Linked single crochet

[Deeceepee]

I would be very grateful it if someone could tell me how to work Linked Single Crochet as I need it for a hat pattern I want to make.  I can find YouTube videos of Linked Double Crochet but none for single crochet.  Can anyone help me please?

[Granny Square]

Here is a link for a video for a linked half double, I can't find a linked single but maybe this will help with the concept, comparing this video to your written instructions?  

[Avon Lady]

On 2/8/2018 at 6:24 PM, Granny Square said:

Avon Lady, you've got it backwards.  UK doesn't use the term SC at all (a little jingle I found somewhere to remember it is "if it says single crochet, it ain't UK! )

US SC=UK double crochet

US DC= UK treble

US HDC= UK half treble

Edit, oops HI Magic

OOPS!!  You're right!!!  People--don't pay attention to anything I say!!!   DUH!!!

[Deeceepee]

Confusing isn' it? I'm going to have to make it work somehow as I've ordered the yarn and my husband has chosen the colour he wants. It will be fun anyway.

Thank you all for your help.

Dee 

[Granny Square]

Avon Lady, you've got it backwards.  UK doesn't use the term SC at all (a little jingle I found somewhere to remember it is "if it says single crochet, it ain't UK! )

US SC=UK double crochet

US DC= UK treble

US HDC= UK half treble

Edit, oops HI Magic

[magiccrochetfan]

what we in the US call single crochet is called double crochet in the UK.   it's the exact same stitch, just 2 different names for it.  

 

[Deeceepee]

It's an American pattern, so I have looked up a comparison chart of the terms and think single crochet is UK double crochet. I'll just try it in scrap yarn and see how it goes, I think.  Thankyou for your help. 

[Avon Lady]

Is the pattern you're using in British terms or American?  Sc in British terms is the same as half double in American.  That could be the difference, maybe?

[Deeceepee]

Thankyou for your efforts on my behalf.  There isn't much in the way of illustrations showing the stitches in the book. 

Dee 

[magiccrochetfan]

From the pattern page on Ravelry that GrannySquare linked, you can see projects, looks like maybe some helpful notes there

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/kings-county-pork-pie-hat/people?view=tallcards&search=&photoless=1

[Deeceepee]

Thankyou very much for all your help.  I'll go for a look at it now.  I've been rereading the instructions and they aren't for Tunisian Crochet, but I can't see why it would be necessary to link single crochet as they don't leave big holes or spaces anyway.  I'm going to experiment before I start on the hat itself.  

Thankyou again for all your help.

Dee

[Deeceepee]

Yes!  That's the one!  Did I miss the bit that said it was Tunisian Crochet?  I didn't think so but I'll have another read of it.  Thankyou again.

Dee

[Deeceepee]

Thankyou for your help.  I'll go to have a look.  Maybe it's a mystery!  Ha ha

[Granny Square]

Not sure if it's this one, it came up in the search for the designer's name...https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/kings-county-pork-pie-hat

The only thing I can think of for a video to help finding one for the Tunisian Simple Stitch (my bad, I should have spelled it out above).  It won't be exactly the same, but it would help you see the vertical strand they are referring to (I hope).

 

[Deeceepee]

I' new to crochet so don' know what TSS is.  I'm sorry. 

The book is Clever Crocheted Accessories edited by Brett Bara.  I want to make the men's Pork Pie Hat on page 63 and  the instructions for the special stitches are on page 64. The pattern states it was designed by Antonio Limuaco, The Yarn Monkey. 

[Granny Square]

I was looking into that well when the above replies came in, and I agree.  Linked stitches are sort of a hybrid tunisian stitch, maybe you can check out tunisian stitch patterns?

Also, since it's such an unusual stitch, I'm surprised that the pattern doesn't tell you how to do it.  What is the name of the pattern, and the source ?

Oops, never mind, I was typing when you replied, I see they do give instructions.  Sort of sounds like TSS?  But not?

[Deeceepee]

Thankyou so much for your quick reply.  It's exactly what I thought, but the pattern definitely uses both linked single and double crochet!  The instructions for the linked single crochet are

Insert hook through the vertical strand closest to the hook and through the next st. Draw yarn through both (2 loops on hook).  That's it!  No illustrations.  

[TexasPurl]

Single crochet doesn't have the structure to be linked. An extended single crochet may work.

[magiccrochetfan]

Hi, welcome to the Ville!  

I think the reason you aren't finding info on it is that you need a taller stitch in order to make it linked.   I will check a couple of reference books and let you know if I find anything.  But I think you may need to choose a different stitch for the hat.