Slip Stitch
How do I make a Slip Stitch? Today I’m going to show you how. I have compiled and illustrated over some photos of my own work to show you exactly what to do. I have also provided commentary on each photo to explain to you exactly what I’m doing and why. If you prefer to crochet along with me, Check out my video tutorial!
Watch the Video Tutorial Here!
Scroll Below for the Written Instructions.
Step 1 - Inserting my Hook
To start this swatch, I am going to chain 12 + 1. Once I have my foundation chain established, I will find the second stitch from my hook.
The reason I chain + 1 is because this additional chain will act as the starting edge of the first row.
I will show you where to place your stitch if you are working in a previous row and not the foundation chain farther below.
Indicated in Step 4 - part A.
A - This is the path I will take to place my hook into the second chain from the hook.
B - This is the second chain from my hook.
C - This is the first chain from my hook.
Step 2 - Exiting the Chain - Part A
Once I insert my hook into the chain, I am going to wrap my yarn around my hook, and exit my hook through the chain stitch I initially entered into.
A (First Green Arrow) - This is the path I will take to wrap my working around my hook.
B - This is the chain stitch I initially inserted my hook into.
Second Green Arrow - This is the path I will take to pull my hook and working yarn through the chain stitch.
Step 2 - Exiting the Chain - Part B
There are now two loops on my crochet hook.
A - This is the first loop on my hook.
This was previously the working yarn I wrapped around my hook and pulled through the Chain Stitch.
B - This is the second loop on my hook.
Green Arrow - This is the path I will take to continue to pull loop A through loop B.
Step 3 - Completing my First Slip Stitch
Without wrapping my working yarn around my hook again, I am just going to continue to pull through the second loop.
A - This is the first loop on my hook.
This was previously the working yarn I wrapped around my hook and pulled through the Chain Stitch.
B - This is the second loop on my hook.
Step 4 - Slip Stitch on a Slip Stitch - Part A
To start the second row, once I have placed a Slip Stitch in the last chain stitch of my foundation, I will chain one and then turn my work so I can crochet back the other way across all of the Slip Stitch’s I just made.
A - This is the path I will take to place my hook into the top of the last Slip Stitch of the previous row.
The space I am pointing to is the top of the half double crochet directly below.
B - This is the space I am going to place my hook into to begin my half double crochet.
C - This is the last loop on my hook.
Step 4 - Slip Stitch on a Slip Stitch - Part B
This part can be tricky, so I am going to break it down a little more. When I look at my swatch, there seems to be two spaces I could place my hook into.
Space between A and B
Crocheting into this space will give me two strands under my hook and one strand over my hook.
I will NOT place my hook here
Space between B and C
Crocheting into this space will give me one strand under my hook, and two strands over my hook.
I WILL place my hook here.
Step 4 - Slip Stitch on a Slip Stitch - Part C
This is the birds eye view I have when I am placing my hook into the top of my previous rows Slip Stitch.
Red Lines - There are strands A and B which I illustrated in step 4 - part B.
Green Arrow - This is the path I will take to place my hook into the stitch.
Step 5 - Exiting the Stitch
Similar to step 2, I am going to finish the Slip Stitch in one fell swoop, by wrapping my yarn around my hook once, and pulling that working yarn through the stitch I just went into, and the loop on my hook.
A (First Green Arrow)- This is the path I will take to wrap my working yarn around my hook.
B - These are the two strands I placed my hook into, to being the stitch.
Individually labeled as A and B in Step 4 - Part B
C - This is the loop that has been on my hook since the before starting the stitch.
Second Green Arrow - This is the path I will take to pull my working yarn through the stitch and the loop.
Finished!
Here is the final swatch of my two rows of Half Double Crochets.
DC - I have included my Double Crochet Swatch for reference, to display the size and stitch differences between the four.
You can find the tutorial for the Double Crochet Swatch Here.
HDC -I have included my Half Double Crochet Swatch for reference, to display the size and stitch differences between the four.
You can find the tutorial for the Half Double Crochet Swatch Here.
SC - I have included my Single Crochet Swatch for reference, to display the size and stitch differences between the four.
The tutorial for this stitch will be posted soon and I will add the link here at that time.
SLST - This is the Swatch I have made for the Slip Stitch Tutorial
Front - The top row of the swatch, is what the front of your stitch will look like. Some crocheters refer to this as the “right” side.
The red lines indicate the bundles of loops you go through in steps 5 and 7
Back - The bottom row of the swatch, is what the back of your stitch will look like. Some crocheters refer to this as the “wrong” side.
Chain -This is the very bottom of the swatch, below the two double crochet rows. This is referred to as the foundation chain.
Number 1 -This is the direction I went when crocheting the bottom row.
Number 2 -This is the direction I went when crocheting the top row.
Number 3 - This is the edge of the swatch.
This edge consists of the two chains I made at the of the end of first row before turning my work and starting on my second row, as illustrated in step 4 - part A.