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Invisible Single-Crochet Decrease

Jan 10, 2010 by Kim Werker

Over the years, lots of people have asked me if I know of a way to make decreases less pronounced in amigurumi (those adorable dolls). Unfortunately, I had no tips to give except to work those sc2togs very tightly. But now I'm very pleased to have a better answer!

June over at Planetjune has a great tutorial for how to make an invisible decrease in single crochet. Go check it out, it works beautifully.

(And if you're inclined, join us in Groundhog-along 2010, eh? Part homage to our prognosticating furry friend, part love affair with that Bill Murray movie, it's fun for everyone. June designed the groundhog pattern and pointed us to the invisible decrease. It's a technique I'm sure I'll employ often.)

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skipnil6 wrote
on Jan 19, 2010 10:28 AM

Maybe this would work: sc until last step, insert hook into next st, yo, pull through all loops on hook. for sc3tog: sc until last step, insert hook into next st, yo, pull through st and lp on hook, insert hook into next st, pull up lp, yo, pull through all lps on hook.

So effectively it's a sc+sl st together, and sc+sl st+sc together, so not to create a bump.

Lili Tupili wrote
on Jan 19, 2010 11:27 AM

That's the method Elisabeth Doherty taught in her Amigurumi book, right?

lettucegrow wrote
on Jan 19, 2010 2:46 PM

I do it with a bit less yarn-

After you have 3 loops on the hook, I yo and go thru all three, rather than 2, then 2.

Either way, it looks fantastic, is easy to do, and hard to spot.

Tangibles wrote
on Nov 16, 2010 6:09 PM

Thanks so much for sharing the link to Planetjune...I have seen her stuff before...and that invisible decrease is wonderful! I will be using that technique for sure. :)

Tangibles wrote
on Nov 16, 2010 6:10 PM

Thanks so much for sharing the link to Planetjune...I have seen her stuff before...and that invisible decrease is wonderful! I will be using that technique for sure. :)

RoseD wrote
on Jan 30, 2011 3:37 PM

That is awesome! I just took up making ami again after quite a spell away from it and this will make things soooooooo much nicer!!!

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