TERMS USED IN CROCHET.
To make a chain—Make a loop, and draw the wool through it.
To commence a row—Put the needle in the side of the 1st stitch, bring the wool through, and work a chain stitch. After the 1st row, there is always a stitch at the side.
Miss a stitch—Pass over 1 of the row before.
To increase—Work 2 stitches in 1.
To decrease—Miss a stitch.
In crochet that is worked square, at the end of a row, cut the wool off, and draw it through to fasten it; begin at the other end.
In the chain—Put the needle through the loop formed by the chain stitches, in the row before, instead of in a stitch.