How To: Crochet a Double Crochet Stitch

Pictures and videos on how to crochet a double crochet stitch (U.S. terms). This is called a “single crochet” in the United Kingdom. The double crochet stitch is a bit taller than the standard stitch. For a lot of patterns, they’ll want you to chain 2 before you do it to “build height”, but not all patterns do.

This post will go over how to do this with text instructions, photos, and video.

For the double crochet stitch, you:

  1. Yarn Over
  2. Insert your hook into the stitch
  3. Yarn over and pull the yarn through the stitch you inserted your hook into
    You should have three loops on your hook
  4. Yarn over and pull the yarn through the first two loops on your hook
    You should have two loops on your hook
  5. Yarn over and pull the yarn through the last two loop son your hook

Again, with photos:

double crochet stitch
Yarn Over
double crochet stitch
Insert your hook into the stitch
double crochet stitch
Yarn over and pull the yarn through the stitch
double crochet stitch
You should have three loops on your hook
Yarn over and pull through the first two loops on your hook
double crochet stitch
You should have two loops on your hook
double crochet stitch
Yarn over and pull the yarn through the last two loops on hook

And finally, a video if that is more your style:

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