How to complete your Afghan in the Evening News
To complete your Afghan you will need to learn steps, such as chain loop
stitching, clusters, cross double
stitching, cross-batch, and the lines joining angles spike
stitching. Of course you will need to learn more about Fantail
stitching, knot
stitching, popcorn, puff, shell, V
stitching, zigzag lozenge
stitching, sample square, bordering, assembling, and more to complete your Afghan.
To get your started we can consider chain loop stitching. To chain loop
stitch
avoid starting your square with the loop stitch. Instead, in row one chain
stitch
six lines, skip one stitch, and single crochet in the following
stitch, throughout, i.e. across, and then turn. In row two chain
stitch
four rows, double crochet in your following chain, and continue across, finishing with a turn and proceeding to the next row. Now, chain
stitch
and add a single crochet in your six chain loops and move to chain one throughout until the finish and complete with a double crochet in the initial, i.e. the first chain of your preceding row.
Now you are ready to move onto collecting, or clusters. In the cluster steps, you start with your preceding loop, keeping it on each
stitch
on your crochet hook. Finish by working one stitch
in the following stitches
to a favorable level and �Yarn over Yo� throughout the loops on your crochet hook, finishing your
stitch
with a chain stitch.
How to cross double crochet stitch:
Next, you want to learn how to cross double crochet stitch. You will need to start with two multiples, which creates a base of two. Start with three chain
stitches; skip one
stitch
and double crochet in the following stitch. Skip another
stitch
and repeat across, and to the finish with another double crochet in the final
stitch.
Use a 7-multiple to crossbatch, plus four to add three bases to your Afghan. In row, one skip two chain
stitches
and double crochet two in the following chain, skipping another three chain
stitches
and single crochet into the following four chain stitches, skip three chains, and single crochet the final chain
stitch, and then turn.
The lines joining angles-spike stitching, is known to crochet experts as �Diagonal Spike
Stitch.� The experts will use four, plus two multiples to create dual bases. To begin the steps the expert will start in the first row, skipping three chain
stitches
followed by double crochet in all of the three chain stitches, skipping the following chain, and Yarn over Yo
stitch
followed by inserting the hook in the matching chain stitch
as that of the first, preceding double crochet. Moving along the expert double crochets three groups and Yarn over Yo to pull up the loops. The loops are loose at this time and finished with a
stitch, i.e. a double crochet spike
stitch
and repeats the steps across, and to the finish with a double crochet in the final chain made and then turns.
Continuing the diagonal spike-stitch in the second row by chaining three,
stitches
for the beginning double crochet and continue to the next step. Skip one
stitch, double crochet again in all of your following three
stitches, skip another
stitch, spike
stitch
in the following stitch, and repeat the steps across, at the finish, and with a double crochet in your crown turning chain, and then turn, repeat the steps outlined in row two to complete your pattern.
You are almost finished, yet you will need to learn how to knot stitch, popcorn
stitch, shell and puff
stitch, and so forth.
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