DOUBLE CROCHET INCREASES

Here’s our guide to working simple increases

Working increases in crochet is very easy. There are no special techniques to learn, you just work more than one stitch into the top of the stitch on the row below. To increase one double crochet stitch in a row, just work two double crochet stitches into the same stitch on the row below, as instructed in your pattern. This will increase the stitch count by one. To increase the stitch count by two, you’d work three double crochet stitches into the one stitch, and so on. You can work an increase anywhere along the row, but working it in the centre of the row will make your crochet fabric look different to increasing at the start or end of a row. Similarly, increases worked on every row create a different effect…

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