How to increase stitches in crochet

In today's Crochet 101 lesson, I'll teach you how to increase and decrease stitches. This is helpful when it comes to working on a variety of projects.

f you've ever tried your hand at crafting cute amigurumi creatures, you know how important it is to make them look as seamless as possible. That's where the magic of invisible increases and decreases comes in!

Any time you need to make your amigurumi bigger, you'll use single crochet increase. It's super easy! You just stitch twice in one stitch. Here's how. Sometimes you'll see this written in instructions as "inc" and you decide where to put the increases, but our patterns usually spell it out. If we want you to

Now that you know how to use Stacked Single Crochet to start your rows, learn how to increase and decrease with this technique.

Knowing how to increase in crochet is essential if you want to make hats, bags and certain garments, for example. Thankfully, it's not difficult and in this free crochet tutorial I'll show you how easy it actually is! #beginnerscrochetprojects #learnhowtocrochetforbeginnersstepbystep #crochettechniquestutorial

Learn how to do the single crochet increase stitch (sc inc) with this beginner-friendly tutorial that includes step-by-step pictures and video

A single crochet increase can sometimes be too visible or leave too much of a hole for your needs. In those cases, this almost invisible increase may be a better option.

Learning how to increase and decrease simple crochet stitches is a huge part of growing as a crocheter. While some people rarely use these skills, others will need them for many projects. When you double crochet increase, you will be adding one more stitch to your row or round, and you will decrease by one stitch when you double crochet decrease. If you know how to double crochet already, then these skills should be easy for you to learn and incorporate into your stitching.