Crab Stitch
I Finally learned how to do the crab stitch (AKA Reverse Crochet, I hate sending you to about.com because of their popups!!! so, I’ll link directly to the images for the helpful part)
First put the hook through the next st opposite your working direction (if you’re going right to left, as usual, then insert through the next st to the right)
Then, pull the loop through under the working loop! I actually twist my hook to get them to ’switch places’! This is where the twist comes from! This image was the ~AH HA~ that I needed!
Then just yo and pull through as usual. So now I have the crab st in my st vocabulary to use on the lunchbag pattern (a la twelve 22) I’m making!!
Mary said,
May 29, 2007 @ 4:43 pm
Sandi’s description on how to do the crab stitch (and her drawings illustrating it) are very helpful. Thanks for posting that info with the link to crochet.about.com
Regarding pop-ups, I added the Google toolbar to my Internet Explorer browser. That toolbar takes up very little room at the top of the browser and it blocks most pop-ups. You can get it for free from http://toolbar.google.com
Have you considered trying a pop-up blocker so you can browse About.com more happily, free from the annoyance of pop-ups? I had almost forgotten that About.com even has pop-ups because the pop-up blocker stops them so I enjoy browsing there. There’s so much great information there to see.