🧶 To make a stitch 🧶 A crochet stitch

to double crochet

7.2

To make a tall stitch with a hook by pulling yarn through loops

verb
/ˈdʌbəl ˈkroʊʃeɪ/

Specialized

: hacer punto alto

When you start a new row in crochet, remember to double crochet to make your stitches taller.

Examples

They taught me how to double crochet during the craft workshop.
She double crocheted a blanket for her nephew's birthday.
After you turn your work, double crochet into the next stitch.
She loves to double crochet on weekends.
Can you double crochet a blanket?
To create a tall stitch, you should double crochet into the next loop after making two yarn overs.
She demonstrated how to double crochet by looping the yarn over her hook twice before pulling it through the stitches.

Synonyms

to crochet

vsto double crochet

20 4.1

Make fabric or items by looping yarn with a hooked needle

is a specific taller stitch made by making two yarn overs

How Tall

to double crochet

Specialized

7.2

single crochet

Jargon

4.4

Surface Forms

double crochet infinitive

double crocheted past

double crocheted past participle

double crocheting present participle

double crochets third person singular

Morphology

double + crochet

The compound combines 'double' (twice/twofold) with 'crochet' (to make interlocking loops), so a learner who knows both words can infer this refers to a type of crochet stitch that is in some sense 'double' or more substantial than a basic stitch. However, the exact procedural details (yarn over, pulling through loops twice) are technical and not fully predictable from the constituents, so a B1 learner would grasp the general category but not the precise technique.

Etymology

Double crochet (verb) comes from the simple idea of making a double height stitch with a crochet hook: you wrap the yarn twice around the hook so the stitch is 'taller' than a single.