If you know how to do a double crochet, learning to increase a double crochet will be a piece of cake. I’m sure you’ll get the hang of it pretty fast.

With a double crochet increase, you’ll be working two double crochets into one stitch. The abbreviation is: dc inc.

In the video and photo tutorial below, I’ll explain to you how to double crochet increase.

Video tutorial Double Crochet Increase

Photo tutorial Double Crochet Increase

How to Double Crochet Increase 1

1. Yarn over and insert the hook into the stitch.

How to Double Crochet Increase 2

2. Yarn over and pull the yarn through the stitch.

How to Double Crochet Increase 3

3. Yarn over and pull the yarn through 2 loops.

How to Double Crochet Increase 4

4. Yarn over and pull the yarn through both loops.

How to Double Crochet Increase 5

5. Yarn over and insert the hook into the same stitch. Yarn over and pull yarn through the stitch.

How to Double Crochet Increase 6

6. Yarn over and pull the yarn through 2 loops.

How to Double Crochet Increase 1

7. Yarn over and pull the yarn through both remaining loops.

How to Double Crochet Increase 8

8. Now you’ve worked two double crochet into 1 stitch and increased one stitch.

Do you want to learn other crochet stitches too? You will find the tutorials on THIS page.