? on crochet stitches

[Jean Marie]

Is there more than one way to sc2tog? I'm wondering because a long time ago I thought crocheting 2 tog was putting your hook through 2 stitches and then doing a sc and I asked someone and they said that was right. Now I'm crocheting a pattern and for the sc2tog it says to pull up a loop in the next 2 stitches and then pull through all 3 loops. So that's the way I've been doing it.

Also when it says to fasten off I cut the yarn and make a chain and continue to pull the yarn through. Is that right?

If I'm making a sl st at the end of a row I pull the yarn through both loops and continue to pull the yarn. So to fasten off and to make a sl st at the end of the row are different right? I had seen a video on a sl st at the end of a row some time back and the lady just pulled the yarn through.
JM

[imalefty]

Hi Jean Marie! Crocheting 2 single crochets together: draw up a loop in each of next 2 sts then thru all 3 loops on your hook. When fastening off I do the last pattern st then chain 2,cut the yarn and pull the end thru to "knot" it. Then weave in the end. Hope I have helped. imalefty

[Jean Marie]

Hi Jean Marie! Crocheting 2 single crochets together: draw up a loop in each of next 2 sts then thru all 3 loops on your hook. When fastening off I do the last pattern st then chain 2,cut the yarn and pull the end thru to "knot" it. Then weave in the end. Hope I have helped. imalefty

why chain 2? When I fasten off I chain 1 and pull the yarn through.

When doing a slip stitch at the end of the row I cut the yarn and pull it through. I don't do a chain 1 before pulling the yarn through.

Besides pulling up a loop in the next 2 stitches and pulling through all 3 loops for the sc2tog is there another way to do this? Can you also put the crochet hook through 2 stitches and then do a sc for a sc 2 tog?

[imalefty]

I chain 2 at the end because I feel it is more secure than just one. I have never heard of doing 2 sc tog in the way you mention. Always have done it as I wrote you. Perhaps I am not aware of this method? Maybe someone else here can tell both of us.

[judysiempre62]

Jean Marie, I believe that either way to sc2tog is correct. It may depend on the pattern you are using. Perhaps the new way is more aesthetically correct for some patterns, but really I don't think it makes much difference. I do the same thing to end a row as you describe. You have to be sure that it's tight and sometimes I make another stitch and pull it down as well so that I am sure it's going to stay. Again, I think it is your preference and what makes you feel comfortable with your finished product. Judy

[imalefty]

Hi Jean Marie. I found the second way to decrease single crochet! You were right! They call it the invisible decrease and it is used in amigurumi often. Hook goes into front loop of next 2 sts, yo,draw thru 2 loops on hook,(2loops left on hook),yo,draw thru both loops on hook,one loop remains - invisible decrease made. Thanks to you my little creatures will no longer have holes and bumps as the inv dc gets rid of these. Thank you so much! imalefty😘

[elproct]

So happy to see others have found there are more than one way to decrease sc. I have used both of the ways you mentioned Jean Marie and then I had a pattern that told me to skip a sc to equal a decrease. That way leaves holes if the yarn is a bit thick but worked ok on some thing threads. So now I use whichever looks best on what I am making. Love variety and hearing what everyone else has to share!

[Pixieglitter]

Hi Jean Marie,

I think both ways you mentioned about SC2tog are correct. Both work very well. Personally, I prefer the way you're doing it now.

Also, I always chain 1 at the end of my projects and cut the yarn. I pull the tail tight and I've never ever, not once, had anything come unraveled. And I'm talking about big afghans I toss in the washer and dryer! After many years of this my afghans don't ever come unraveled. When you chain one at the end of a row and pull it tight after cutting the yarn, it makes it's own slip stitch.

Shelley

[Jean Marie]

Hi Jean Marie,

I think both ways you mentioned about SC2tog are correct. Both work very well. Personally, I prefer the way you're doing it now.

Also, I always chain 1 at the end of my projects and cut the yarn. I pull the tail tight and I've never ever, not once, had anything come unraveled. And I'm talking about big afghans I toss in the washer and dryer! After many years of this my afghans don't ever come unraveled. When you chain one at the end of a row and pull it tight after cutting the yarn, it makes it's own slip stitch.

Shelley

Hi Pixieglitter,
Yes, I cut the yarn and pull through a loop at the end of my project but I saw a video that if a slip stitch is your last stitch on the end of your project then you can just cut the yarn and sl st and continue to pull the yarn through without pulling it through another loop.
Jean Marie

[dotbinmo]

appreciate the discussion...i have not tried this stitch as yet!