How to Double Crochet

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Crochet designer Lee Sartori shares easy steps to master this common, versatile stitch

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Last Updated: August 10, 2026 Fact Checked

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The double crochet is one of the most basic and useful stitches in crochet. Once you've mastered it--and it won't take long--you can put it to use in creating sweaters, afghans, shawls, home décor items and lots of other projects.

How to Make a Double Crochet Stitch

Crochet designer Lee Sartori says to start by yarning over and inserting your hook into the closest stitch. Wrap the yarn over the hook again and carry it through the closest stitch. Repeat, this time bringing the yarn through the first 2 stitches. Wrap the yarn over the hook again and bring it through the last 2 loops.

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Method 1

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Double Crochet - U.S. Version

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   Yarn over the hook (yo) from back to front. Sartori notes that the double crochet stitch begins by yarning over.
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   Insert your crochet hook to the desired stitch. Typically, you will be making your stitch in the hole closest to your crochet hook, or, if you started with a foundation chain, the fourth one. Look to your pattern to be sure.
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   Yarn over the hook (yo) and gently carry the wrapped yarn through the stitch. In other words, pull it through the loop now on your hook. You will now have three (3) loops on your hook.
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   Yarn over the hook (yo) and draw your yarn through the first two (2) loops on your hook.
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   Yarn over the hook (yo) and draw your yarn through the last two (2) loops on the hook.
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   You have completed one (1) U.S. double crochet (dc) stitch. There should be one (1) loop left on your hook.
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   Insert your crochet hook to the desired stitch. Typically, you will be making your stitch in the hole closest to your crochet hook, or, if you started with a foundation chain, the second one. Look to your pattern to be sure.
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   Yarn over your hook (yo) and rotate the throat of the hook toward you.
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   Pull the hook with the wrapped yarn through the stitch. You should now have two (2) loops on your hook.
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   Yarn over your hook (yo) again and draw the hook with the wrapped yarn through both loops on the hook.
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   You've now created one (1) U.K. double crochet; there should be one (1) loop left on your hook.
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  How can I keep my tensions when I am crocheting?

  

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  Try to have the ingoing yarn as tight as you can when you finish the stitch; it will pull out the excess and give you tighter crocheting. Practice makes perfect.

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  When starting a pattern, how can I tell if it is a US version or a UK one?

  

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  Here are some tips: If it uses the term treble crochet, it is a UK pattern. If it uses the terms single crochet or half-double crochet, it is a US pattern. Take a look at the picture for clues. Read the pattern all the way through; the designer might say which it is. Look for words the two countries spell differently, such as "color" (US) and color UK).

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  How do I do a half double crochet stitch?

  

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  Yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, draw hook back through the stitch, yarn over again and draw all the loops through the last yarn over.

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• A foundation chain for a US Double Crochet should be three stitches, while one for a UK Double Crochet would be only one stitch.
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