Welcome to Week Three of your Crochet for Beginners Course, you only have one more thing to learn before you round out the basic techniques.
This week we will add crocheting in the round into the mix, which means you can make granny squares - my personal favourite - and other signature motifs of the crochet world.
Week Three Techniques
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Starting in the Round: Chain Start
Learn the techniqueThe simpliest way of starting in the round, by either working into one chain, or creating a circle of chains to work into.
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Starting in the Round: Magic Ring
Learn the techinqueThe magic ring is one of the best ways to start in the round, it gives you a tight centre, regardless of how many stitches.
Week Three Stitches
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Slip Stitch
With no added yarn overs, this stitch is typically used to connected the end of rounds, or for surface crochet.
Week Three Squares
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Square Nine: Classic Granny Square
Make Square NineMy favourite thing. The classic granny square, maybe up of trios of trebles and chains to create a holey fabric.
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Square Eleven: Solid Circle to a Square
Make Square ElevenWorking around in circles, only to end up with a square in the end.
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Square Twelve: Granny Circle to a Square
Make Square TwelveUsing a combination of a Granny Square and Circle to Square techniques to create the granny circle.
