2dc [tutorial] - Knotions

How to crochet a 2dc (Increase)

This technique increases your stitch count by 1

Popular for increases in hat, bags or toes of slippers or socks.

Step 1: Yarn over, insert hook into the next space.

Step 2: Yarn over again and pull through. There will be 3 loops on your hook.

Step 3: Yarn over again and pull the yarn through the first 2 loops on your hook.  There are 2 loops on your hook.

Step 4: Yarn over one final time and pull through the 2 loops on your hook. You have completed your first dc.

Step 5: In the same space you just created your first dc in repeat steps 1-4.  You have now increased your stitch count by 1, creating a 2dc.

About the Instructor: Andi Gallegos

Andi Gallegos- aka Mysistersknitter on Ravelry- learned to first crochet more than 20 years ago from a coworker, while looking for a way to occupy herself during downtime at a call center job. A couple of years later after many attempts to teach herself to knit from books, she found a video that taught kids to knit and it suddenly clicked. Nowadays it is rare for a day to go by without at least one stitch being knit.

At that time living and knitting in sunny Arizona didn’t warrant a large knitting community, so Andi started a blog called My Sister’s Knitter as a way to connect with other knitters.

Andi believes that if everyone knit or crocheted the world would be a kindler, gentler place.

About the Instructor: Jody Richards

Jody loves pouring over stitch dictionaries and trying out new stitches. And while she likes all things crafting (well ok, except that one thing), yarn crafts are her true love (and she has the stash to prove it).

She’s a serial starter-of-projects and has a serious problem with finishing things without a deadline.

And don’t get her talking about hand-dyed yarns.  You’ve been warned.