How to Crochet a Sc2tog
When you first start crocheting, you'll probably make simple, flat objects like washcloths, placemats and scarves. As you gain experience, learning a few shaping techniques will greatly increase your repertoire. Decreases like the sc2tog, which stands for "single crochet two together," reduce the length of a crocheted row by one stitch for every decrease you do. This, in turn, creates the shaping you need to make everything from a tapered sleeve or waistline to fine details in amigurumi, which are small crocheted, stuffed dolls.
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Instructions
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Put your crochet hook, which should already have one loop of yarn around it, through the next stitch or chain in the row. You usually put the hook through both sides of the "V" that lies across the top edge of the work, although in some special circumstances, such as creating ribbing or a turning row, you might put the hook through just one of the loops of the "V."
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Yarn over. To do this, wrap the yarn once over the crochet hook from back to front, or clockwise if viewed from the hook end of your crochet hook.
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Pull the crochet hook back through the stitch, drawing the yarn wrap you just made along with it. You should now have two loops on the crochet hook.
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Place the crochet hook through the next stitch in the row. Yarn over and, once again, draw the wrap of yarn back through the stitch. You now have three loops of yarn on your crochet hook.
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Yarn over again, without first putting your crochet hook through a stitch. Draw the loop you just made through all three loops on the crochet hook. The three loops will slide off the hook, leaving you with just one loop around the hook. This completes the sc2tog.
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