Q&A for How to Do Double Crochet

Try to have the ingoing yarn as tight as you can when you finish the stitch; it will pull out the excess and give you tighter crocheting. Practice makes perfect.

Here are some tips: If it uses the term treble crochet, it is a UK pattern. If it uses the terms single crochet or half-double crochet, it is a US pattern. Take a look at the picture for clues. Read the pattern all the way through; the designer might say which it is. Look for words the two countries spell differently, such as "color" (US) and color UK).

Yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, draw hook back through the stitch, yarn over again and draw all the loops through the last yarn over.

There are two ways to tackle this problem. First, you can crochet another strip using the same yarn, and sew it onto the bottom using the mattress stitch, being careful that your stitches are going the same way. Or if you don't care if the stitches all go in the same direction, you can start with a slip knot on you hook and just treat each loop from the starting chain as a stitch. Crochet to desired length, and finish. Happy Crocheting!

It means that someone made a typo. Ignore the first #1 and the dash.

You follow the same steps for two, except instead of putting your hook through the two stitches of the row below, you put it through three.

A UK double crochet is an American single crochet. See How to Single Crochet for instructions on how to complete it.

The UK notation is one loop less the US notation. You are correct that a UK double crochet = US single crochet.