The alternate title for this post should be, "How to Crochet Round Stuff." I know there are tons of crochet tutorials online. I don't know if I'm bringing something new, other than my cute, chubby hands. I tried to take some good pictures that really show the process. And it is long. I hope you are patient. But here you go.
You will want to start by making a simple loop. Like a cancer or AIDS awareness ribbon. Except this one is made out of a plastic bag. I hold this with my left hand.
Now, I'm a rightie, I grab my crochet hook with my right hand. This is a 9-millimeter hook, so pretty big. The letter size of it is N. I believe I got it for about $2, something like that.
Use the hook to grab the long tail of your loop and pull it through the loop. (Now I keep wanting to call it a ribbon. No, it's a loop.) It should look about like this:
Then pull it tight, this way, so what you have is basically a slip knot:
Use the hook to grab the long end again, and pull it through the loop that's left on the hook. This is called a chain. If you were reading a crochet pattern, they abbreviate that as "ch" and tell you how many times to do it. But we are not using a pattern here. We're crocheting by heart!
