Beginner's Guide to Crochet - UK (2019-10)

BASIC TECHNIQUES

A

fter the first row of treble crochet

stitches, the following rows are just

as easy. All you need to do is turn

your fabric, work the turning chain (see

below right for more) and then work a stitch

into the top of each stitch on the row below.

This is just as easy as working stitches

into chains. The only extra technique you’ll

need to know is turning chains (see below

right for more). In treble crochet rows, you

need to count the turning chain (t-ch) as a

stitch and at the end of the row, work a

treble crochet stitch into the top of the

turning chain of the row below. Have a

practice and you’ll soon get the hang of how

it works.

The more rows you make, the larger your

piece of treble crochet fabric. At the end of

each row, count your stitches (this is the

‘stitch count’) to check that you haven’t

made too many or missed any stitches.

TREBLE

CROCHET ROWS

Work more rows of treble stitches to form fabric

RIGHT-HAND

3

To finish the row of treble crochet stitches,

work the final treble stitch into the top chain

of the t-ch on the row below.

4

Your second row of treble crochet will be

finished. Repeat Steps 1-3 until you have the

number of rows you need.

1

Work three chains for the t-ch (see below

right), which counts as the first stitch of the

new row. Work yrh and insert hook under the

v-shaped top of the second stitch from the

previous row.

2

Work a treble stitch as before (yrh, pull yarn

through the stitch, yrh, pull through first two

loops, yrh, pull through two loops). Work a treble

in each stitch across the row.

If you’re right-handed, follow these steps for perfect rows of treble crochet...