Half Double Crochet Decrease

Below is a step by step instruction for completing a half double crochet decrease stitch. For a row with half double crochet stitches, your work will look like this:

1. Yarn over.

2. Insert the hook in the next stitch from the working row, yarn over and draw up a loop. You will have 3 loops on the hook.

3. Insert the hook in the next stitch from the working row, yarn over and pull up a loop. You will have 4 loops on the hook.

4. Yarn over and draw through the 4 remaining loops on the hook.

Continue crocheting according to your pattern instructions.

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