How to yarn over
The yarn over is one of the first techniques you’ll learn in crochet - and one of the most useful. You’ll use it in almost every stitch, so it’s worth getting comfortable with it from the start.
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Step-by-step instructions
Get your hook ready:
Make sure your hook tip is facing toward you. Hold the hook in front of the working yarn - that’s the yarn connected to your ball.
Catch the yarn:
Bring your hook from the front, down and under the yarn, then behind it and back up again. The yarn will catch on the hook.
Check your work:
When it’s done right, the yarn rests neatly over your hook. And that’s your first yarn over!
That's the yarn over, the little move behind almost every stitch you'll make. We're right here with you every step of the way.
You've got it when: The yarn sits caught in the hook's groove, ready to pull through without slipping off.