Double crochet (DC)

Double Crochet is one of the basic stitches in crochet. It adds more height to your row than Single or Halfdouble Crochet. Because of it’s height, the overall look of a project will be airy. The project will also feel looser than with the other two types of stitches. Make sure you are mindful of this, when crocheting stuffed items, as the filling may fall out.
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Instructions

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Double Crochet (DC):

Place your yarn around the hook and push the hook through the “V” – place the yarn around your hook again and pull back through the “V”.
You now have three loops on your hook – place the yarn around your hook and pull through the first two loops.
You now have two loops on your hook – place the yarn around your hook again and pull through the two loops.
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Decrease Double Crochet (DEC DC):

Place your yarn around your hook – push your hook through the “V” – place yarn around the hook and pull back through the “V” – now push your hook through the next “V” – place yarn around the hook and pull back through leaving four loops on your hook.
Place your yarn around the hook and pull through three loops.
Place your yarn around your hook and pull through the remaining two loops.
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Increase Double Crochet (INC DC):

Work two Double Crochets in one stitch.

Sometimes especially when you’re working with bulky yarn or a larger than usual hook, the turning chain on a double crochet row leaves a gap at the beginning of the row. To get a neater edge, try chaining 2 instead of 3 stitches for the turning chain.
I often chain 2 for the turning chain and then not count it as a stitch. I will then work my first double crochet in the first stitch of a row. I find that this way diminishes the gap and still gives me a straight edge.
You can also work the chain row and first DC row as a Foundation Chain DC:

Patterns using this stitch

Cup sleeve

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legwarmers

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