Basic Stitches : Slip Stitch

Slip Stitch 

In english books, you can read it like this...   sl st .

In an international book that uses symbols, read it like this or you may see it to be this way ....

  

A slip stitch or sl st is the smallest crochet stitch you can make. 

Step 1: Insert the hook under two threads at the top of the required stitch. Catch the yarn with the hook.  

Step 2: Pull a new loop through the three loops on the hook made.