FREE Lesson 6 of 10

Invisible decrease (dec)

Name: Invisible decrease (dec): 3D crochet lesson
Uploaded: 2026-10-12
Duration: 9 s
Description: Put the hook through the front loop of the next stitch and the front loop of the one after, yarn over and pull through those two loops, then yarn over and pull through both loops on the hook. Two stitches become one, with no gap.

Put the hook through the front loop of the next stitch and the front loop of the one after, yarn over and pull through those two loops, then yarn over and pull through both loops on the hook. Two stitches become one, with no gap.

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Practice it: Glöckchen-Trio (free pattern)

We rebuilt this pattern in 3D from its written text and checked all 18 rounds' stitch counts. That checks the counts and the shape, not your yarn or tension.

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