How To Double Crochet

Learn how-to double crochet with stitching expert Maya from Little Treasures, and then put your new skill to the test by making her double crochet stitch scarf.

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  Step 1

  Chain a number of chains - let's say 10.
  Next, yarn over the hook.

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  Step 2

  1) Insert hook through the Xth chain (in the tutorial it says the third chain).

  2) Yarn over hook and

  3) Gently pull the wrapped yarn through the stitch .

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  Step 3

  There will be three loops on the hook.

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  Step 4

  Now wrap the yarn again on the hook / yarn over and pull the yarn through the first two stitches on the hook

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  Step 5

  There will be two loops left

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  Step 6

  Yarn over again and draw the yarn through both loops

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  Step 7

  One dc made!

• Step 8

  It's a stitch you can make many projects using it.
  Now I am going to show you how to make a scarf using the double crochet stitch.

Got the hang of this technique?

Put your new skill to the test with this tutorial: