Uploaded January 2013 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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The half double crochet decrease is also called half double crochet 2 stitches together. This is abbreviated hdc dec or hdc2tog. Two stitches are closed together in order to make this decrease with the half double crochet.

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