Friends, there are not so many basic techniques in crocheting... This is a loop, a half-column and columns on the basis of which various elements are crocheted from which the patterns are made. Today I propose to figure out how to crochet a half double crochet, it is also sometimes called a tight double crochet.

A half double crochet is a cross between a single crochet and a double crochet, which we have already looked at earlier. For those who missed this moment, I suggest you read the relevant articles “” and “”.

It is important to remember that in fact, a half-column is nothing more than an ordinary one, but in everyday life, in various patterns and descriptions, the technique that you and I will now learn to crochet is most often called a half-column, namely, a half-crochet...

Let's get started...

How to crochet a half double crochet - step by step guide

1. To begin, knit, for example, 15 loops. Pinch the last loop with your fingers.
2. Now we’ll make lifting loops – 2 loops.

For information: for a half double crochet, as well as for a single crochet, two lifting loops are made at the beginning of each row.

Note: The working thread is the thread from the ball

We pull the working thread through the loop of the chain - there are three loops on the hook

For those who like to see the process visually - a short video

1. We knit all the loops of the initial chain in this way, and then several rows.

Attention! Don’t forget to make two lifting loops at the beginning of each row, and at the end of the row, knit a stitch into the second lifting loop of the previous row.

Starting from the second row, we knit half double crochets under both loops of the bottom row.

By the way, pay attention to the structure of these loops

There are not two of them, as when knitting single crochets or double crochets, but three... In the future, we will look at an interesting pattern using this very third loop...

In the meantime, we knit the sample to the desired size and evaluate what we got.
As I said earlier, the half double crochet is a kind of hybrid between the single crochet and the double crochet.

Look! Here the yarn over is made, as in a double crochet, and all the loops on the hook are knitted at one time, i.e. in one step, as when knitting a single crochet.

Half double crochet in crocheted items and patterns

Now let's talk about what can be connected using this element.

In fact, it should be noted that this technique is not very often used by the broad masses of knitters... at least for me personally, I rarely see the half double crochet in patterns for various products or in descriptions in knitting magazines...

I don’t know what this is connected with...

The half double crochet is a wonderful technique... It is taller and “thicker” than a regular single crochet and can easily compete with the latter, for example, in knitting toys. You just have to take a thinner hook to make the fabric more dense...

Or the most interesting patterns that can be knitted from half-columns... for example, the pattern that I hinted at earlier -
Sometimes it makes sense to replace double crochets with half-double crochets in different patterns or motifs to make the fabric denser and smaller in size... I did this when experimenting with the “” motif
And in clothes, knitting this element is quite possible... At least, knitting with double crochet is faster than with single crochet

By the way, you may come across such a half-column under the name “double crochet in/or “for” one step.”

But, once again, I want to remind you that most often the half double crochet in magazines is hidden under the name simply “half double crochet.”

And also, a half double crochet can be knitted in two steps - and it will not be a double crochet in the usual sense, but will be, for which, unfortunately, I don’t know the correct name. In short, I feel like I confused you with the names.

For your information: on my blog, under the name half-double crochet, I will always mean the crochet technique of half-double crochet

Friends, this concludes my story about how to crochet a half double crochet and where it can be used... I'm waiting for your comments!

- the smallest crocheted element. And today we will learn how to knit a half double crochet. The similarity between the first and second is that they are both performed in one step, although this is not entirely true. It would be more logical to call the half double crochet in one step, but this already turns out to be 4 words instead of 2, so we’ll stick to the original name.

So, let's begin our lesson! Is everyone ready?

Half double crochet - step by step instructions

1. First we do it, then we knit it to any length. We mark the last loop of the chain with a marker: this loop will be considered the first in the 1st row of knitting. You, of course, remember that the loop on the hook is not taken into account when calculating the loops of the row. Its main function is to connect crochet and knitting.
2. To move on to knitting the 1st row, you need to rise to the level of this row using lifting loops. For a half double crochet, you can make either one air loop (then the knitting corner in this place will have a rounded shape) or two (the corner will be rectangular).
   
   
3. Now you need to make a yarn over by moving the hook away from you.
   
   
4. Insert the crochet hook into the marked 1st loop. Then we hook the thread from the ball.
   
   
5. We pull the captured thread back through the 1st loop. We now have 3 loops on the hook. Again, hook the thread from the ball and pull it through all 3 loops at once.
   
6. We get the first half double crochet.
   
   
7. Next, we proceed in the same way: we make a yarn over, insert the hook into the 2nd loop, grab the thread from the ball (as in step 4), pull it back through this loop, again grab the thread from the ball and pull it simultaneously through 3 loops on the hook.
   
   
8. In this way we consistently build a row of half double crochets.
   
   
9. Having knitted the last stitch, we make one lifting loop to the 2nd row. After this, turn the knitting, yarn over and insert the hook under both halves of the 1st loop. At this step it is important to clearly see where you have this 1st loop. Look carefully at the photo.
   
   

When you knit several rows of half double crochets, you will be able to see the overall picture of the knitting. The front and back sides are practically the same.

Small video will help you visualize the entire process.

In the diagrams there may be different symbols for the half double crochet. What seems most clear to me is the following:

Let's draw a pattern for our knitting.

In addition to today's topic, visit the lesson. It may make you think about crochet standards and rules.

With this lesson we complete our discussion of basic crochet techniques. Let me remind you what lessons we have learned:

Good luck to everyone and see you in the next lessons!

Question for the lesson:
If you compare the height of a half double crochet and a single crochet, which one will be higher?

How to crochet a stitch

Crochet is based on stitches. So before you make a knitted item, you need to practice a little in knitting each one, and then knitting will no longer cause such difficulties and difficulties. The fabric will turn out beautiful and smooth if you knit it yourself. It is worth remembering the main stitches when knitting and their designations in the diagrams:

• single crochet;
• lush;
• crossed;
• half column or connecting column;
• single crochet;
• raised.

How to crochet a half-stitch

The half-column is called connecting. Of all, it is the simplest and therefore very easy to crochet. To do this, look at the diagram below:

• make 10 air loops for the sample.
• start working with the third loop, and leave two for lifting.
• insert the hook into the loop and pull the working thread through it.
• pass the loop that is formed through the loop that is on the hook.
• All loops of the row are made in exactly the same way.
• then turn the work over, pick up the lifting loops again at the beginning of the row and continue in the same way.

Half-columns can not only knit fabric, but can also be used in other places:

• When knitting in the round, secure the row.
• upon completion of work.
• When you connect two pieces, they can be knitted or crocheted.
• give the canvas a finished look and process the edges.

A half-column or connecting column in diagrams usually looks like a dot or a rounded checkmark that is lowered down.

Connecting post

You can also crochet a half-stitch with double crochet; such a stitch can also be called a strong stitch. In order to do it you need:

• With the first loop, you need to put a working thread on the hook.
• At the beginning of the row, insert the hook into the third loop, and then into each subsequent one and pull out a new loop.
• Next, you need to grab the working thread and knit it through the 3 loops that formed on the hook.

How to crochet a single crochet

Making a single crochet is very simple and easy; it must be done in two stages:

• insert the hook into the loop of the previous row and pull the loop through it. You now have 2 loops on your hook.
• then, through the two loops that you have on the hook, you need to pass the working yarn again, then you get a new loop and a stitch made.

Double crochets can help make a product with a pattern, but you only need to use different knitting techniques. The techniques differ in the way the hook is inserted into the previous row of fabric. Single crochets can also be made according to this pattern:

• You need to pull the thread through the two walls of the previous loop.
• The thread is grabbed with a hook behind the back wall.
• insert the hook into the loop that is located one row below.
• tie a loop through the front wall.

If you knit in the round yourself, then a single crochet can be created when you insert the hook into the jumper between the loops of the previous row.

The single crochet is usually drawn as a simple stick or a sign in the form of the letter T, but there are also other symbols:

Single crochets

How to crochet double crochet

When you make a double crochet fabric with your own hands, it turns out light and delicate. You need to do them like this:

• With the first loop of the three lifting loops, you need to throw a thread on the hook.
• From the beginning of knitting, you need to pull out a new loop from the fourth loop.
• Next, grab the working yarn and pull it through all three loops that appear on the hook.

Just like a single crochet, a double crochet can be worked by catching 2 walls of the loop in the previous row. By inserting the hook between the posts behind the front or behind the back wall, or in two steps, you will get many different patterns. In the figure below you can see an example of crocheting a double crochet in two steps:

Double crochets

If you have a desire, then you can make columns with two or more crochets, and not just one. Creating them is a little more difficult, but the product will have a beautiful appearance. Double crochets are most often referred to as a vertical crossed stick. The number of yarn overs is the number of crossovers. Let's see how to make a single crochet:

• at the beginning of the row you need to make 4 lifting loops when knitting a double crochet stitch.
• Throw the working thread onto the hook with air loops twice, so two yarn overs are formed.
• pull the working thread from the first loop of the row. You now have four loops on your hook.
• Throw the working yarn over the hook again and pull through only the first two loops that are located on the hook; you do not knit the other loops.
• The working thread is again thrown onto the hook and knitted through the first two loops.
• Next, you must pull the working thread through the two loops that remain and form a new loop.

Double crochet stitch

Using the same pattern, you need to knit stitches with a large number of crochets, knitting loops in pairs as in a double crochet stitch. The column turns out higher depending on how many yarn overs you have. Typically, these patterns are performed when complex openwork patterns are knitted, or when you need to add the number of loops in the fabric.

How to crochet a raised stitch

You can make embossed columns with your own hands when you usually knit an elastic band, a braid pattern, or any other beautiful relief pattern. According to the execution pattern, there are some differences from a simple double crochet. Relief columns can be divided into two types:

• facial ones, which are in front of the work or convex.
• purl ones, which are behind the work or concave.

Embossed stitches have a distinctive feature: they do not start with a chain of chain stitches, they are made after at least one row is knitted with double crochets or single crochets.

Below you will see how to knit concave and convex stitches.

Convex column It looks beautiful on the front canvas and is made according to this scheme:

Convex relief column

• for lifting in each new row you need to make three air loops.
• Next, yarn over and insert the hook behind the second post of the previous row so that it is on top of the hook.
• you need to pull out the working thread and perform all the steps as if you were knitting a simple double crochet stitch.

Concave column looks a little more difficult to knit on your own. For it, all the steps are exactly the same as for the embossed column, only when you pull out the thread, the hook is inserted into the second loop of the previous row so that the loop is under the hook. This should be done according to this scheme: insert the hook into the fabric and grab the previous loop from left to right. Then pull the working thread into the loop on the wrong side.

Concave relief column

If you want, the product can only be made with concave or convex columns, then the canvas will be the same on both sides. And if you alternate the columns, knitting the rows one by one, then the front side of the fabric will be smooth, and the back side will be ribbed. Embossed stitches must be made with one crochet, but then the stitch is knitted in two loops in two steps.

How to crochet a puffy stitch

The lush columns that you crochet turn out very beautiful. At first you may think that doing them is very difficult, but in reality this is not the case. You just need to know these steps:

• In each row at the beginning you need to make five loops for lifting.
• Yarn over the first loop onto the hook, then a new loop is pulled out from the first loop of the previous row. Its height should be equal to the height of the double crochet. Repeat the action two more times.
• Throw the working yarn over the hook again and pull through the seven loops that were made using the previous steps.
• then one chain stitch is knitted, and the next stitch must be knitted through one loop, and not into the next.

Lush column

How to knit crossed stitches

With the help of crossed poles, you can not only make a whole product with your own hands, but also knit them in various complex patterns. Typically, such columns are indicated by an icon - two crossed sticks.

In the diagram below, you can see how to make crossed columns yourself:

• Make four lifting loops at the beginning of each row.
• Throw the working yarn onto the hook twice, making two yarn overs.
• Pull a working thread from the first main loop of the row.
• Next you must knit the first two loops that are on the hook, after which there should be three loops on the hook.
• then yarn over again, then insert the hook through one loop and pull out a new loop.
• The next step is to knit the first two loops on the hook together.
• bring the working yarn back over the hook and pull through only two loops. You should now have one loop on your hook again. Make an air loop out of it, then yarn over and the hook is inserted into the place where the knitted double crochets intersect, at the end the third loop is pulled out.
• the yarn over and loop must be knitted, then the thread is draped over the hook again and pulled out through the two remaining loops.
• In the next loop of the row you need to knit a second crossing stitch.

Crossed columns

So when you learn how to do all the above columns, you can easily knit any interesting things for yourself.

In order to master the skill of knitting, you first need to familiarize yourself with and learn how to knit different types of loops. Even the simplest patterns often contain double crochets and double crochets, so let’s look at how to crochet a regular double crochet quickly and easily, double crochets and single crochets correctly. If you have long wanted to try to learn knitting, then this article is especially for you.

How to crochet a half double crochet in a step-by-step master class

Any knitting necessarily begins with a chain of air loops on a hook. For beginning craftswomen and needlewomen, the ideal option for knitting would be thick yarn and hooks numbered 3 and 4. So, to begin with, we make the first loop, and then we cast on several air loops, as shown in the photo below.

The air loop is made like this: pick up the working thread and pull it through the first loop. Therefore, we continue to knit the remaining air loops according to the same principle.

Please note that each row ends with lifting loops to give your product the neatest look possible. If your next strip is knitted in half-stitches, then you need to knit two lifting loops.

We knit single crochets.

Before you learn how to crochet half double crochets, you need to learn how to crochet single crochets, also known as sc, as it is much easier. So, we collect a chain of air loops and knit one lifting loop. The next step is to start knitting a row of single crochets. To do this, insert a hook into the second loop, grab the working thread and pull it out. So, there should be 2 loops on the hook. Next, to crochet a single crochet, you need to hook the working thread and pull it through two loops on the hook. Further single crochets must be knitted according to the same pattern. So you finish the whole strip, and your first row of single crochets is ready! You can see this diagram in more detail in the photo below.

We knit double crochets.

Next, we will study one of the basic and most famous crochet elements - the double crochet, also known as the double crochet. To do this, we knit a whole series of chain stitches. This time we need to knit 3 instep stitches, since the single crochet is much lower than the double crochet. We make a yarn over and insert it into the 4th loop, after which you need to pick up the working thread and pull it out. This way there are 3 loops on the hook. We hook the working thread again, knit a loop and yarn over. So, there are only two loops left on the hook. We perform these manipulations again, and the work is finished. You can familiarize yourself with this scheme using the photo below.

We knit half double crochets.

Half double crochets, also known as one and a half double crochets or hdcs, are quite easy to knit. As always, we start knitting with a row of air loops. The next step is to knit two lifting loops, after which we make a yarn over and then insert the hook into the third loop and pull out the working thread. This way we have 3 loops on the hook. Now we grab the working thread again and knit three loops at once. So, the half double crochet is ready! To better imagine the process, pay attention to the photo.

We knit two half double crochets together.

Two half double crochets, also called half double crochets with a joint (common) top, can also be found in patterns quite often. Knitting begins by making a yarn over and then inserting the hook into the third loop, then pulling the working thread towards us. Thus, there are 3 loops on the hook. Then we yarn over again, insert the hook into the next loop and pull the thread through again. So, there should be 5 loops on the hook, after which we simply knit them together.

So you have learned how to knit the basic elements. Before starting serious work, it is recommended to knit something simple - for example, a scarf or an oven mitt. This is necessary in order to better assimilate the material received and practice a little. The knitting pattern, for example, of the same potholder is extremely simple and consists exclusively of air loops and double crochets. So, as always, you need to put chain loops on the hook, and then simply close them into a ring, continuing to knit according to the double crochet pattern. It sounds as simple as it turns out to be.

Video on the topic of the article

After you have received the theoretical part, you need to consolidate it in practice. Video materials selected specifically for this topic will help you with this. Good luck in your future work!

Having knitted the last loop of the chain, throw on the working thread and leave it on the hook (yo). Then insert the hook into the 3rd loop of the chain, throw on the thread and pull it through the loop of the chain. Throw on the working thread again and pull it through 2 loops and yarn over on the hook.
To get the 2nd stitch, yarn over the hook again and insert it into
the next loop of the chain, pull a loop from the working one through it
threads and knit the loops and yarn over in the same way as when knitting the 1st
column.

Learning to crochet: half double crochet
Before knitting a half double crochet, yarn over the hook
(Fig. 31).


Now pull out a loop from the previous row (Fig. 32) - there are 3 loops on the hook. Through these 3 loops, pull the thread in one step, picking it up with a hook, in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 32.

Loop in Fig. 34 - the first half double crochet, knitted from the initial air loops. It is joined by the next half double crochet.

Half double crochet, knitted in a row

In Fig. Figure 35 shows a row knitted with half double crochets. In Fig. 36 - 2nd row. Half height s n. when moving from row to row or from circle to circle, it is achieved through two air. lifting loops. At the initial air. half stitch loops s n. knitted from the 3rd or 4th air. loops from the hook.

In the next row, 1st half crochet. s n. knitted from the 2nd or 1st loop of the previous row. At the end of the row air. the lifting loops (Fig. 37) remain unknitted or the last half stitch in the row. s n. knitted from the 2nd air. lifting loops (Fig. 38) - this way the edges of the knitted fabric are aligned.

Depending on which side of the part the hook is inserted, knitting a half stitch. from n., the pattern of the knitted fabric changes. A distinctive feature of the semi-st. s n. is the location of the so-called hinge walls. Since 3 loops are knitted in one step, the yarn over, i.e. the thread that is thrown onto the hook before knitting the loop, runs almost parallel to the walls of the loop. But half a century. s n. You can knit it in another way: for example, only behind the front (Fig. 39) or only behind the back (Fig. 40) wall of the loop.

In Fig. shows a knitting pattern when loops are knitted from the base of the loops of the previous row.