What Are The Stitch Counts After First Crochet Chain?

When crocheting across the chain for the first time, crocheters want to know how many stitches they will come up with when they skip chains to form the first stitch. Below is a crochet diagram to illustrate how it is counted.

Single Crochet

Chain count - 1 chain = final count. (100 chains would be 99 single crochet)

Half Double Crochet

Chain count - 1 chain = final count. (100 chains would be 99 half double crochet)

BUT

If the designer says chain two doesn't count as a stitch, the final stitch count would be reduced by two.

Chain count - 2 chains = final count. (100 chains would be 98 half double crochet)

Double Crochet

If skipping to 4th chain from hook. Chain count - 2 chains = final count. (100 chains would be 98 double crochet)

BUT

If skipping to 3rd chain from hook. Chain count - 1 chain = final count. (100 chains would be 99 double crochet)

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What are the stitch counts after the first chain of crochet?

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Learn how to know how many stitches you end up with after the first chain is completed in crochet.

Author

Michael Sellick

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The Crochet Crowd

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