Crocheting Into The Back Bump

This can happen as youre crocheting a border along the bottom of a blanket or when youre joining two pieces together. These are the back bumps of the chain stitches.

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Below is the back view of the starting chain.

Crocheting into the back bump.

To make it easier always make your starting chains loose or use a slightly bigger hook for the chains.
By crocheting in the back bumps of a beginning chain a cleaner starting row is achieved.
More importantly crocheting into the back bump of your foundation chain can prevent small gaps in your work.

Crocheting into the back bumps of your starting chain gives you a very neat bottom edge with a row of vs across the bottom that matches the look of the top edge of your piece.
A tutorial by june.
Knowing how to crochet into the back bump will also help when you have to crochet around your foundation chain.

How to crochet into the hump of the chain aka bump or back ridge.
Lets make a row of single crochet stitches worked into the back bump of chains starting with the back bump of the second chain from hook.
Notice the strands running through the center of the stitches.

It looks similar to the last row work and gives consistency to the piece.
Turn your foundation chains.
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Learn how to crochet into the back bump or bar of a chain with this easy tutorial.
Crocheting into the back bump is a bit trickier than into the front loops because youre not only turning the chains over but the back bumps tend to be a bit smaller and more difficult to get into than the front loops.
Video tutorial showing how to crochet into the back bumps of your starting chains.

Here are a few free patterns that call for this technique.

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