Help please!! New to crochet and loosing the will to live!

[Jean Marie]

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I believe the issue you’re facing lies in your first stitch of the round. Assuming that the ch 2 does not count as a dc, you are supposed to dc in the same st as the ch 2, then as you surmised, two dc in each of the stitches you’ve already discerned. If that turning ch does not count as a dc, you’d therefore have 7 from the start of the round, then 8 after your slipstitches, thus giving you 15 total. Just my take on it. Good luck!

Hi Starphyre,
How is that 2 dc in ea st? A dc2tog is not the same as 2 dc in each stitch.

[reecebuttercup]

I taught myself to crochet a few months ago and have definately got the bug but I have hit my first problem on a pattern and just cannot make sense of it.

I am working in the round all sc and have 15sc and have chained 2 and turned. The next line says-

Crochet in every one of the first 3 sc's two dc's together (in first sc chain 2 and 1 dc together). 1 ss in next 8 sc's and in every one of the last 4sc's crochet two dc's together. Join, chain 2 and turn (15)

What does it mean by two dc's together. I assumed in meant two dc's in each first 3 stitches and the same in the last 4 but that would be an increase of 7 so I wouldnt still have 15. I am confused. Please help

Hi Ninny, this is where you take two stitches of double crochet and double crochet them together. The best thing is to go into YouTube and type in decreasing stitches in crochet. There should be many to chose from and anytime you have a problem there are many videos to find the solutions. I hope this helps you Deb