I need help with a half double stitch!

[richardc84]

Specifically, I beed help with the last stitch in every row. I chain 2 times before starting a new row and start on the second loop. When I come to the end of a row, I chain into the top of the two chain stitch from the previous row, but it creates a noticeably large hole. I watched a YouTube video and the person said that "It's normal."

I have a reference book, but it says to insert the hook into the top loop of the 2 chain stitch, which made me think that I was only supposed to go through one loop. I'm making sure that there are two loops on my hook before I yarn over and finish the last stitch of a row, but there's that big hole at the end. What should I do? Thanks!

[magiccrochetfan]

You can go thru two loops of the ch2. Or you could just ch one, not count that as a stitch, then do the hdc as your first stitch of the row, into the last st made in the previous row.

[richardc84]

Thanks! I'll try that!