As requested, here are some photos of the Crab stitch, also known as the reverse sc for left handed crocheters. Above we start with 3 rows of sc, ch 1 at the end of the row, but do not turn. Now begin working back the way you came.
The first one looks funky. It's not until you get a few that it will start to look right.
The hook above shows you where to put the next stitch. Insert the hook, yo, pull up a lp, yo, and pull through two (both) lps on hook, crab stitch made.
Inserting the hook...
yarn over, pull up a loop and about to yo again,
and pull through 2 lps on hook.
And here is several!
4 comments:
I'm a 66-year-old "southpaw" and have been crocheting since I was 8. I learned by sitting opposite my right-handed mother and mirroring her stitches. I have never used left-handed patterns, and I have had a lot of disappointments in finished projects (although most of them come out just fine). I can often look at an item and copy it without a pattern. But I could never have figured out this "crab stitch" without your generous sharing of the pictorial step-by-step directions. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this. I have looked this up on several different sites and could not get it to work. Being left handed makes patterns backwards for me but I always find ways to work it out. I am so glad you shared this.
Thank you SO much I am left handed and need pictures instead of videos. Your pictures and instructions are perfect!
A big thank you from another lefty crocheter! (It was years before I even realised that right handed people crocheted in the OTHER direction)
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