List of BASIC CROCHET & CROCHET TECHNIQUE Tutorials on Craftster in Crochet

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This is an ongoing project for the Craftster Crochet board; as such, it will be updated often! Our goal is to create a complete "How to Crochet" guide hosted here on Craftster.

How YOU can help:

If you've heard of a technique that isn't listed here, please suggest it (as a reply to this thread) so that we can add it to the list!

If you know how to do any of the techniques listed here and would like to do up a tutorial, please do so, and then post the Craftster link to it in reply to this thread.  Someone will periodically go through this thread, add the new ideas and tutorials to the master list (and will delete your reply to this thread, just to keep things tidy and easy to manage).

The rules: for a tutorial to be listed here, it has to be hosted on Craftster (in one of the Crochet boards).  Tutorials hosted off-site will not be included.  If at all possible, please host your pictures on Craftster Picture Hosting.  If your pictures disappear and we can't get a hold of you, your tutorial may no longer be linked from this list (decided case-by-case).

If you are interested in creating the tutorials, please try to "fill in the gaps" and focus on the techniques that don't have a tutorial already.  However, do not hesitate to create another tutorial for a technique that already has one, as everyone learns differently and the wording and types of pictures you choose to use may be just the thing someone needs to be successful!

Finally, try to create separate posts for each technique to avoid confusion.

The full list of patterns and tutorials for Crochet: Completed Projects can be found here: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=415946.0

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Getting started

	Choosing a Yarn and Hook by fantasticmio		Making a Slip Knot by fantasticmio		Holding the Working Yarn by fantasticmio
	Inserting the Hook by fantasticmio		Working into a Base Chain by fantasticmio		Working into a Stitch by fantasticmio
	Working into Front Loop / Back Loop Only by fantasticmio		Working into Front Post / Back Post by fantasticmio		Working into Spike Stitches aka Long Stitches by fantasticmio
	Working into Split Stitches by fantasticmio	No Photos.	Working into a Ring / Space by fantasticmio	No Photos.	Working in Between Stitches by fantasticmio
	Yarn Over by fantasticmio		Pull through by fantasticmio

Basic stitches

Chain Stitch by fantasticmio

Single crochet (US) / Double crochet (UK) by fantasticmio

Double crochet (US) / Treble crochet (UK) by fantasticmio

Other stitches

Can be found here: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=415987.0


Chainless Foundation Stitches

	Chainless Foundation by fantasticmio		Chainless Foundation using (US) dc Stitches (fdc) by fantasticmio		Open Increases and Decreases (making holes) by fantasticmio
	Solid Decrease by fantasticmio		solid increase by fantasticmio

Joining Methods

Join-As-You-Go for Granny-type Motifs by fantasticmio

Invisible Join (for joining the end of a round the to beginning) by fantasticmio

Patterns for basic shapes and motifs

Can be found here: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=415987.0


Special Techniques

	Crochet On The Double by fantasticmio		Illusion Crochet		Jacob's Ladder  by fantasticmio
	Tunisian Crochet - getting started and Simple Stitch - tutorial by fantasticmio		Tunisian Purl Stitch by fantasticmio		Changing Color in Tunisian Crochet by OlalalaurenO
	Tunisian Crochet worked Backwards (TSS) by fantasticmio		Fair Isle Crochet by lady-twatterby

Miscellaneous

	Creating Yarn from Fabric by craft-matic		Crocheting with Ruffle Yarn (Sashay) by fantasticmio		Weaving in Ends by Eliea
	Crocheting Over Ends by Eliea

We're in need of the following tutorials to help fill in the gaps:

Getting Started
slip stitch - sl st
half double crochet - hdc / half treble - htr
half triple crochet - htr / half double treble - hdtr
triple crochet - trc / double treble - dtr
US <-> UK Conversion

Other Stitches

Cables
Crab stitch (backwards sc)
Clones Knot
Popcorn
Shell

Special Techniques
Broomstick Lace
    in rows
    in the round
Bruges Lace
Crochet-on-the-Double / Cro-hook / Crochenit
    short rows
Hairpin lace
    Making a strip
    braided join
    in the round
Mosaic Crochet
Overlay Crochet
Polish Star
Tapestry Crochet
Tunisian / Afghan Stitch
    knit stitch
    short rows

Beyond the Basics

Magic Ring
Golden Loop
No-Turning-Chain stitch

Joining Methods

Flat Braid
Single Crochet Join
Slip Stitch Join
Whip Stitch

Miscellaneous
Blocking