How to do a Faux (no chain) Double Crochet

The no-chain dc, used to replace a ch 3 at the beginning of a row.

[greenapple]

Thank you for uploading this tutorial.

[cerir]

I've always hated the way the chain start looks, this is great and I think it might work for the triple crochet, long awkward start chain I am facing in my latest project

[arily]

wow learned something new today. Wasnt looking for this stitch, just thought i would look anyways. Thank you so much to you and all the wonderful teachers out there. I am learning more and more as the days go by. I love to crochet, but would not explore more cause i didnt know some of the sitiches or patterns, but thanks to YOUTUBE and all the tutorials i can now pick up where i left off many yrs ago. When i get better at doing this, i will donate to hospitals and the homeless n shelters. thanks

[flanmaryj]

Wow, trick of wisdom! Thank you very much for making Crochet tutorials! Your broomstick ones were the best! I watched several and have seen it on t.v. I didn't understand until I so your slower video. Thank you.

[bearteddy]

Of all the ones I've watched this is the best

[barbzingz]

OMG! This is fantastic! Works well on a granny square as well! Thank you very much!

[teceyS]

That was awesome! I had always disliked the looks of the ch-3 at the beg of rows, as well as the challenge of crocheting the last dc in the top of the ch-3; this looks wonderful and eliminates those challenges!

[Nograndma]

Such a simple solution - thank you so very much!!
Yvette in Australia

[adamusolf]

Wow, this is awesome - Thank you Dear for the tip!

[memesmith]

This is a great looking start and easy to do. Thanks

[evelyn_burve]

That is *sneaky*! I'd never heard of such a thing, but it looks great!

[tashaluv]

Thank you so much for the improvement of the dc on the edge.

[SueCougar]

Love this! Thank you for taking the time to show us this :)

[smr]

@teceyS3 glad the video helped! I recently made another no chain dc video to use with color changes, if you are interested. :)

[ladylord]

Brilliant tutorial, thanks for sharing

[csamms]

This goes off camera. Would you please do this again

[CreativeExpress]

Sorry if it's a silly question, but does this then count as the first stitch? I assume it doesn't as everyone starts counting stitches after the chain...but wanted to be sure.

[ChantelleSchmidlin]

How the hell do you start with no foundation??

[ChantelleSchmidlin]

I have never been more confused in my life. I am trying to crochet your mermaid tail which I can't find the video for. Please help. This frustration is enough to make me never crochet again in my life.

[melanieshepherd]

This is way to convoluted - much easier and better to do a hdc and 1ch as opposed to the sc and a ch