Tutorial: Foundation Double Crochet (fdc) - knotions

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Chain 3 (ch 3)

Yarn over (yo) and insert hook in third chain from hook.

Pull up a loop. You’ll now have 3 loops on your hook.

Yo again and pull through just the first loop. Now you made your first chain.

Make a double crochet (yo, pull through 2 loops (lps), (2 lps rem on hook)…

yo and pull through 2 rem lps). 1 dc and 1 ch made.

Now, repeat these below steps until you have enough stitches:

Yo and insert hook into the chain you just made in that last stitch. It will be challenging to do at first but we promise it’s there!

Foundation double crochet ftw!

And take a look at foundation double crochet after a few rounds…

A look at the bottom edge.

Here’s after a few rows crocheted after the foundation double crochets are done.

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Comments

Simmi

May 2017 at 11:10 pm

Does the first ch 3 count as a dc. That’s the confusion I have about foundation stitches. Thanks.

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  May 2017 at 10:54 am
  
  That’s a great question!
  
  I would do whichever the pattern instructs for that first dc row. If it counts it, then I would and if it doesn’t count it, then I wouldn’t.
  
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