Increase crochet stitch

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

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.

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

Increasing one single crochet at the beginning of the row is the same as doing it in the middle or at the end of a row, because the turning chain in a single cr

Learn how to add shape to your crochet projects! Whether crafting hats, amigurumi, or garments, understanding how to crochet an increase is fundamental. This article will tell you everything about this shaping technique.

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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!

In my patterns the most common tool I use to create my shapes is “increasing” and “decreasing”. This is a basic stitch that nearly every crochet pattern uses, so it is important to learn early on. This blog is intended to give simple step by step instructions on how to do each. You can use increasing and decreasing with any kind of stitch, but for this tutorial I will only be using Single Crochet because that is the stitch I typically use in my patterns. Decreasing becomes a little trickier…

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