and slip now the next
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Stitch excuse me we keep alternating see
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how it's a little bit smaller when you
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look up that will be where your half
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double crochets
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go so the first Stitch is that turn
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chain counts half double crochet slip
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stitch
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half double crochet now here we've got
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the Big Stitch again go in there pull
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up slip it yarn over little Stitch half
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double
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crochet now how these rows start and end
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is what's going to to differ and if you
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don't get that start and end correctly
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your Stitch Count's going to be off so
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pay attention
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to how these uh rows are working
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worked here's small Stitch that gets a
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half double
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crochet next Stitch it's a slip
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stitch here's a little one half double
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crochet next Stitch
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slip so you'll notice what gives it this
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texture when you're working your slip
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stitch that's where you're going to get
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this kind of distinctive texture with
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these bars that can slant so when you go
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this is a half double crochet so in
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these bigger ones look up there's the
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Stitch the slant right here from the
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half double crochet of the previous row
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that's going to remain
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exposed right so when I work into it
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leave that slant unbothered
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and work the slip
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stitch like
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that so I'm at the end of the row and I
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started with half double crochet so I'm
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ending with half double
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crochet and you'll know that because
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that was that little tiny Stitch at the
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end and that's where the half double
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crochets go right so now for Row three
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going to chain
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one and immediately work a s slip stitch
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now you know to do that because I just
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made half double crochet at the end here
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so I'll be doing a slip stitch into that
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stitch on this side and remember leave
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this
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exposed turn to look up and there's your
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Stitch that slant exposed so I'll go in
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there and work my slip
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stitch yarn over little tin Stitch that
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gets the half double
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crochet slip
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stitch and I just work the row
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alternating and since I started with a
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slip stitch this row should also end
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with a slip
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stitch it's really it's an
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easy Stitch repeat to
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work and it makes a nice texture I have
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a whole post on beginner friendly
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textured stitches I will link
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that if you're
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curious you see how the texture is
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developing now at the end of this
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row so we started with the
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um slip stitch because of that half
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double crochet on the previous row the
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row prior had that chain two that does
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count as a half double crochet so it's
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not going to look like a half double
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crochet that you'll be working into but
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make sure you don't miss that Stitch and
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finish with a slip stitch because you
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started with a slip
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stitch so you'll be doing a repeat of
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rounds two and
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three and that's all there is to
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it so again I'm going to do a chain two
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counts as a half double crochet remember
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I just work that slip stitch into that
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kind of hidden half double crochet which
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is what I'm doing right now making this
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one that doesn't look like
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one
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skipping that first Stitch which would
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be a half double crochet right so now
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the next one big Stitch or a slip
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stitch someone did a count how many
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times I say stitch in this video it
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would be a lot all right half double
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crochet here's that little Stitch and I
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get the half double
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crochet slip stitch next okay so this is
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a row two I start started with a half
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double crochet or counts as a half
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double crochet I will end with a half
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double
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crochet so pay attention to that as
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you're working you'll get uh otherwise
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you'll get slipped up in your project
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the Stitch count will be off it'll start
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leaning and be misshapen you'll get
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frustrated and wonder why and it could
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be that chain two here that counts as a
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half double crochet that would possibly
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throw you off
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so I'm going to keep working these and
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then post a tutorial I will have a
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written version of this linked below
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also if you prefer to follow along that
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way and I will see you in the next video
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