Learning how to increase crochet stitches opens up your crochet world to a host of possibilities. Many crochet textures are made by simple increases and skipped stitches. Once you learn how to make a simple increase, then you can start to experiment with different crochet textures like bobble, puff, and popcorn stitches. The classic granny stitch is simply a series of increases in a space and a series of chains. The concepts in this tutorial are written for the single crochet stitch, but they ca