How To Foundation Single Crochet (fsc)

Foundation Single Crochet (fsc)
Tutorial Courtesy of Elizabeth Sheetz

Foundation single crochet (fsc) is an alternative to doing a chain that you sc into for your foundation row. Fsc creates a chain AND a sc in the same stitch.

1)      Chain 2

2)      you will put the hook through the top 2 loops of the first chain you made (2^nd ch from the hook)

3)      yarn over, pull up a loop, 2 loops on hook

4)      yarn over, pull through 1 loop, 2 loops on hook (this makes the chain part of the stitch)

5)      yarn over, pull through 2 loops, 1 loop on hook (this makes the sc part of the stitch)

6)      put your hook through the same part as you did in step 2 (it will be the chain part from the first fsc stitch you made)

7)      yarn over, pull up a loop, 2 loops on hook

8)      yarn over, pull through 1 loop, 2 loops on hook (this makes the chain part of the second stitch)

9)      yarn over, pull through 2 loops, 1 loop on hook (this makes the sc part of the second stitch)

10)  from here on out you will start by putting your hook through the 2 strands on the last chain you made from the stitch you just completed. Finish out the stitch as you did in steps 3-5