How to Double Crochet

Use our easy to follow step-by-step guide to make a double crochet stitch, a great foundation for many crochet projects.

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Yield: double crochet stitch

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Begin with a foundation to add your stitches into.
We made a slip knot and chains here, but you can also create a magic circle.
Hold the working yarn in your non-dominant hand and use your finger and thumb to hold the chains close to the hook.
Wrap the working yarn around your hook, going counter-clockwise around the hook.
This is called a "yarn over".
Insert your hook into the chain or stitch you'd like the double crochet stitch to be in.
(Generally with a double crochet you'll insert your stitch into the 4th chain from the hook to keep your rows straight.)
You can also work a double crochet into a magic circle or a stitch from the previous row.
Yarn over. (Wrap the working yarn around your hook in a clockwise direction.)
Guide the top part of your hook back through the same chain.
You should now have 3 loops on your hook.
Yarn over again.
Pull your hook with the working yarn through the first 2 loops on your hook.
You should end up with 2 loops on your hook.
Yarn over one last time.
Pull your hook and the working yarn though the 2 loops on your hook.
This will leave 1 loop on your hook, the starting point of your next stitch.
Your double crochet stitch is complete!

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