How to increase in crochet

Any time you need to make your amigurumi bigger, you'll use single crochet increase. It's super easy! You just stitch twice in one stitch. Here's how. Sometimes you'll see this written in instructions as "inc" and you decide where to put the increases, but our patterns usually spell it out. If we want you to

Knowing how to increase in crochet is essential if you want to make hats, bags and certain garments, for example. Thankfully, it's not difficult and in this free crochet tutorial I'll show you how easy it actually is! #beginnerscrochetprojects #learnhowtocrochetforbeginnersstepbystep #crochettechniquestutorial

If you're finding a bunch of gaps in your stitches when you make amigurumi, here's an easy way to close them up! Check out how to do invisible increases and decreases on cbfiberworks.com!

A single crochet increase can sometimes be too visible or leave too much of a hole for your needs. In those cases, this almost invisible increase may be a better option.

Now that you know how to use Stacked Single Crochet to start your rows, learn how to increase and decrease with this technique.

HedgehogNoSew1 - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. This crochet pattern provides instructions to make a hedgehog toy without sewing. The body is made in white yarn starting with a magic ring and increasing stitches in early rows before decreasing in later rows. Ears and nose are made separately and attached. Purple yarn is used to make spines by attaching picot stitches to front loops only along the body. Eyes, nose, and details are added at the end…

If you have always wondered which side of the crochet project is the right side or the wrong side, then you should get the answers here! There are 8 different ways to differentiate the inside and the outside of amigurumi and crochet projects. By the end of this post, you should know your right from your wrong very easily!

If the unsightly gap in regular crochet increases are bothering you, consider trying the invisible increase technique!

Learn how to do the single crochet increase stitch (sc inc) with this beginner-friendly tutorial that includes step-by-step pictures and video