A double crochet decrease is the same thing as double crocheting a number of stitches together; for example, dc2tog. You may also see a double crochet decrease abbreviated as “2-dc dec” in a crochet pattern. However, you can do decrease on more than just 2 stitches at a time. In a...
Single crochet and double crochet are both basic stitches used in crochet, but they differ in terms of height and the number of loops on the hook required to complete the stitch. Single Crochet (sc): The single crochet stitch is a shorter stitch compared to the double crochet. It is a...
Double crochets are like the long version of single crochets! If you are just beginning to learn how to crochet and have not learned single crochets yet, I would suggest learninghow to crochet single crochetsfirst. After that double crochets will be a piece of cake! In a nut shell, he...
The half double crochet stitch is taller than a single crochet stitch, yet shorter than double crochet stitch. The process of making a half double crochet stitch is very similar to single crochet, with one extra yarn-over at the beginning. In the US, it’s called half-double crochet. In ...
When you increase double crochet, you crochet two double crochet stitches into one stitch from the row below it. When you decrease, you essentially have to make two consecutive stitches into one stitch. This is how you do that with double crochet: ...
Increasing and Decreasing in Half Double Crochet With the basic half double crochet stitch, you can crochet any HDC pattern that's worked in consistent rows. But for patterns with shaping, you may need to know how to increase and decrease in half double crochet. ...
In order to decrease without messing up the pattern you will need to do a double decrease. You could k3tog (knit three together) or you could sskp (slip slip knit pass). I would sskp, it creates a beautiful detail. To sskp, first, slip two stitches together knit-wise, then knit ...
Turning chains have a nasty habit of making the edges of project look bad, and the taller the stitch, the worse it gets. Fortunately, we can crochet without them using the technique in this tutorial. This double treble saves the trouble of starting chains and blends in better. ...
dc – double crochet sl st – slip stitch Foundation:ch 9. Round 1:2 dc into the 4th ch from hook (turning chain counts as 1 dc) The photo below shows this done. The white arrow is pointing to the turning chain. The back arrow is pointing to the next ch. ...
Is there a decrease stitch in half double crochet? If not, can you suggest what this might mean? Thank you, Kathy Reply Rachel Choi says: January 24, 2015 at 9:03 PM Hi Kathy! Here’s the link to the half double crochet tutorial: http://www.crochetspot.com/how-to-crochet-half...