Getting Service Hours

In order to get service hours for Stitches Club, members must first find an organization to donate to. The best way to do this is to either find an organization specifically looking for crocheted/knitted/sewn goods or contact an organization and ask them what kind of goods they'd like you to make. Some organizations, for example, may only accept knitted blankets.

After finding your organization, go get a service form from outside of Mrs. Murphy's room and fill it out (Mrs. Garza is the club supervisor and will be the one signing your timecard). Take the form back to Mrs. Murphy to receive your time card. Then you can begin counting your service hours! Any research and time spent creating your products (but only the products you plan to donate!) will count as service.

Crochet Basics: Decrease

Decreases are stitches used to decrease the amount of stitches in one row. There are different kinds of decreases, but the most basic is a single crochet decrease. They are usually abbreviated to "dec" in a pattern (note that "dc" is a different stitch and is not a decrease). This stitch is the next step up from learning single crochet stitches.

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The highlighted green are the parts involving the decrease stitch. The rest of the stitches shown here are single crochet stitches.

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Decrease stitches are just hard if not harder than spotting increase stitches. It'll probably take a while for you to be able to spot them.

Crochet Basics: Increase

Increases are stitches used to increase the amount of stitches in one row. There are different types of increases, but the most common are single crochet increases. It is usually abbreviated to "inc" in a pattern. This stitch is the next step up after learning single crochet stitches.

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The dark gray highlight shows an increase stitch coming out of a chain.

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Spotting an increase stitch is difficult when it is surrounded by single crochet stitches. This photo is labelled "inc" at the section where an increase stitch takes place.

Crochet Basics: Single Crochet

The single crochet stitch is the most basic stitch for crochet. It will be the first stitch taught to those learning crochet. In patterns, the single crochet stitch will usually be abbreviated to "sc".

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This diagram includes a chain at the bottom with two single crochet rows being crochet off of the chain. The stitches highlighted in dark blue make up one row.

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This example is the same as the diagram, having a foundation chain with two rows of single crochet stitches being crocheted off of the chain.

Crochet Basics: Chain

Making a chain is the first step in most crochet patterns. It is the foundation of most crochet projects and is usually not referred to as a stitch, but is still a common technique in crochet. It is usually abbreviated to "ch" in patterns.

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