crochetguideStep 1 Insert the hook into the next stitch and make a complete single crochet: yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over and draw through both loops.
Step 1 Insert the hook into the next stitch and make a complete single crochet: yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over and draw through both loops. Step 2 Insert the hook into the same stitch again and make a second single crochet. Two new tops now sit on one old stitch.
Insert the hook into the next stitch and make a complete single crochet: yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over and draw through both loops.
US / UK Increases work the same way in US and UK patterns; only the stitch names change (US sc = UK dc)Each increase uses 1 stitch and makes 2.Em português aumento (aum)
Before you start: Single crochet
Make one single crochet increase
- Insert the hook into the next stitch and make a complete single crochet: yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over and draw through both loops.
- Insert the hook into the same stitch again and make a second single crochet. Two new tops now sit on one old stitch.
Increase in rounds
A flat circle in single crochet grows by about six stitches every round. Six stitches in a ring become 12 when you increase in every stitch, 18 when you increase in every second stitch, and 24 in every third. That steady rule keeps a coaster flat and starts an amigurumi sphere.
Write the round total down as you finish each round. A matching total shows you made the right number of increases, even if your stitches look uneven. Check where they sit too: the plain stitches between increases should follow the pattern’s repeat, so the increases spread around the circle instead of bunching together.
Increase in rows
Chain 9. Single crochet in the second chain from the hook and in each chain across: 8 stitches. Chain 1 and turn.
Row 2: 2 single crochets in the first stitch, single crochet in each stitch until 1 stitch remains, 2 single crochets in the last stitch: 10 stitches. Each edge gains one stitch a row, so the strip widens on both sides.
Other stitches and pattern wording
The same rule works for every height: 2 hdc, 2 dc or 2 tr in one stitch. Patterns write it as “2 sc in next st”, “inc” or “sc inc”. Three stitches in one stitch is a double increase, often used at corners.
If the fabric will not lie flat
Edges ruffle: there are more increases than the fabric needs. Cupping: there are too few. Count each round against the pattern total before blaming your tension, then see the guide to curling, cupping and ruffling.