Crochet Instructions.
The way you work in the loop makes a difference.

There are a lot of crochet instructions which describe different stitch patterns. You can find zillions of them. And it looks like every day someone invents another new patterns. You can hunt them and try to find the "best one".

Meanwhile, having idea about three basic crochet stitches and some crochet instructions about modifying them, you can not only increase your repertoire of stitches, but also save your energy for the project itself.

Here are a couple examples only. An old classical single crochet stitch. It is very simple, easy to crochet, creates a fabric which is sturdy and is an excellent "background" to combine with other stitch patterns. Let's look at its geometry.

At the top of the stitches you can see a braid. Each link of the braid has a front and a back loop. No matter whether you look on the right or wrong side of the fabric, closest to you is a front loop. Farthest one is a back loop. There are three ways to put your crochet hook under the loops while you crocheting a single crochet:

Insert the hook under the front loop. Click image to enlarge.	Insert the hook under the two loops. Click image to enlarge.	Insert the hook under the back loop. Click image to enlarge.

The same a single crochet stitch but patterns and feel of fabric are different. Now you can experiment with double crochet or half double crochet. On the yellow swatch I circled a mistake which I made. It shows that you can actually change the way you insert the hook at any place of the row. It is one more way to experiment. The results will be very interesting.

Now I suggest you one more experiment. You will need to remember the crochet instructions from this page. We will use another "the loop effect" to create a new structure of fabric. You can use it for any kind of garment, hats, rugs, covers, and etc. My example at the Crochet Scarf page shows how to crochet a stylish scarf.

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