Hey all! My pattern is reading like this:
Ch 2, hdc 7, hdc 6 in chains, hdc 10, hdc 6 in chains, hdc 7, turn (36 stitches in row)
I know how to do the hdc, but hdc 6 in chains? What the heck?
Can someone explain this to me?
Thanks!
Half double crochet
What pattern is this from? A link to it would be marvelous. Are we to assume this is the beginning of the pattern? Others may be able to answer without seeing a photo of what you’re making or something else but I can’t.
Is it a Harry Potter toy figure pattern?
That one has this similar sequence of instructions:
Rnd 5: Ch 2, hdc 7, hdc 6 in chains, hdc 10, (red) hdc 1, (black) hdc 1, hdc inc, turn hdc 6 in chains, hdc 7, turn (36) (38) Rnd 6: Ch…
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It is a Harry Potter pattern! I tried doing a Google search for the answer and couldn’t find anything that answered my questions. So thankful for this community 
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Rounds or row in crochet start with a atarting or rising chain that is like a ladder 🪜 matched to the size (tallness) of the stitches of the new row.
CH 1 for SC (DC)
CH 2 for HDC (HDC)
CH 3 for DC (TC)
CH 4 for TC …
Etcetera.
These starting chain are either counted as the first stitch of the row or round or are not. The better paterns will give instructions for how these are treated.
Rnd 2 is an example of such instructions: Chain 5, then starting on (the first stitch) “the 33rd stitch of Rnd 1” [HDC Inc, hdc 5,] ×2, HDC Inc, turn(36)
The CH 5 is longer than would be needed for an hdc row and it is not counted as the first stitch of the row.
We should expect more instructions on this ch 5 loop later in the pattern. (Or we can hope.)
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in HPL forums.
Have you heard of The D.I.G.S. theory?
Second more specific answer:
Rnd 4: Ch 1, inc, sc 1, (yellow) sc 1,(red) sc 1,(black) sc 2, ch 6, skip 8 sts, sc 10, ch 6, skip 8 sts, sc 5, inc, turn (36) (Pic 6.3 - 6.5)
*Note error in stitch count caused by author not counting chain stitches. 24+6+6=36
Rnd 5: Ch 2, hdc 7, hdc 6 in chains, hdc 10, hdc 6 in chains, hdc 7, turn (36)
Note: In Rnd5 you work an HDC into each chain.