Beginner's Guide to Crochet - UK (2019-10)

SHAPING CROCHET

W

orking 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 to working

them on every other row.

Make a small double crochet swatch and

practise making increases at various points

on the row, so you can start to see the

shaping effects.

DOUBLE CROCHET

INCREASES

Here’s our guide to working simple increases

RIGHT-HAND

1

Work a double crochet stitch as usual: insert

hook into the top of the next stitch on the

row below, yrh, pull yarn through, yrh, pull yarn

through 2 loops on hook.

2

Work a second double crochet stitch into the

same stitch on the row below: insert hook,

yrh, pull yarn through, yrh, pull yarn through 2

loops on hook. You will have increased the stitch

count by one.

1

Work a double crochet stitch as usual: insert

hook into the top of the next stitch on the

row below, yrh, pull yarn through, yrh, pull yarn

through 2 loops on hook.

2

Work a second double crochet stitch into

the same stitch on the row below: insert

hook, yrh, pull yarn through, yrh, pull yarn

through 2 loops on hook. You will have increased

the stitch count by one.

LEFT-HAND