How to do Double Crochet for Beginners
For you who want to start learning the double crochet stitch is one of the next steps you should prepare yourself, because it is one of the most used and versatile stitches and you can use it in many different ways in your projects. It is a simple stitch but there are variations of the double stitch and opportunities to use it with the dc stitch.
The double crochet stitch is known by its abbreviation DC, are widely used in most pieces and you really must learn because you will use a lot in your journey as a craftswoman, you can make double crochet in rows, continuous spiral loops or single loops.
I will leave a step by step summary of how to do the double crochet stitch and you can follow in more detail in the video tutorial that I will provide at the end of this tutorial
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How to do double crochet for beginners
Foundation Chain: To start you must form a slipknot, where the first 13 stitches will form the foundation chain and then you will use 3 more stitches to make the turning chain.
Hook on the chain: Now you must pass the thread over the hook and insert the hook into the chain, to do this stitch you will insert the needle in the third chain. The chains that are becoming empty will serve you with the double high point of the thread. Then you have to pass the thread again and pull the thread through the third chain, so when you finish you will see three turns of the crochet needle.
Two loops on the hook: You start by pulling the yarn through the first two of the three loops on your hook. So you will leave the two loops on the hook at the end of this step. Now you must pull both loops that are still on the hook to finish your double crochet stitch.
After finishing these processes you have finished your first double crochet stitch, now it’s time to start putting everything into practice, you can make several combinations in various crochet projects, you find in the world of crochet several combinations as an example
The double crochet in the round is a high round stitch and there are two ways to do and are very simple and easy. In joined rounds you start with a 3 run and in the last round you join the last stitch of the row from the very low stitch to the top of the 3 run and finish. In the spiral round when you reach the last stitch of the row you continue to the next row.
To make the double stitch increase which is abbreviated to “dc inc”, you make in one stitch two dc’s, so you add in your counts one more stitch and you can make bigger increases, just add as many stitches as you wish.
You can find many basic double stitches and many different techniques of how to perform them, where you can apply as in the classic Grandma’s crochet square are formed by three double stitches and can be used to make circles, triangles and rectangles. The V-stitch, on the other hand, uses a combination of double crochet stitches, so its placements create the shape of a “V” is widely used in current times.
There are several ways to work a double stitch, but for you who are still beginners do not want to learn everything at once, it can be very confusing at first, over time as you make your projects you will automatically develop your skills as a crocheter. So don’t worry now about wanting to learn everything at once.
I would like to leave a video explaining in more detail how to do the double stitch and this video is credited to the official website.
