Fig. 10.
Crochet Stitch,
Catching Thread.
Fig. 11.
Crochet Stitch,
Drawing Stitch.
Figs. 10 and 11 show the crochet stitch, which is taken up at this point to show its similarity to the knitted loop and to explain the points of difference. The illustrations show very plainly the method of forming crochet loops and they also show that this stitch is simply a single chain or wale of loops succeeding one another.
When crochet work is to be made into a fabric, the hooked needle is pushed through the side of another loop at the point at which it is to be joined, and the new loop is drawn through this old loop as well as the one on the needle. There is never more than one loop used at a time in making this work.
Fig. 12. – Back
Fig. 13. – Face
Jersey Fabric.
In the knitted fabric the loops are laid side by side and there are a sufficient number of loops being used at all times to make the width of fabric desired. The wales are bound together by the yarn passing from one loop to the next adjoining one, thereby forming the sinker loops which have already been explained.