Great stitch from Naztazia Crochet by Donna Wolfe This stitch combination is so great that you will definitely be seeing it in a few of my patterns.
Donna Wolfe does a stitch combination that gives you a nearly perfect beginning Dc stitch, giving you nearly seamless join, and straight edges on rows.
Watermelon Doilies below, one made with the old Ch 3 method, and the other with the new 2 Sc method (BegDc). Can you tell the difference?
The old method wasn't that bad in the first place, but this new stitch definitely has it beat. If you notice, it is even straighter than the Ch 3 method!
Of the 2 Watermelon Doilies, the new BegDc join is the one on the right ;)
Once you use the new stitch combination, you may want to apply it to all your crochet projects that use Hdc, Dc, or Tr to begin a rnd or row.
There are a lot of different methods I've tried, and some work better than others. Donna Wolfe, in my opinion, has come up with the best solution. Its elegant simplicity, function, and ease, give it an A+ in my book. This stitch combination works for Dc as well as Hdc. Donna uses other methods for Hdc and Htr, but I find her method to work great as;
2 Sc = Dc or Hdc
3 Sc = Htr or Tr
I like to refer to this stitch as 2Sc/Hdc or 2Sc/Dc in my patterns to reduce repetition.
But I would bet it is called BegDc, or is this what is refer to as standing Dc? π€
(Not a standing Dc, though, that seems to work just as well. Find how to do a standing Dc on Moogly's Blog)
(May 11, 2024, Okay, so I take it back and will be using Beg Dc, Beg Hdc in my patterns. This just looks better, and sounds familiar π€ . Sorry for any inconvenience.)
To do;
Do not ch 1, Sc into the top of last stitch, ScFlo of sc just made, and you have just made the best ever beginning stitch for Dc. When working into this stitch on next rnd/row, crochet into the top sc. So elegantly simple.
1) Sc in top of stitch
2) ScFlo in sc just made
Done! = Hdc or Dc
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