How to Decrease Double Crochet !

You can decrease a stitch (abbreviated dec), which is really just subtracting a stitch, in a double crochet row. You decrease stitches in double crochet in the same places that you increase stitches — at the ends of the row or somewhere in the middle. Begin your double-crochet decrease by starting the first double crochet like you would for a normal double crochet stitch:

1- Yarn over the hook (yo).

2- Insert your hook into the next stitch.

3- Yarn over.

4- Draw the yarn through the stitch.

5- Yarn over.

6- Draw the yarn through the first 2 loops on your hook.

7- Two loops remain on the hook.

8- Yarn over the hook (yo).

9- Insert your hook into the next stitch.

10- Yarn over.

11- Draw the yarn through the stitch.

12- Yarn over.

13- Draw the yarn through the first 2 loops on your hook.

14- You should have 3 loops remaining on your hook.

15- Yarn over.

16- Draw the yarn through all 3 loops on your hook.

You've made 1 complete double crochet stitch decrease.

This figure shows the symbol for a double crochet decrease as it appears in crochet stitch diagram.