Crochet Cord Instructions

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Yarn
• Crochet hook

Chain Stitch Cord

1. 1
   Tie a slip knot in the yarn, leaving a 3-inch tail.
   
2. 2
   Put your crochet hook through the slip knot and tighten the knot loosely.
   
3. 3
   Hold the short tail of the yarn and use the hook to pull a bit of the long piece of yarn through the slip knot, dropping it off. You will now have a new loop of yarn on the hook.
   
4. 4
   Grab the yarn with the hook again and pull it through the new loop. Repeat this to form a chain of stitches. This is a chain stitch cord. It is used whenever you need a narrow cord. For example to lace up slippers.
   
5. 5
   Chain stitch until your cord is the desired length. Cut the yarn a few inches from the last loop and draw it through the last loop. Pull it tight to finish the cord.
   

Slip Stitch Cord

6. 1
   Make a chain stitch cord the length you desire the finished slip stitch cord to be. Leave one loop on the hook. Do not cut the yarn.
   
7. 2
   Turn the chain over so the stitches that look like a chain are on the underside. This side has a single row of raised stitches.
   
8. 3
   Put your hook underneath the closest stitch of yarn.
   
9. 4
   Grab the yarn with your hook and pull a loop through. You now have two loops on your hook.
   
10. 5
    Pull the loop closest to the hook through the other loop. This is called a "slip stitch."
    
11. 6
    Put your hook under the next stitch and repeat the two previous steps until you reach the end of the cord.
    
12. 7
    Finish the cord by cutting the yarn a few inches from the last loop and pulling the yarn through the last loop. Pull the yarn tight. This is a slip stitch cord.