🧶 To make with yarn 🧶 A basic stitch

to single crochet

6.3

To make fabric by pulling yarn through one loop at a time

verb
/ˈsɪŋɡəl ˈkroʊʃeɪ/

Jargon

: hacer punto bajo

My grandmother taught me how to single crochet a scarf.

Examples

She single crocheted a beautiful border around the blanket.
I learned to single crochet last week.
After you single crochet across the row, turn your work and repeat.
She single crochets beautiful blankets.
My grandmother taught me how to single crochet a scarf.
I learned to single crochet last week.
After you single crochet across the row, turn your work and repeat.

Synonyms

to crochet

vsto single crochet

20 4.1

Make fabric or items by looping yarn with a hooked needle

is the specific stitch looping yarn through one stitch at a time

How Tall

double crochet

Specialized

6.9

semidouble

Jargon

8.8

crochet stitch

4.8

to single crochet

Jargon

6.3

slip stitch

Specialized

1 6.5

Surface Forms

single crochet infinitive

single crocheted past

single crocheted past participle

single crocheting present participle

single crochets third person singular

Morphology

single + crochet

The meaning 'to make fabric using the single crochet stitch' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'single' (one/one-unit) with 'crochet' (to make textiles by forming loops). It is a straightforward modifier + verb construction specifying the type of crochet technique, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the general meaning even if they lack technical procedural knowledge.

Etymology

Single crochet as a verb comes from doing that simple stitch in crochet. You use a hook to pull the yarn through one loop at a time, so single means 'one' and crochet is the craft, which is why to single crochet means 'to make' fabric using that one-loop stitch.