Crochet Stitch Tutorial: Linked Double Crochet #crochet #shortscrochet #crochettutorial

If you’ve ever looked at a piece of crochet and thought “I love it, but I don’t love all the holes between stitches“, then the Linked Double Crochet stitch is your new best friend. Only a slight modification to the regular double crochet (US terminology), the double crochet stitch ’links’ all the stitches together reducing the amount of gaps in a fabric, whilst retaining the drape of the regular double crochet - making it a perfect stitch for garments and wearables. How to: Start each row or round with one regular double crochet. Look carefully at the stitch you just made and you’ll see that the double crochet has a horizontal ’bar’ halfway up the stitch. For your linked double crochet, do NOT start the stitch with a yarn over, instead insert your hook into this horizontal bar from the previous stitch. Next insert the hook into the next stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop - this gives three loops on your hook. Yarn over, pull through two loops, yarn over ag