Half Double Crochet
Mary Beth TempleDescription
The half double crochet stitch is a stitch whose height is between a single crochet and double crochet. The way this stitch is constructed makes it a very quick and easy stitch to create. In this video, Mary Beth Temple demonstrates how to work the half double crochet stitch.
The half double crochet is typically abbreviated in patterns as “hdc.” Mary Beth is working the half double crochet stitches into the next stitch on her swatch, working under both legs of the V on the top of the stitch. She notes that a pattern will indicate where the double crochet stitch should be worked. To create the stitch, she follows these steps:
- Yarn over, from back to front
- Insert hook into stitch from front to back
- Yarn over and draw through a loop (3 loops on hook)
- Yarn over and draw through all three loops (1 loop remains on the hook and half double crochet stitch has been repeated)
Mary Beth repeats this process and works several more stitches in half double crochet.
This video follows US crochet terminology.
Hi, guys. Mary Beth Temple here. And in this video, we're going to learn about the half double crochet. Now, that's sort of the bridge stitch between the single and the double, and it's a useful stitch to have. So let's take a closer look. To make a half double crochet, we're gonna start with a yarn over. We're gonna bring that yard from back to front. So we have a loop on our hooks and a yarn over. Going into the next stitch or wherever the pattern tells you, yarn over from back to front. Draw that yarn over through the stitch. So now I have three loops on my hook. One, two, three. Yarn over from back to front, draw through all three at the same time. And then as your half double crochet, a little taller than a single, a little shorter than a double. Let's take a look at that again. Yarn over, insert your hook in the stitch. Yarn over, draw up the loop. Three loops on the hook. One, two, three. Yarn over, pull through three. Yarn over, insert your hook in the next stitch. Yarn over, draw up a loop. Yarn over, draw through three. And that's all there is to the half double crochet. So that's all you need to know about the half double crochet. Thanks for joining me here. I'm Mary Beth Temple. Enjoy looking around the site and see what else you can pick up. I'll see you again here real soon. Bye-bye.
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