For the crossed double crochet stitch (abbreviated crossed dc), you work two double crochet stitches on an angle. When you make a crossed double crochet stitch, you end up with a pattern that looks like an X.
Decide where you want to place the crossed double crochet stitch and skip a stitch at that point in the row.
Don’t worry, you’ll be going back to that skipped stitch.
Work 1 double crochet (dc) in the next stitch.
Work the stitch one over from the skipped stitch.
Work 1 double crochet in the stitch that you skipped.
![Work 1 double crochet in the stitch that you skipped.](https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/112220.image0.jpg)
By working the double crochet behind or in front of the first double crochet stitch you complete the stitch.
Gaze in wonderment at your completed crossed double crochet stitch.
![Gaze in wonderment at your completed crossed double crochet stitch.](https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/112222.image2.jpg)
The completed stitch makes an X in the row.
Repeat the preceding steps to continue working crossed double crochet stitches across the row.
![Repeat the preceding steps to continue working crossed double crochet stitches across the row.](https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/112224.image4.jpg)
Stitch diagrams use symbols to give you a pictorial description of the pattern design — and may or may not include written directions. These are the symbols for a crossed double crochet stitch, either of which you might find in a crochet stitch diagram.