Video Transcript:
This is Jess from jesshuff.com. In this video, I’ll show you how to begin an amigurumi piece with a chain start. My patterns often call for a chain three, chain five, or chain seven start.
I’ll show you how to do each one of these, so feel free to skip to the section you need.
Chain 3 Start:
Create a slip knot on your hook and chain three. Increase in the second chain from your hook. Then make five single crochets in the next chain.
Now we’ll be working on the other side of the chain base.
Make three single crochets in the next chain. The last of the three starting chains allowed us to turn, leaving us with two remaining chains to work into.
Note that the other side of this chain is where we worked our initial increase. So, we’ve ended up with a symmetrical round of five total stitches in each of the two chains.
Insert your stitch marker and continue working in the round as your pattern is written.
Chain 5 Start:
Create a slip knot on your hook and chain five. Increase in the second chain from your hook. Now single crochet in the next two chains. Now make five single crochets in the last chain.
Now we’ll be working on the other side of the chain base. Single crochet in the next two chains. Now make three single crochets in the last chain.
The last of the five starting chains allowed us to turn, leaving us with four remaining chains to work into.
Note that the other side of this chain is where we worked the initial increase. So, we’ve ended up with a symmetrical round, with five total stitches in each of the ends and two single crochets in the chains in between on the sides.
Insert your stitch marker and continue working in the round as your pattern is written.
Chain 7 Start:
Create a slip knot on your hook and chain seven. Increase in the second chain from your hook. Now single crochet in the next four chains.
Now make five single crochets in the last chain. Now we’ll be working on the other side of the chain base.
Single crochet in the next four chains. Now make three single crochets in the last chain.
The last of the seven starting chains allowed us to turn, leaving us with six remaining chains to work into.
Note that the other side of this chain is where we worked the initial increase. So, we’ve ended up with a symmetrical round with five total stitches in each of the ends and four single crochets in the chains along the sides.
Insert your stitch marker and continue working in the round as your pattern is written.