Front post double crochet 2 together {fpdc2tog} is not a stitch you will come across often. It yields a lovely raised inverted V and is the same as a dc2tog, except that you work around the posts of the stitches rather than into the loops. It is also sometimes called a front post double crochet decrease {fpdc dec} or a raised dc2tog.
Fpdc2tog {US Terminology}
For this example I have used Julee Reeve’s Winter Rose, the photo tutorial for which can be found here {with Julee’s permission}. I will be making the fpdc2tog’s around the posts of fpdc’s. It makes it a little easier to see the posts. The instructions remain the same when making them around normal dc’s/sc’s/tr’s.
Yarn over and insert your hook from front to back around the post of the next stitch (Photo 1). Yarn over (Photo 2) and pull up a loop (Photo 3). There should be 3 loops on your hook. Yarn over (Photo 4) and pull through 2 loops (Photo 5). There should now be 2 loops on your hook.
Yarn over and insert your hook from front to back around the post of the next stitch (Photo 6). Yarn over (Photo 7) and pull up a loop (Photo 8). There should be 4 loops on your hook. Yarn over (Photo 9) and pull through 2 loops (Photo 10). There should now be 3 loops on your hook. Yarn over (Photo 11) and pull through all 3 loops (Photo 12).
Congratulations! You have now completed one front post double crochet two together.
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Dhanoo Khusrokhan says
Thanks for the information.
Do you know what raised double crochet is?
if you do please can you tell me?
Dhanoo
Dedri Uys says
A raised double crochet is a front post double crochet.
Annie says
Goodness, thank you! I came across a pattern that called for this, and I stopped in my tracks. I’d not heard of it before. Now, I have and I can move right along!