Knitting has long been considered a sign of a girl’s skill. Despite the changes that have occurred in the world, this art has not lost its value to this day. There are different ways to do this type of needlework, but one of the main ones that girls should learn is how to knit with and without crochet. As the name suggests, this method is based on creating a variety of columns.

Therefore, before you start creating your product, it makes sense to teach how to knit them, having practiced well in this, so that the final result is as good as possible. There are many different master classes, the purpose of which is to teach how to create various columns, but today we will look at the key ones.

The joint stitch is one of the simplest knitting methods. To form it, start by creating 10 chain stitches and start working only on the third stitch, without touching the first two. Insert your hook and pull out the warp thread from there. You will form a loop that needs to be passed through the loop on the hook. Bring the line to the end, knitting the remaining stitches using the same method. When you finish a line, turn your piece over and create lifting loops in the other line. The procedure for creating other columns is the same.

From the description it is clear that this is a fairly simple way to crochet posts with your own hands. In addition, this method can be used in addition to the main method of creating things for other purposes:

• securing the line when knitting in the round;
• completion of work on the canvas;
• combining two parts that can be knitted or crocheted;
• to give the item completeness and finish it around the edges.

The traditional designation of a connecting column in the figures is a dot or a checkmark lowered down.

The second method of knitting with a connecting stitch is double crochet, or, in other words, durable.

You need to put the main thread on the hook with the starting loop and insert it into the third line from the beginning. Next, each time pulling out a new one, insert the hook into all the remaining ones. Having formed three loops, pick up the main thread and knit it through them.

Knitting pattern for connecting post

Another type of needlework that we will look at is single crochet. This method is also considered simple, although it consists of two stages:

• Inserting the hook into the loop of the previous line and pulling the thread out from there.
• Repeat passing it through two loops made on the hook to get additional ones, and then the stitch itself.

Using this method, you can create different complexity on your product. To get this result with your own hands, you should use various methods of knitting stitches, differing in the method of introducing the hook, the main tool of your needlework, into the previous line.

When the thread is pulled through two rows of the previous line, a single crochet is formed. By hooking the thread on the back wall, you form a loop through the front. In training photos, this method can be found in the form of a simple stick or the letter “T”.

Single crochet knitting pattern

If you want to achieve the effect of openwork and lightness, for example, with, use a method such as creating columns with capes. Having chosen this handicraft method, you need to proceed step by step:

• Throw a thread of three lifting loops onto the hook with the first loop.
• Pull one more from the fourth.
• Having picked up the main thread again, carefully pull it through the resulting loops.

Knitting pattern for stitches with one or more crochets

Both types of posts can be formed by grabbing the two walls of the loops of the previous line, by the front or back wall, by inserting your needlework tool between them. This allows you to add variety to the pattern of your creation. There is also the possibility of forming columns with more than one crochet.

The number of them depends on your desire, because making more yarn overs is usually more difficult. But the result of your work will be much better. This knitting method is marked with a crossed out vertical stick. Watch how many times this stick is crossed out, because the number of your yarn overs depends on this number.

To learn how to sew a double crochet stitch yourself, you need:

• Start the line by forming four lifting loops.
• Then double yarn the main thread over your craft tool with chain stitches to create two yarn overs.
• The next step is to pull the warp thread from the starting loop, which forms four on the hook.
• The main thread is once again thrown onto your craft tool, which this time should be pulled through the initial two loops. Others are left untied for now.
• The warp thread is then re-threaded over the hook and knitted through the initial two loops.
• To complete the process, the main thread must be pulled through the remaining two loops again to create another one.

Double crochets over two are also knitted. Consider the relationship between their number and your column. More yarn overs are made when they want to create intricate openwork patterns or when the number of loops is not enough and they need to be added.

Relief column

Another type of crochet stitch is the relief method. It is used when they want to achieve a pattern in the form of a “braid”, elastic band or other relief pattern. The method of this knitting is slightly different from the previous ones. Relief columns are divided into two types:

• Facial ones, that is, those located in front of your product.

In other words, convex.

• Purl, respectively located behind your product -

concave.

What distinguishes the relief column from the rest is the beginning of the work. Here the first stage of work is not to create a series of air loops. They are started only after forming at least one single crochet or double crochet.

To create a convex effect, start all lines with three air loops. Then, having formed a yarn over, insert your craft tool behind the next stitch of the previous line, so that it appears on top of it. Having pulled out the main thread, repeat all the steps as when forming a simple single crochet stitch.

The pattern for creating a concave effect when knitting is slightly more complicated. The steps of its implementation are identical to the front relief, however, here, when pulling the thread, you need to insert your needlework tool into the second loop of the previous line, ensuring that it appears under the hook, but not above, as in the previous method. This can be achieved by inserting a hook behind your creation and clasping the previous loop from left to right, followed by pulling the main thread to the opposite side.

As you can see, the knitting options for the fabric are different. If you only use one method, your creation will be identical on both sides. But if you alternate them, then the front part will become smooth, the back part will become ribbed. In addition, you can make embossed columns with only one crochet, but even then it is still knitted twice with two loops.

Lush columns are considered original. At first, they seem to be difficult to perform, but this first impression is wrong. To create a lush relief, you need to increase the number of lifting loops at the beginning of the lines from four to five. Yarn over with the starting loop, then pull another from the first loop of the previous line. It should be taken into account that it should be made the same length as the double crochet.

After finishing the procedure, repeat everything from the beginning. Then throw the main thread over your needlework tool and knit the seven loops formed by the previous steps and then create an air loop, and knit the next stitch not into the next loop of the previous line, but by skipping one.

Knitting pattern for a lush column

Crossed columns

The last method of crocheting stitches is crossed stitches, which can be used as a separate method to create a whole product, or you can use it as part of more difficult ones. This type of needlework is indicated by two crossed sticks. To get crossed posts, you need to start all the lines of your product with four lifting loops. Then put the main thread on the hook twice and pull it from the starting thread.

Knit two initial loops so that you end up with three on the hook. Then yarn over again, insert it through one loop and pull through the other. Knit the first two together. Throw the warp thread over your craft tool again and pull it through only two loops so that only one remains. From there you need to lift one air loop, form a yarn over and insert the hook into the intersection of the knitted posts, followed by pulling out the third loop. Knit it together with the yarn over, put the thread on the hook again and pull it through the remaining two. Knit the second crossing stitch into the next loop of the line.

So, it is not necessary to watch videos and master classes on knitting poles if you want to learn how to make various things. By following the rules for creating different columns, you get the opportunity to create a masterpiece that you can then proudly display. You will always look stylish, others will admire your original things.

The connecting post has the smallest height of all crocheted elements, so it is extremely rarely used when crocheting large parts. However, it is indispensable when closing rows in circular knitting, making decreases and bindings on the edges of products, knitting Irish lace and crafts in the freeform style, and connecting individual motifs. Let's take a closer look at how to correctly knit a connecting post using the simplest hook and connect knitted parts with its help.

Learning to crochet a connecting stitch with a single crochet when knitting straight

Most often in knitting, a single crochet stitch is used. For the sample, you need to dial a chain of air loops of the required length. Insert the hook into the first stitch of the row. Use it to pick up the working thread and bring it through two loops at once. Repeat until the end of the row. You will get a fairly dense and elastic lace, as in the photo below, which can be used for ties on knitted items.

If desired, you can continue working by knitting the subsequent rows with a connecting post. In this case, the hook can be inserted both behind the front wall of the loops of the previous row, and behind the back. In the first case, you will get a dense mesh pattern, in the second - horizontal braids.

However, knitting a whole fabric with connecting stitches alone is used quite rarely, since the product turns out to be too dense and heavy. Most often, this technique is used to tie the edges of products, protecting them from possible deformation during operation and making them more neat.

The connecting post is used to close a chain of chain stitches when knitting in the round. To do this, you need to cast on several loops and insert the hook into the very first link of the chain, pick up the working thread and pull it simultaneously through the two resulting loops, getting the next working loop.

Next, we tie the ring in the classic way - single crochet or single crochet. At the end of the row, similarly pass the hook under the lifting loops of the first row, grab the thread and pass it through two loops, carefully and imperceptibly connecting the beginning and end of the row. We repeat this procedure in all subsequent rows.

Connecting double crochets are used, as a rule, only in straight knitting to give the fabric greater thickness, density and decorative convexity. To do this, before inserting the hook into the next loop of the row, the working thread is wrapped once around the hook, forming a yarn over, and then the thread is grabbed and passed through three loops on the hook at once. Such posts are used quite rarely; they are usually used to make laces or binding for parts from stretchable and deformable threads.

As the name suggests, the main purpose of the connecting post is to connect various elements of a knitted product. This is usually necessary when knitting individual motifs. There are many ways to connect them. Let's look at some of them.

To tightly connect square or hexagonal motifs, they are placed right sides to each other and their edges are knitted with additional thread, passing the hook through the edge half-loops. During the knitting process, it is necessary to monitor the tension of the thread so that the product does not deform, and also to prevent the motifs from shifting relative to each other.

Round or hexagonal openwork motifs can be connected using arches of air loops, as shown in the diagram below. To do this, we knit one motif entirely, and begin to attach the second to it during the tying process, making connecting posts in the right places. The third and subsequent motifs are connected simultaneously with two or more neighboring elements.

In a similar way, you can tightly tie the elements. To do this, we knit one motif entirely, and attach the second to it in the process of tying with double crochets, passing the hook through the edge half-loops of the adjacent element.

The knitted fabric turns out to be very light and airy when connecting the elements using pico - short air chains of 3 air loops knitted into one base. To do this, we knit one motif entirely, and attach the second to it during the tying process by alternating stitches with picots. We pass the air loops of the second motif through the picot of the first and fasten them using a connecting post, as shown in the diagram below.

You can sew parts with a smooth edge using single crochet stitches. To do this, you need to align the edges to be joined and insert the hook into the corresponding half-loops using an additional thread to make an invisible, dense and elastic seam, as shown in the diagram below.

Video on the topic of the article

We invite you to watch the video lessons below on crocheting techniques and how to use a connecting post.

A connecting post (otherwise a half-post, or a blind loop) is one of the basic elements of crocheting. It is used to make transitions, to secure and finish edges, and in circular knitting to complete the circle.

Also used for example, when making blankets, bedspreads, tablecloths from square, triangular or any other motifs. In rare cases, it is used to create a straight web. In this article we will tell novice needlewomen how to crochet a connecting post. For greater clarity, we will also present step-by-step photographs of knitting this basic element. We hope our article will help you master this working technique.

Connecting post: designation in diagrams

The blind loop is the lowest height element in crochet. That is why it allows you to carefully and almost imperceptibly connect different elements of the product, beautifully make circular napkins, flowers, and also make loop decreases. The canvas, created in half-columns, has a very dense structure and holds its shape perfectly.

In the diagrams, a blind loop is indicated in several ways: a black cross, a half-arc or a half-oval. Next, we will tell you how to crochet a connecting post simply and quickly, and then we will describe how to make a bright rug using an interesting technique called “Bosnian”.

Technology for performing the basic element - half-column

In order to learn how to crochet a connecting half-column, we suggest you complete a small sample. Prepare any yarn and a hook that fits it in size.

We pick up the working thread and pull it through the VP of the warp. Then we pull it through the loop on the hook. Congratulations! Now you know how to crochet a connecting post.

To perform the second half-column, insert the hook into the third VP, grab the working thread and pull it through the loop on the hook. By analogy we work until the end of the row. Let's turn our sample over. We perform one air loop. Next, we knit the second row again with connecting posts. We get a canvas from two rows of blind loops. We knit a few more rows in the same way, not forgetting to make the necessary turning lifting loops at the end of each. This is what crochet looks like in the photo.

Bosnian crochet. The connecting column is the basis of an interesting pattern

In Bosnia and other Muslim countries, a special type of crochet is very popular - half-columns behind the back wall of the base loop. It's called Bosnian. Products made using this technique are quite elastic, wear-resistant and durable. Often, it is with the help of Bosnian knitting that belts, mittens, berets, socks, rugs and many other products are made.

Also, using thin multi-colored cotton threads “Snowflake”, “Lily” and “Iris”, needlewomen create decorative braid with ordinary connecting posts and use it for finishing and decorating clothes. Let's look at how this crochet pattern is made. The connecting stitch in Bosnian knitting is always knitted on one wall - back or front. In this case, the VP lift at the beginning of the row is not performed. Instead, the first stitch in the row is knitted into the first loop from the hook, behind both of its walls. An important nuance of performing the Bosnian pattern is that you must always work in both the front and back rows with one wall of the loop - back or front. If you alternate them, you get a fabric that looks like an elastic band. Thanks to the use of multi-colored threads and various combinations of the walls of loops and rows (purl and front), unusually beautiful patterns are obtained.

Let's make a beautiful rug with fringe

We advise you to choose a denser yarn for making the product or fold the thread in half. Start your work with a chain of air loops, the length of which should be equal to the desired width of the future rug (for example, 50 cm). Finish the row by fastening and cutting the working thread. Now make an initial loop on the hook, leaving a small tail (7 cm). You already know how to crochet a connecting post. Insert the working tool into the first loop of the base, grab the thread and make a “blind” loop. Continue doing half stitches until the end of the row. Remember that the hook should be inserted behind the back walls of the loop. When you have finished the row, cut the working thread, leaving a small piece (about 7 cm), and then secure the last loop by pulling the thread through it. Subsequently, these tails at the beginning and end of the row will become fringe on the sides of the product. Once you know how to crochet a connecting post, try creating this interesting striped rug. It is performed very simply - using the Bosnian technique with blind loops. To work, you will need 250 g of acrylic yarn in two contrasting shades (for example, pink and lilac or white and red) and hook number 4.

We continue to knit the rug in half-columns

Start the second row again with the starting loop on the hook and knit it along the front side in the same direction as the first, in half-stitches.

Change the color of the threads every two rows. To prevent the fabric from slanting to the right, start knitting every fourth row from the second loop, and at the end, perform one more loop, thereby moving the knitting slightly to the left. Knit until your rug reaches the desired length. Finally, trim the fringe with scissors. Such a bright and soft product will be a wonderful decorative element for your bathroom or bedroom.

The connecting post has the smallest height of all crocheted elements, so it is extremely rarely used when crocheting large parts. However, it is indispensable when closing rows in circular knitting, making decreases and bindings on the edges of products, knitting Irish lace and crafts in the freeform style, and connecting individual motifs. Let's take a closer look at how to correctly knit a connecting post using the simplest hook and connect knitted parts with its help.

Learning to crochet a connecting stitch with a single crochet when knitting straight

Most often in knitting, a single crochet stitch is used. For the sample, you need to dial a chain of air loops of the required length. Insert the hook into the first stitch of the row. Use it to pick up the working thread and bring it through two loops at once. Repeat until the end of the row. You will get a fairly dense and elastic lace, as in the photo below, which can be used for ties on knitted items.

If desired, you can continue working by knitting the subsequent rows with a connecting post. In this case, the hook can be inserted both behind the front wall of the loops of the previous row, and behind the back. In the first case, you will get a dense mesh pattern, in the second - horizontal braids.

However, knitting a whole fabric with connecting stitches alone is used quite rarely, since the product turns out to be too dense and heavy. Most often, this technique is used to tie the edges of products, protecting them from possible deformation during operation and making them more neat.

The connecting post is used to close a chain of chain stitches when knitting in the round. To do this, you need to cast on several loops and insert the hook into the very first link of the chain, pick up the working thread and pull it simultaneously through the two resulting loops, getting the next working loop.

Next, we tie the ring in the classic way - single crochet or single crochet. At the end of the row, similarly pass the hook under the lifting loops of the first row, grab the thread and pass it through two loops, carefully and imperceptibly connecting the beginning and end of the row. We repeat this procedure in all subsequent rows.

Connecting double crochets are used, as a rule, only in straight knitting to give the fabric greater thickness, density and decorative convexity. To do this, before inserting the hook into the next loop of the row, the working thread is wrapped once around the hook, forming a yarn over, and then the thread is grabbed and passed through three loops on the hook at once. Such posts are used quite rarely; they are usually used to make laces or binding for parts from stretchable and deformable threads.

As the name suggests, the main purpose of the connecting post is to connect various elements of a knitted product. This is usually necessary when knitting individual motifs. There are many ways to connect them. Let's look at some of them.

To tightly connect square or hexagonal motifs, they are placed right sides to each other and their edges are knitted with additional thread, passing the hook through the edge half-loops. During the knitting process, it is necessary to monitor the tension of the thread so that the product does not deform, and also to prevent the motifs from shifting relative to each other.

Round or hexagonal openwork motifs can be connected using arches of air loops, as shown in the diagram below. To do this, we knit one motif entirely, and begin to attach the second to it during the tying process, making connecting posts in the right places. The third and subsequent motifs are connected simultaneously with two or more neighboring elements.

In a similar way, you can tightly tie the elements. To do this, we knit one motif entirely, and attach the second to it in the process of tying with double crochets, passing the hook through the edge half-loops of the adjacent element.

The knitted fabric turns out to be very light and airy when connecting the elements using pico - short air chains of 3 air loops knitted into one base. To do this, we knit one motif entirely, and attach the second to it during the tying process by alternating stitches with picots. We pass the air loops of the second motif through the picot of the first and fasten them using a connecting post, as shown in the diagram below.

You can sew parts with a smooth edge using single crochet stitches. To do this, you need to align the edges to be joined and insert the hook into the corresponding half-loops using an additional thread to make an invisible, dense and elastic seam, as shown in the diagram below.

Video on the topic of the article

We invite you to watch the video lessons below on crocheting techniques and how to use a connecting post.

When opening a description of crocheting for the first time, a novice knitter will probably encounter a bunch of incomprehensible terms and abbreviations. What is SS? What about PS and PS without N? How to crochet a connecting column, how does it differ from a half-column and a half-crochet? Today we will figure this out together!

Why do you need a connecting post?

The connecting post is quite versatile and multifunctional. They use it:

• in the process of knitting a pattern, using to attach its parts to one another;
• when processing and securing the edges of knitted fabric;
• for connecting a row both when knitting in straight and reverse rows, and in the round (it’s not for nothing that the stitch is called a connecting stitch);
• for rounding edges;
• when making decreases along the edges;
• when sewing blanks into a single product;
• for knitting a chain in which the back side is used (for example, when knitting Irish lace) to transfer the knitting from one place to another.

As you can see, this is a very useful thing and a must-learn.

Ss., p.s. and p.s. without n. – are there any differences between them? We boldly declare: no! They all knit exactly the same, but have different functions.

The connecting stitch, as is already clear from its name, serves to connect a row of knitting; it is often called a connecting loop. A half-column and a half-single crochet are knitted in the middle of the fabric and are often connected, for example, by chains of air loops with the main row.

The schematic illustration of the connecting post may vary. Here are the main variations of its designation:

Learning to knit a connecting post and what it is for: video master class

How to knit a connecting post

In fact, it's ridiculously simple! We will need to knit a small sample in any way. It can be rectangular or round, like ours, here it does not matter. Ready? Then let's get started! We have highlighted a number of connecting posts with a contrasting thread for greater clarity.

We insert the working tool into the next loop, as shown in the photo below, and grab the working thread.

Now we pull it out through the loop and get two loops on the hook at once. Very similar to crocheting a regular single crochet, right?

And now there will be a fundamental difference: we pull the loop we just pulled out into the rightmost loop on the hook. Do not grab the thread! Like this:

That's all! Our connecting post is ready, and now there is only one loop left on the hook.

A row of connecting posts will look like this:

Please note that the connecting posts are crocheted along the outer edge of the previous row and look like air loops. The edge of the sample will become denser, but the circle (or square) we are practicing on today will not change in size.

Crochet connecting post: MK video

Men's socks for beginners

To reinforce the information, we suggest knitting simple but very cute men's socks together! The finished product will look like this:

They are designed for sizes 42-43, one might say, almost universal.

For work need to prepare:

woolen or wool/acrylic yarn 50/50 of medium thickness (we use a thin two-ply yarn, but it is more convenient to learn with a medium, tightly twisted thread);

• hook No. 2.5-3.

Be prepared that each sock will take two to three hours, be patient.

We start knitting socks from the toes, using half-stitches (also known as connecting posts).

Description

Foot and heel

We collect 4 air loops and close them into a ring with a connecting post. Next, we adhere to knitting according to the pattern:

There should be exactly 52 stitches in the last row of the toe.

Having knitted the toe, we continue circular knitting with half-stitches, increasing in the first row after the toe by 2 loops, in the end there should be 54 loops.

We perform 20 rows of 54 loops. The seam must be located on the sole!

Now we divide all the loops in half to knit the heel. We continue knitting on 27 loops assigned to the sole: we move back from the seam using connecting posts (on 13 loops).

The bottom of the heel looks like a triangle. We continue to knit in half columns.

We knit a triangle on 27 loops, making uniform decreases in each row on both sides (one loop at a time, knitting two half-columns together). We continue knitting until there is only one loop left on the hook.

Instep wedge and back heel

Now we will start knitting the instep wedge and the heel of the sock together. So, we crochet 21 loops along the edge of the triangle on each side, on the front part, which we previously laid aside, we include 28 loops in the work, that is, in the first circular row we will get a total of 70 loops. In the photo below, this row is knitted with beige threads:

We perform such decreases until the number of loops in the row is reduced to 46. A total of 10 rows should be completed in a circle.

Rubber

All that remains is to crochet an elastic band that will help hold the sock. It is knitted according to the following pattern:

• 1st row: one double crochet in each of the loops of the row.
• Row 2: two air lifting loops, *knit. relief With. s n., simple s. with n.*, repeat from * to *.
• Rows 3-16: two chain lifting loops, *knit. relief With. in relief With. previous r., s. s n. in the village s n. previous r.*, repeat from * to *.

And this is what we can do! The height of the elastic band can be adjusted independently.

Today's crochet master class has come to an end. Still have questions? We will be happy to answer them in the comments.

In the meantime, we wish you pleasant knitting and even stitches!

Crocheting elastic bands with connecting posts: video master class