To make a 2 dc shell: Work two double crochet stitches all in one place.
Instructions to learn how to make the easy 2 DC Shell pattern shown above:
(Abbreviations: dc = double crochet, st = stitch)
Work a foundation row in stitch of your choice (such as single crochet or double crochet).
Pattern Row: Chain 3 (counts as first double crochet), 1 dc in same st, * skip 1 st, 2 dc in next st; repeat from * across.
The basic stitches used to crochet are: slip stitch chain single crochet half double crochet double crochet treble crochet double treble shell pop corn
When you do a double crochet increase, you crochet 2 double crochets into the same stitch.
Here you go: 1) Slip Stitch 2) Single Crochet 3) Half Double Crochet 4) Double Crochet 5) Treble Crochet 6) Single crochet increase 7) Single Crochet decrease 8) Double Crochet increase 9) Double crochet decrease 10) Treble Crochet increase
Here you go: 1) Slip Stitch 2) Single Crochet 3) Half Double Crochet 4) Double Crochet 5) Treble Crochet 6) Single crochet increase 7) Single Crochet decrease 8) Double Crochet increase 9) Double crochet decrease 10) Treble Crochet increase
Work one double crochet in the chain after the one you've just used. Then work another double crochet into the SAME chain where you worked that first double crochet.
It means alternate between front post double crochet and back post double crochet.
After a quick scan of the relatedlink (listed below), I am understanding that a shell of single crochet stitches means that a shell pattern can be made by knotting a single stitch, then skipping two stitches, then making 5 double crochets in the next stitch. Then you would skip the next two stitches and start another shell by one stitch, skip two, make 5 doubles, skip two stitches, and start another. And so on.
The single crochet, double crochet, half double crochet, chain, slip knot. They can all be explained at the related link below, which has tutorials.
There are about 6 basic crochet stitches them being: ch~chain stitch sc~single crochet dc~double crochet hdc~half double crochet treble ss~slip stitch most patterns will use one of these stitches or a combo of some of them. .
Yes they do. Usually in darker or neutral colors and with tighter, simpler stitches like single crochet and half double crochet.
It means "single crochet". The stitch is the shortest of the crochet stitches and makes a very compact garment. Other notations can be double crochet, half double crochet, and even double triple crochet.Always read the whole pattern thoroughly before you begin your work.To sc in sc means to place your next single crochet stitch into the next single crochet stitch from the previous row. If your next stitch is a chain, for example, you would skip it and go to the next single crochet. Be aware that sometimes there will be a typographical error in a pattern, so be alert to how the stitch works in the pattern you are using.
you crochet a towel by doing any stitch you would like. you could use a single crochet, double crochet, half double crochet, or triple or treble crochet. you would chain stitch how ever long you want you towels length to be, then use what ever stitch you would like back and forth across.