How to Double Crochet

• Pull the yarn over the hook from the back to the front, then insert your hook into the stitch closest to the hook.
• Wrap the yarn over the hook again, then carry it through the closest stitch. Then repeat, this time bringing the yarn through the first 2 stitches.
• Wrap the yarn over the hook once more, then bring it through the last 2 loops on the hook.

Double Crochet - U.S. Version

Yarn over the hook (yo) from back to front.

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.

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.

Yarn over the hook (yo) and draw your yarn through the first two (2) loops on your hook.

Yarn over the hook (yo) and draw your yarn through the last two (2) loops on the hook.

You have completed one (1) U.S. double crochet (dc) stitch. There should be one (1) loop left on your hook.

Double Crochet - U.K. Version

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.

Yarn over your hook (yo) and rotate the throat of the hook toward you.

Pull the hook with the wrapped yarn through the stitch. You should now have two (2) loops on your hook.

Yarn over your hook (yo) again and draw the hook with the wrapped yarn through both loops on the hook.

You've now created one (1) U.K. double crochet; there should be one (1) loop left on your hook.