I have only been crocheting for a1 year and have made some lovely things. In consider an expert knitter. I felt so stupid I tried for three days to get the decreasing correct. Show me and I get it. But could never read crochet patterns I am 87 yrs old and I was knitting when I was 8 yrs. old .Now I have my iPad since year 2000 I enjoy your accent as I am English by birth.
How cool is that?! I've been frustrated with the way decreases -- especially single crochet decreases -- can really mess up the heretofore smooth look of a piece. In the future, I'll give the invisible decrease method a go. Thank you so much for giving me another tool in my crochet arsenal. I'm jazzed! I love your video tutorials. Always so clear and easy to follow. The camera is great -- I can see every loop of every stitch, so it's easy as pie to follow your hook and see exactly what you're doing. And you have a real talent for giving clear explanations and knowing how often to repeat something to make it easier for all of us to follow along and remember what you've shown us. Outstanding. And on top of all that, you have such a pleasant voice. Many thanks!
I love You Tube. I don’t crochet using decreasing very much so I came to refresh my memory. Oh my, this is so easy and I love the fact that you cannot really see it that much. So I’ll not just like but subscribe. I look forward to other videos from you. By the way, I like your method of teaching and you explain very nicely, and show both but compare the benefits and/or drawbacks. I’ll be using this for future projects. Thank you so much.
Bravo. This is the most magnificently comprehensive tutorial I could have asked for. I particularly love how you contrast the two decrease methods for each stitch (traditional vs. invisible) so your viewers can decide for themselves which method they should use for their own projects. Well done.
Thank you for this. I'm working on a sackboy (from Little Big Planet) and the designer called for a invisible decrease. I had no clue what she was on about. I've been following you for over a year now so I am super glad to have found that you did a video for this as well. You just explain things in simple terms.
lifesaver tutorial - just got commission for slouchy hat - and my HDC decreases had way too much yarn. Your invisible HDC decreases will work great for the hat. [found you from reading comments from another slouchy hat video - subscribed]. thx!
Excellent ! this REALLY helped me with a sock pattern I've been struggling with. The traditional 2 hdc together at the end of each row was incredibly bulky and unsightly. This made my day!
I really love the cleaner result using the invisible decrease technique! I also appreciate the application examples you showed.....that's extremely helpful! Thanks for sharing!
Yea! Just what I was looking for. In the midst of making a doll and am not liking the look of traditional decrease. Thank you so much for your tutorials they're awsome!
Great! Like the end where you show the both in an item crocheted (the booties). Showing really helps understand visually what both look like "done up", and why/when you might want to use either option.!!!!! Great!!!!
Thank you for this video! I’ve not really understood decreases until you explained it You explain it so clearly and concisely. Very much appreciated! ❤️❤️
Love that this actually makes a “stitch” so when you go to the next row you have a stitch to crochet into. I’m making a pair of baby booties and hate the puckered look of a regular decrease. Will definitely put this invisible decrease in this pattern. Thank you
Thank you-- I just absolutely love ❤️ your videos. I like the idea of the INVISIBLE DECREASES and will use it in future projects that require decreasing. Might I suggest some future tutorials....the PEACOCK FEATHER. the CROCODILE STITCH❓❓❓❓ I think your camera shots and pace when instructing is SUPERB‼️‼️‼️👍👍👍I look👁👁forward to your SCRAP YARN FRIDAYS projects and/or insights. Keep up the good work👍
+HappyBerry Crochet Really❓ Have to check it out because I sure can not seem follow the tutorials of the others that have posted that stitch. Thank you.
I would also love to see the peacock feather one. I struggled to follow one from someone else, but I always find your videos the easiest to follow. I did a few of the Christmas Tree Crocodile Stitch ones and that was a great way to learn that stitch.
Thanks so much for the comprehensive tutorial. I found single crochet invisible decrease about a month go and love it. Now I can do the invisible decrease for HDC in mittens I am making for charity and my nieces and nephews! The regular decrease really bothers me. Thanks again.
Have loved your kitchen table videos for so long Laura but only just got round to subscribing using my main crochet channel account. 😆 I know you mentioned that you tend not to use invisible decreases just because they are a bit more fiddly but do you find any other downsides to using them? The main one for me is that you can't use them when you're working in the back loop only.
THANK YOU!!!!!! This was a huge help to me with my stitches in the decreasing with the poncho I’m making!!! I can’t express how helpful!! 😊😊😊💜 I’m glad you were at the top of my search and I have now become a new subbie to your channel!! I love how upbeat you explain things as well!! Is it as cold 🥶 where you are precisely as it is here in 🇨🇦? I hope you’ve got some sunshine ☀️ in your days still!! Thanks again. Can’t wait to see all your other videos! Those booties are SO CUTE!!!!!!! I can’t recall the date of this video but I hope you see my message regardless! Lol I just realized I’ve been subbed for months already, I’m so distracted at the moment I forgot who’s channel I was on! LOL BUT ALL above still applies of course!😊
You just made my year! I don't have words to thank you enough. For years I was struggling with these holes in my single crochet decreases. And just in time for my next project. My only regret is that I didn't see this video 4 years ago :( Thanks again!!!
Hi, have been looking for the bootee pattern on the site you mentioned, can you give me a link please as they don't have them on there, or is it a paid pattern? Love your videos, you're my teacher xxxx
I've used this technique on my amigurumi before and it only works if you have the spiral side facing outwards. I haven't successfully reversed the decrease so the leftover loops are left on the spiral side.
I have only been crocheting for a1 year and have made some lovely things. In consider an expert knitter. I felt so stupid I tried for three days to get the decreasing correct. Show me and I get it. But could never read crochet patterns I am 87 yrs old and I was knitting when I was 8 yrs. old .Now I have my iPad since year 2000 I enjoy your accent as I am English by birth.
Thank you for doing both decreases alongside one another. I couldn't see the difference until now. Thanks for clarifying so clearly.
How cool is that?! I've been frustrated with the way decreases -- especially single crochet decreases -- can really mess up the heretofore smooth look of a piece. In the future, I'll give the invisible decrease method a go. Thank you so much for giving me another tool in my crochet arsenal. I'm jazzed!
I love your video tutorials. Always so clear and easy to follow. The camera is great -- I can see every loop of every stitch, so it's easy as pie to follow your hook and see exactly what you're doing. And you have a real talent for giving clear explanations and knowing how often to repeat something to make it easier for all of us to follow along and remember what you've shown us. Outstanding. And on top of all that, you have such a pleasant voice. Many thanks!
Patrice Steiner I totally agree!!!!!! She’s great!!
I love You Tube. I don’t crochet using decreasing very much so I came to refresh my memory. Oh my, this is so easy and I love the fact that you cannot really see it that much. So I’ll not just like but subscribe. I look forward to other videos from you. By the way, I like your method of teaching and you explain very nicely, and show both but compare the benefits and/or drawbacks. I’ll be using this for future projects. Thank you so much.
It works almost too well! I lost track of my stitches and had a heck of a time finding the decrease. 😄 Thanks so much...
U r wonderful, we need more people like u who share their knowledge without asking anything back. Thank you
Thanks very much. Really like your method of teaching, showing the comparison makes a huge difference for me personally. Have a nice day
Bravo. This is the most magnificently comprehensive tutorial I could have asked for. I particularly love how you contrast the two decrease methods for each stitch (traditional vs. invisible) so your viewers can decide for themselves which method they should use for their own projects. Well done.
This really helped. Was making baby sweater to find that the directions were wrong regarding the decreases. Now I'm on point. Thank you.
Thank you for this. I'm working on a sackboy (from Little Big Planet) and the designer called for a invisible decrease. I had no clue what she was on about. I've been following you for over a year now so I am super glad to have found that you did a video for this as well. You just explain things in simple terms.
This made more sense. I knew how to do the sc invisible decrease but not the others. Thanks for explaining so efficiently.
EXCELLENT tutorial. Thank you for going slowly, and for showing traditional decreases and invisible decreases.
lifesaver tutorial - just got commission for slouchy hat - and my HDC decreases had way too much yarn. Your invisible HDC decreases will work great for the hat. [found you from reading comments from another slouchy hat video - subscribed]. thx!
Excellent ! this REALLY helped me with a sock pattern I've been struggling with.
The traditional 2 hdc together at the end of each row was incredibly bulky and unsightly. This made my day!
Again I say - you're a wonderful teacher. This is so much better. Thanks
🤩Awsome thank you. Especial the hdc decrease is so much better.
I miss ur crochet videos, but understand that u moved along💕
I love these tricks u give us for a better finish and in a more professional way
Thank u!
thank you sooooo much! my half double crochet decreases were looking like puff stitches and now they can look clean!
I love how you explained the stitches, but the regular and invisible decreases!! Thank you, I feel like I finally understand how the stitches work :)
Thank you for showing us how to crochet these invisible stitches. This is genius!!!! I love your tutorials. They are so easy to follow.
I really love the cleaner result using the invisible decrease technique! I also appreciate the application examples you showed.....that's extremely helpful! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for sharing your helpful hints in crocheting. You are a very good teacher.
Thank you!!!! This is fantastic, just tried it and it works beautifully!! 😁
Yea! Just what I was looking for. In the midst of making a doll and am not liking the look of traditional decrease. Thank you so much for your tutorials they're awsome!
Thank you for sharing. I never heard of invincible decreases until now. Now my projects will look much smoother.
Thanks! I really love this video and have gone back to it for each of the stitches you demonstrate.
Aww that's great! Thank you so much for your support Sherri, it means a lot ☺️🙏
Great! Like the end where you show the both in an item crocheted (the booties). Showing really helps understand visually what both look like "done up", and why/when you might want to use either option.!!!!! Great!!!!
Thank you for this video! I’ve not really understood decreases until you explained it You explain it so clearly and concisely. Very much appreciated! ❤️❤️
Thank you Laura. Could for the life of me remember the hdc decrease, but as usually Happy Berry to the rescue! xxJAne
Hi.Thank you for all your tutorials.They are amazing and so are you. You actually tought me how to crochet.....and now I'm mad for it !😁
Thank you so much! I've always hated the traditional decrease, but with this my projects look much better!
Thank you, thank you thank you!! it looks so much better than the traditional decrease de🙌👍👏
Whew! I'm doing it right! I love this method, no spaces.
Love that this actually makes a “stitch” so when you go to the next row you have a stitch to crochet into. I’m making a pair of baby booties and hate the puckered look of a regular decrease. Will definitely put this invisible decrease in this pattern. Thank you
you are a LIFE SAVER, loved the video. thanks so much :)
You have explained very well, along with comparison between the both. Thanks ,👌👌👍
Wonderfully explained...thank you so very much 💖
You are an excellent teacher! Love your videos! Concise and spot on!
Thank you-- I just absolutely love ❤️ your videos. I like the idea of the INVISIBLE DECREASES and will use it in future projects that require decreasing. Might I suggest some future tutorials....the PEACOCK FEATHER. the CROCODILE STITCH❓❓❓❓ I think your camera shots and pace when instructing is SUPERB‼️‼️‼️👍👍👍I look👁👁forward to your SCRAP YARN FRIDAYS projects and/or insights. Keep up the good work👍
Thank you so much! I already have a crocodile stitch tutorial. :)
+HappyBerry Crochet
Really❓ Have to check it out because I sure can not seem follow the tutorials of the others that have posted that stitch. Thank you.
I would also love to see the peacock feather one. I struggled to follow one from someone else, but I always find your videos the easiest to follow. I did a few of the Christmas Tree Crocodile Stitch ones and that was a great way to learn that stitch.
You are FANTASTIC!! Thank you so much for this!
Thank you soooo much! I love this, my work has no holes anymore🥰.
Thank you! Looks much neater! I appreciate your time in explaining it so well!
Thanks so much for this!! These decreases are beautiful and just what I needed for my project.
I'm So very thankful for your taking time to share these!!! THANK U !!!!! X'S
Thank you for this video!!! This is the most helpful video on decreasing that I have found! It’s so clear and easy to see. Amazing
Sept 14 2024. Been crocheting since 1968 and learned something new❤❤❤❤
Love that! ☺️
HDC 4:40
DC 8:20
My gracious! Thank you for sharing this technique! Pretty amazing!
Wow! Thank you for this tutorial, I love it. For me, this is perfect for decreasing. Thank you again ❤❤❤
Thanks so much for the comprehensive tutorial. I found single crochet invisible decrease about a month go and love it. Now I can do the invisible decrease for HDC in mittens I am making for charity and my nieces and nephews! The regular decrease really bothers me. Thanks again.
This is the first I've heard of invisible decreases, and I LOVE it. Trying to decrease HDC's was driving me batty and led me to find this.
I love this, much better looking that the traditional one.
Thanks for showing both.
Who knew! Thanks Honey Berry! So much better than they other way!
Thanks for a brilliant tutorial, I love the idea of the invisible decreases. :)
Thank you. Very informative. Definitely looks much better.
Thank you so much! It’s greatly appreciated!🙏👍🏼👍🏼😊
Thank you, appreciate this tutorial!
Flipping BRILLIANT!!!!! Thank you!
Excellent explanation!! I'm keeping this one!
That is a super fix. Love it. Thank you so much.
Subscribed! Very helpful and clear tutorial. :)
Great tutorial!
Hola me gusta mucho como conviertes el tejido en algo mágico gracias saludos y un abrazo desde Mérida , Yucatán y aveces voy a Cancún
Very clearly explained, thank you!
Thank you I will definitely use the invisible once specially at amigurumi.
This is great. I'm trying to make a sweater and the decreases won't show up-as much.Thanks ----All of your videos have great sound and focus.
You always explain so beautifully. Thank you for this brilliant tutorial
Oh how wonderfull, very beautifull, impressive; THANK YOU
Thank you so much for this video!!This was very helpful and I love your crochet hook!!
Have loved your kitchen table videos for so long Laura but only just got round to subscribing using my main crochet channel account. 😆 I know you mentioned that you tend not to use invisible decreases just because they are a bit more fiddly but do you find any other downsides to using them? The main one for me is that you can't use them when you're working in the back loop only.
I actually use them all the time now, but still teach both methods.
THANK YOU!!!!!! This was a huge help to me with my stitches in the decreasing with the poncho I’m making!!! I can’t express how helpful!! 😊😊😊💜 I’m glad you were at the top of my search and I have now become a new subbie to your channel!! I love how upbeat you explain things as well!! Is it as cold 🥶 where you are precisely as it is here in 🇨🇦? I hope you’ve got some sunshine ☀️ in your days still!! Thanks again. Can’t wait to see all your other videos! Those booties are SO CUTE!!!!!!! I can’t recall the date of this video but I hope you see my message regardless! Lol I just realized I’ve been subbed for months already, I’m so distracted at the moment I forgot who’s channel I was on! LOL BUT ALL above still applies of course!😊
this seems really cool! does this look good on both sides?
I'd imagine there's a small ridge behind the decrease stitches. Make sure it's on the wrong side.
Brilliant! Thank you!
LOVELY! How many is that decreasing by 1 or 2? I am guessing 2? Please advise. thanks
Thank you for the (easy) tutorial.
Genius! Looks beautiful and is easier for me.
Wow thank you so much for sharing this technique
Thank you for sharing 😊
Very helpful 👏🏻🤗
Looks 👀 so much neater 👍🏻🏆
Beautiful! Thank you!!
This was very helpful thank u
Awesome💕. Thanks so much😃
You just made my year! I don't have words to thank you enough. For years I was struggling with these holes in my single crochet decreases. And just in time for my next project. My only regret is that I didn't see this video 4 years ago :( Thanks again!!!
Glad I could help!
I'm assuming you can only use this on projects where you don't have to flip your work because the other side would look different?
Very helpful. Thankyou
Nice description
This is excellent! Thank you for the tip!
Hi, have been looking for the bootee pattern on the site you mentioned, can you give me a link please as they don't have them on there, or is it a paid pattern?
Love your videos, you're my teacher xxxx
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! So needed ❤
this is excellent! thank you
GENIUS ! Very usefull, I wish I knew it earlier
thank you 😊
Love it!!! 👍😄
I've used this technique on my amigurumi before and it only works if you have the spiral side facing outwards. I haven't successfully reversed the decrease so the leftover loops are left on the spiral side.
THANK YOU!!!
Thank you for this!! Life saver 👍🏻
Excellent
thank you so much
Very nice.
I'm doing dc in the back loop only, would I still decrease using the front loops, for the invisible decrease?
It still works in back loops only :)
Brilliant! Thank you! :)