Foundation single crochet

I have recently learned to do the foundation single crochet (fsc) stitch and am astonished at how easy it is to learn.

I found a handy website here, which is how I learned, as I prefer to look at pictures rather that a video because I can work at my own speed, however, there is a video here that's good as well.

The idea of this stitch is that you don't need to make a huge long line of chain stitches and then fiddle about trying to make single crochet stitches into each of these chains. It's great!

Another great thing about this is that, because it has roughly the same amount of 'give' (stretch) as the rest of the fabric, it gives you a much more accurate idea of how wide your finished piece is going to be. There's nothing worse than realising after a few rows that your crochet is the wrong size and you need to unravel it and start again.

You can see from this picture that, because the fsc stitch is firmer, it doesn't curl up so much, which also makes it easier to work with.

Hopefully, you can now see how useful the fsc stitch is and this post will encourage you to go away and learn it.

However, if you'd rather not have another stitch to have to remember how to do, you can usually just chain the number of fsc stitches you're meant to do, then chain another one and turn. sc into the 2nd st from the hook, then sc to the end of the row.

Happy crocheting!