It’s several years since I made my how to teach crochet video using a latch hook. So I decided to do an impromptu LIVE. I hope this helps beginners get started. Let me know if it helps. If you haven’t already seen my videos there, please pop on and SUBSCRIBE, Click the notification bell so you know if I have uploaded another video. And don’t forget to make a small comment so I know what is being watched. I will reply… and it’s FREE! https://www.youtube.com/live/DDXfWBPojfI?si=OC6I4KKIQ6m_tuFh

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Some years ago I wrote my book ‘Two Stitch Crochet Art’. It blew my mind just how much you can do by just using these two stitches. So I also started my YouTube channel I call ‘Howtocrochetusingtwostitches 2 stitches’. The two stitch idea grew with the introduction of the Bridges method because When making rows the bridges are made so it is very easy to hook under them using the latch hook. Therefore it is not often necessary to hook into the chains. hooking under bridges can become quite quick to do. In my first book I introduce the idea of ‘picking up stitches’. This was because when you gather stitches on the latch hook it is easy to pull through lots of loops at once. And that is why I began teaching first a chain length and then turn it into a flower by picking up the loops from the chain length. You won’t find this in traditional crochet where the first chain length becomes the foundation row, ready for more rows of traditional stitches. In Freeform Crochet the latch hook is sometimes used to create the BULLION STITCH. This is the third stitch that I teach because it involves winding the yarn around the hook and pulling all the loops off the hook in the same way as the flower. The bullion is such a versatile stitch. It is like a small spring! It is fun to do. It can be made as big as you like. It can have one or two winds or lots of winds around the hook. You don’t need to count them. It adds texture. it can be made curled or straight. The bullion bracelet is a definite hit with kids and mums love the flowers. The bullions can be spaced out or worked one after the other. They can be the same size or different sizes. They can be worked on petals or on or in between bridges. There are lots of possibilities. After learning how to make a flower, I teach how to hook into the petals to begin bigger circles and this is where the fun begins because we can let it turn into a bowl or learn how to keep it flat to make a coaster or make a fun face using sticky gems or buttons.

Crochet Art using a small needle latch hook and just chain and slip stitch I also use a rug hook A Cordmaker and a Tunisian latch hook.

I am posting a link to my video which shows how I teach individuals or groups to use a latch hook to crochet. It often takes about 5-10 minutes each. I had a group of 9 Brownies and 3 adults . They were all seated around a long table. I started by giving a quick demo of me crocheting a chain length into a bracelet. I then told them to repeat after me, lots of times, “ Yarn over Pincer fingers and back to your busy fingers” ….. it becomes a chant and I tell them to keep saying it their head. Next I explain, yarn over, pincer fingers and busy finger. What is yarn? Show me pincer fingers, and demonstrate how we take the loop along the hook and back under to the busy finger, while the latch closes and opens on its own. All point with dominant hand and show how we hold the hook while the pointing finger (‘ busy finger’ because it has an important job to do) it controls the loop on the hook. If it doesn’t do its job, the loop goes all over the place. I then teach each child starting with older or smartest kids, these often help the others when they know how. Every one waits and watches and joins in with the chant. Meanwhile while I am teaching, I am prompting, “busy finger, or pincer fingers” Within an hour most of them are able to make a bracelet. Some chains are long enough to make a necklace or I show them how it can be made into a flower. The adults usually pick it up fairly quickly and help the children too. You will need a rug hook each and lots of small balls of different coloured yarn. https://youtu.be/TowBfOgwFVQ?si=zwZxO42gMmINlyYa Note: I didn’t take photos of this Brownie group. Photos shows other beginners. Also this video was made 6 years ago, the way I teach now is slightly different using specific language etc.