Single crochet increase is an intermediate-level stitch used to create increases in your crochet fabric. It’s often employed to shape pieces or to create more intricate patterns. This stitch adds stitches to your row, effectively widening the piece you’re working on.
- Begin with a slip knot on your hook.
- Insert the hook into the next stitch.
- Yarn over and draw up a loop.
- You should have two loops on your hook.
- Without completing the single crochet, insert the hook into the next stitch.
- Yarn over and draw up a loop.
- You should have three loops on your hook.
- Yarn over again.
- Pull through all three loops on the hook.
- One loop remains on the hook.
- Repeat steps 2-9 across the row.
- At the end of the row, chain one and turn your work.