Here is a chart which will be helpful to those who are just beginning to crochet. It shows how many stitches to chain and which stitch to begin in after turning your work and beginning a new round.

CROCHET TURNING CHAIN CHART
TYPE OF STITCH IN THE NEXT ROW	TURNING CHAIN BEFORE BEGINNING THE NEXT ROW	INSERT THE HOOK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT ROW
Single Crochet (sc)	Chain (ch) 1	In The First Stitch
Half-Double Crochet (hdc)	Chain (ch) 2	In The First Stitch
Double Crochet (dc)	Chain (ch) 3	In The Second Stitch
Triple Crochet (tc)	Chain (ch) 4	In The Second Stitch

-- Karen (mountains_mama2@hotmail.com), April 09, 2002

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as a new crochet student, I really appreciate your easy to understand terms.... Thank you ever so much.

-- Kristean Thompson (pigalena_babe@yahoo.com), April 09, 2002.