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Not all crochet items are made from simple tubes or strips of crochet, and stitches will need to be increased or decreased to create the final pieces. The pattern instructions will normally set out exactly what combination of stitches need to be worked to achieve this shaping while still retaining the stitch pattern.

Decreasing is often achieved in crochet by working two stitches so that they join at the top, forming an upside-down “V” shape. Each stitch, or “leg,” forming this “V” shape is worked in the normal way up to the last stage. Once both stiches have been worked to this point, the individual stiches, or “legs,” are joined by taking the yarn over the hook and drawing this new loop of yarn through all the loops on the hook, thereby joining the two stiches at the top.