How to Crochet: Half Double Crochet Decrease
By Rachel Choi – 9 CommentsDecrease are different depending on the stitch are you working with. If you are working with single crochets, you may want to make a single crochet decrease, or if you are using double crochet you may want to do a double crochet decrease. This tutorial will show you how to do a decrease for half double crochet (hdc) stitches. To do a half double crochet decrease, you must do the the following: (yarn over, insert hook into next stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop) 2 times, yarn over, pull through all 5 loops on hook.
Below are step by step pictures for the instructions. This tutorial is for both right and left handed people. For left handed pictures, roll your mouse over the image and it will change for you.
Starting with a small piece of work to practice on, yarn over.
Insert hook into next stitch.
Yarn over.
Pull up a loop.
Yarn over.
Insert hook into next stitch.
Yarn over.
Pull up a loop.
Yarn over.
Pull through all 5 loops on hook.
Congrats! You just complete 1 half double crochet decrease!
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Yay! I love your crochet tutes! Thanks so much, I’ll be linking.
this is funny, I just got a crochet book thats -I think- one of the most complete instructional books, the only down side is that it doesn’t show how to decrease any of the stitches, so here I am look at your web page and the first one I see is How to drecrease a HDC. Thanks for all of your wonderful tutorials.
In the middle of a sweater and didn’t know how to half double crochet decrease. Not in my “Learn How” book. Thanks!!!
Thank you so much. This was very helpful. I’m so grateful to people like you who share their knowledge.
your tutorials are so easy to follow! thank you!!
Perfect! Easy to follow. Thanks a ton!
Great tutorial thanks and it is very clever how you have made for left handers, I took great pains to teach my sister years ago. She was left handed.
I have been searching for instructions on HDC decrease for about an hour and a half with no luck. Thank goodness I found this site as I was getting frustrated. Thank you for the simple tutorial, you made my day!
Cool pictures! Very clear! I love how you have the pictures turn to lefty when you mouse over them! Would that all tutorials were that clear and clever!