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Macro close-up of a completed double crochet increase in mustard gold worsted yarn with a silver hook showing two full double crochet posts emerging in a V-shape from one base stitch

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Macro close-up of a completed double crochet increase in mustard gold worsted yarn with a silver hook showing two full double crochet posts emerging in a V-shape from one base stitch
US dc incUK tr incBeginner

How to Increase in Double Crochet (dc inc): Working 2 or 3 DC in One Stitch Without Holes

Work two complete double crochets into the same stitch to add one stitch, with the pattern-reading rules that stop '2dc' being read as two plain stitches.

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