Single Crochet Decrease

For a quick decrease you can just skip one stitch. If you would like a neater decrease stitch that doesn't leave a hole in the fabric, you will need to make a single crochet decrease. It is usually abbreviated as sc dec, sc 2 tog (single crochet in the next 2 stitches together) or simply dec. For a row with single crochet stitches, your work will look like this:

1. Insert the hook in the next stitch from the working row.

2. Yarn over and draw up a loop, you will have 2 loops on the hook.

3. Insert the hook in the next stitch from the working row.

4. Yarn over and draw up a loop, you will have 3 loops on the hook.

5. Yarn over and pull through the 3 remaining loops on the hook.

Continue crocheting according to your pattern instructions.

This is how the finished row and the single crochet decrease stitch will look like: