sc2tog

sc2tog means single crochet 2 together. This is a decrease stitch that makes 2 single crochet stitches on the previous row/round into 1 single crochet on the row/round you are currently crocheting. If you had 10 stitches on the previous row/round you will have 9 at the end of the current row/round. Decrease stitches are used to create shaping so that all sorts of shapes can be crocheted. sc2tog is used a lot in amigurumi to make lots of different shapes.

To make a sc2tog insert your hook into the next stitch and wrap the yarn around the hook.

Pull the hook and the yarn through the loop. You will now have 2 loops on your hook.

Insert the hook in to the next stitch.

Wrap the yarn around the hook.

Pull the hook and the yarn through the loop. You will now have 3 loops on your hook.

Wrap the yarn around the hook.

Pull the yarn and the hook through all 3 loops on the hook. This makes the 2 stitches on the previous row into 1 stitch on the new row.

You have now completed a sc2tog.