How to increase Stitches during crocheting?

An increase stitch involves creating two single crochet stitches in the same hole. This technique effectively adds extra stitches to your project, allowing for the creation of unique shapes in each amigurumi piece through the manipulation of stitch counts.

Video Tutorial

Step by Step Photo Instructions

Step 1: Insert your crochet hook under both loops of the first stitch

Step2: . Yarn over and pull up a loop. (2 loops on your hook).

Step 3: Yarn over (YO) and pull through both loops on your hook

Step4: First single crochet completed

Step5: Look for the hole that the first sc went into. It’s the hole that the bottom of the vertical V you just made goes into. Insert your crochet hook under both loops of the same stitch

Step6: . Yarn over and pull up a loop. (2 loops on your hook).

Step7: YO and pull through both loops on your hook. (second single crochet (SC) completed).

Step 8: That completes your single crochet increase (sc inc)! The bottoms of the two vertical Vs you just made should trace back into the same hole.

 

Useful Tip: To make it easier to remember, you can add a stitch marker to mark this loop as the beginning of the first stitch for the next round.