Learning to Crochet Part 3 - The Half-Stitches

Welcome back for another Crochet Tutorial! This one is going to be shorter and hopefully easier than the last ones. The half-stitches are a variation of the stitches I taught you in the last tutorial but end up being shorter and slightly bulkier than the full stitches.

The two stitches we're going to work on today are the Half-Double Crochet and the Half-Treble Crochet.  If you've got the Double Crochet and the Treble Crochet mastered than this will be super easy for you.

Materials you will need:

• Yarn
• Crochet hook
• Comfortable place to sit 

We will start with the Half-Double Crochet, you will see this abbreviated as HDC on most patterns. CH 10 for this tutorial. Just like with the DC, you're going to wrap the yarn over before you put it through the hook. Yarn over again and pull through just the top loop leaving you with 3 loops on the hook. Yarn over again and pull through all 3 loops. Do this again for the next 9 stitches. CH 1, turn and repeat. Easy right?

The Half-Treble Crochet or HTC is similar with more loops just like the TC. To start out you're going to CH 10 again. Wrap the yarn around your hook twice before you stick it in the first loop. Yarn over and pull through just the top loop leaving you with 4 loops on your hook. Yarn over again and pull it through the top 2 loops leaving you with 3 remaining loops on your hook.

Yarn over one last time and pull through all 3 loops. Repeat for the next 9 stitches. CH 1, turn and repeat.

Now you know all the basics of Crochet and we can move onto more complicated stitches and patterns in the future.  Happy Crocheting!