With the hook in your right hand, hold the slip knot between your thumb and middle finger on the left hand. Move the hook under and over the yarn, with the yarn held in the hook. Pull the hook and the yarn back through the slip knot to form the first chain stitch.

This is what your row of chain stitches will look like. Keep going until you have the number of chains stated in your pattern. When counting stitches, do not count the stitch on the hook, see illustration.