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\f0\fs24 \cf0 Today we're going to talk about decreasing in single crochet. So decreasing
is taking away stitches by working two stitches together. The best way to do it is to begin
a stitch and instead of finishing the stitch I'm going to go to the next available stitch
and do the same thing. Bring up a loop and now i'm going to yarn over and pull through
all three. So I've taken those two stitches and turned them into one. Let's move away
from that a little bit because you can just skip a stitch. So I could just skip this stitch
and go to the next one. Unfortunately, that leaves a hole and it's very visible in your
work. It's not so much visible back here where we started two stitches and finished them
together. So I don't recommend skipping a stitch unless your pattern suggests it. So
let's take that one out and try that decrease by starting two stitches. So we'll go into
the next stitch yarn over and bring up a loop then we'll go into the next stitch, yarn over
and bring up a loop. That leaves three loops on the hook, yarn over and pull through all
three. That's a much better decrease. When you're finished with the row those two decreases
are virtually invisible. }