Crochet

Crochet is a method of textile processing, are used in the generated with thread and crochet stitches and linked.

In contrast to smooth the knitting needle crochet hook has a hook at the tip. With the help of this hook, it is possible to pull the thread through already -made mesh and thus to produce a coherent mesh structure.

Crocheting is a much younger technology than knitting. There are no known crochet pieces that are proven to be dated before the year 1800, while Knitting, if known, from the 13th century north of the Alps was practiced.

Depending on the fashion and tastes of a wide spectrum of applications possible: Filethäkelei with the finest yarns about potholders made ​​of cotton to garments like hats, sweaters, scarves from various yarns (silk, cotton, wool, synthetic fibers ). It is crocheted also practical for the budget (ceiling, cosies, pot holders, etc.) or Decorative (tablecloths, dolls, etc.). Popular were long crocheted baby clothes and blankets.

Filet crochet and Tunisian crochet are among subspecies or special cases of crocheting. Bruges crochet lace same bobbin lace. Irish crochet lace are modeled on the needle tip.

Crocheted workpieces are only slightly elastic.

Word origin

Crochet The word is attested since the end of the 17th century and originally had the general meaning " take with hook "; today it refers only to work with the crochet hook. It is probably a derivation of hooks with l ending of the verb (so-called Iterativbildung ) or a derivative of the diminutive crochet, the Middle High German word for "check".

Crocheting

Mesh

There are four basic stitches distinction, upon which the technique: chain stitch, single crochet, sticks (also called whole sticks ) and half a stick. Then different patterns are constructed from the basic stitches.

Luftmasche

Stitches are the basis for any crochet, but also to bridge ( for example at the beginning of a new series of rods) or openwork patterns to the formation of loops used.

To crochet a first chain stitch, the yarn is formed into a loop and gets the ball leading to the thread as a new loop forward. A new chain stitch is formed by out the crochet hook from the bottom behind the ball of thread and is pulled from the previously formed loop.

By crocheting stitches creating an air mesh chain ( string ) that can be used as the beginning of a rectangular work. For round three or four crochet stitches can be closed by insertion into the first stitch (by slip stitch ) to form a ring, which is then crocheted. See also the seafaring Kettenstek.

Chain stitch

For a fixed mesh is inserted into an existing stitch and pulled out a sling. On the crochet hook now there are two loops. Now the ball to leading yarn with the crochet hook is pulled through both loops. By this dec creates the slip stitch.

At the beginning of a series of fixed mesh usually a chain stitch crochet in order to achieve the necessary height.

Rod

For a rod, the yarn is wrapped around the crochet hook once before inserted as in the fixed mesh and another loop is pulled out. Of the three now located on the needle loops are cast off in the next step two. The remaining two loops are then bound off.

At the beginning of chopsticks series three stitches are crocheted.

Half sticks

Half a stick is started as a stick with an envelope, only the three loops are cast off here in a train.

Half a stick is the height of about two stitches.

Multiple rods

In addition to half rods and cones there are double rods, triple rods etc. These are initiated by two or more times turning. When binding off two loops are reduced to one. By Mehrfachabkettung arise extra high sticks.

Slip stitch

For a slip stitch the thread is pulled in a train through the puncture site and the loop located on the needle. In this way, mesh on the shortest path can be connected to each other, such as when closing an air mesh chain to the ring. Using chain stitch, it is also possible to crochet in the direction of further without increasing the work ( much ) because chain stitches do not have the amount of a fixed mesh.

Injection site

When inserting the crochet hook can each of the rear or the front loop pile or both looped threads of an existing mesh are added. This results in different structures result in the mesh. For the crochet patterns and air mesh sheets or occasionally sticks are crocheted without piercing.

Waxing and waning

Increase in the broadening of a Häkelteils done by repeated piercing at the same location so that multiple stitches are put on a stitch of previous row.

Increasing the edge is possible by Anhäkeln an air mesh chain, which is then überhäkelt.

The decrease for the narrowing of a Häkelteils is caused on the one hand by skipping stitches. About some mesh no new stitch is formed, thereby reducing the total number of meshes in the current Häkelreihe. Can also abmaschen mesh together in order to reduce the number of stitches. The advantage of the second variant is that it is inserted into each stitch in the lower row, which corresponds to a uniform mesh pattern and image.

Losing weight on the edge is done by over- crochet the first stitch by means of chain stitches or omission of the final course of a series.

Pattern

The design of crochet patterns and any workpiece shapes are set by the random combination of different basic stitches no limits.