Back post double crochet is very similar to front post double crochet. The only different is the way you insert your hook. If you already know how to do front post double crochet, then this going to be a piece of cake! If you don’t already know how, then visit the “How to Crochet: Front Post Double Crochet (fpdc)” before attempting this tutorial.

Here is what you do:

Yarn over just like you will do if you were making a double crochet

Insert your hook through the back of your work, across the front of the indicated stitch, then through your work again, such that the hook is at the back of your work again. It will look like this from the front:

Now finish your double crochet as you normally would: yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through 2 loops on your hook, yarn over, pull through the final 2 loops on your hook.

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