Increase and Decrease of Basic Stitches

Decrease - Basic Stitches

Decrease - Basic Stitches
update c2004 Sandra Petit, http://www.crochetcabana.com

There has been a trend lately to write decreases as 2tog. In other words sc2tog, or dc2tog. This is just a decrease over two stitches. You might even see sc3tog or dc3tog, which would be a decrease over 3 stitches. This has come up so often, I wanted to put it here so you would know it is just another way of saying the same thing.

Here's is a video demonstrating both the single crochet decrease and the double crochet decrease.

Single Crochet Decrease

Procedure: insert hk in st, yo, pull through (2 lps on hook), insert hk in next st, yo, pull through (3 lps on hk), yo, draw through all 3 loops

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Fig. 1

insert hk in st, yo, pull through
(2 lps on hook)

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Fig 2

insert hk in next st, yo,
pull through (3 lps on hk),

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Fig 3

yo, draw through all 3 loops

HDC Crochet Decrease

Procedure: yo, insert hook into stitch (unless otherwise specified),
yo, pull through stitch, yo (3 loops on hook), yo, insert hook in next st,
yo, pull through st (5 loops on hk), yo, draw through all lps

Fig 1

yo, insert hook into stitch (unless otherwise specified),

Fig 2

yo, pull through stitch,
yo (3 loops on hook)

Fig 3

yo, insert hook in next st,

Fig 4

yo, pull through st (5 loops on hk),

Fig 5

yo, draw through all lps

Double Crochet Decrease

Procedure: yo, insert hook into stitch indicated, yo, pull through stitch (3 lps on hk), yo, pull through 2 lps, (2 loops on hk), At this point you are one step away from completing a regular dc, do not finish the dc but instead... yo, insert hook into next stitch, yo, pull through stitch (4 lps on hk), yo, pull through 2 lps (3 lps on hk), yo, pull through all 3 lps

Here is the video demonstration of decreasing in the double crochet.
(I know there are two videos on this page. I had already done this one and decided to leave it when I placed the new one on here.)