Art of Crochet by Teresa – Crochet Shell Increase

This is the video on increasing so that may be why it looks the same. I do have a round shell cap that uses increases along with the basic shell. This just shows the technique for increasing. Each person may need to do a modification for the pattern stitch they are working on. There will be many ways that a person may increase a shell for a round or a row. If you are able to make it work, then it is another way to achieve your goal of increasing.

I have a tutorial on this technique that I just posted.

The example in the video is for making a swatch wider each time you add increases. You would need to determine how many increases you need in your neck warmer. What you are looking for is a pattern. This peticular video is a learning tutorial. If you wanted to make something wider, I would recommend that you increase every other stitch. You may have to rip until you determine your width of increases.

It is not necessary to evenly distribute increases. They could be used for the bust of a sweater so they will be limited to one area. They could be used for shoulders. Even with the skirt of a dress, they might be used every few stitches. Since you mentioned that you are a beginner, I would suggest practicing with the shell stitch. Once you get an understanding of basic crochet, increases will make more sense.

You can make an increase in any shell that you would like. You can do it every other shell or every three or four shells. This is showing how to do it yourself without a pattern telling you how to do it. With the next row you just continue makiing shells. The video shows how to do the following row after the increase. Timecode 2:15 shows the following row.

This tutorial is showing how to increase. It is not a pattern. Once you understand increases, you can add as many increases as you need. It is not necessary to increase at the beginning of a round.

If you watch at timecode 1:36, you will see the chain 3, turn and 2 DC in the same stitch. For this pattern it is half of a shell. I hope that makes it less confusing.

What you do is crochet the next stitches in the same stitch, on the edge of where you just turned. I will look at the time code to see where this is done.

Thank you. I am not clear on what you are asking.

You are welcome. I am still working on the decrease.