then weave in the ends (I usually do this by inserting it back up into whatever I've made, bringing the needle out higher up and then trimming the end so that the tail is lost inside the object and it is finished off securely). Single Crochet (sc) (UK terminology: double crochet / dc)
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Insert your hook into the next stitch of your work, and yarn over. Pull the new loop back through your work towards you. Yarn over again. Pull the newest loop through the other two loops on your hook. You have made one single crochet stitch! Simply repeat all four steps as many times as required by the pattern.
Half Double Crochet (hdc) (UK terminology: half treble / htr) This is the same as the single crochet stitch, except that you yarn over at the start.
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Yarn over. Insert your hook into the next stitch of your work and draw up a loop. Bring this back through towards you and yarn over again. Pull the new loop through the other three loops on your hook.