MORE STITCHES
Being able to count your stitches is vital and helps to
make sure that you’re following a pattern correctly. It’s
a good idea to count your stitches at the end of every
row, especially after working the first row of stitches
into your foundation chain. To count tall stitches such
as triple trebles, it’s usually easiest to count the tall side
‘stem’ of the stitch (see right), rather than the v-shaped
top of the stitch. If you made 21ch (plus 5 t-chs), you
should now have 22 double treble stitches.
Make sure that you have the right number of stitches
HOW TO COUNT STITCHES
1
After making a chain length, wrap yarn round
hook three times and insert hook into 6th
chain from hook. Yarn round hook.
3
Gently pull the yarn through the first two
loops on the hook only (2 loops on hook).
Yrh and gently pull the yarn through the 2 loops
on the hook to finish the stitch.
2
Gently pull the yarn through the chain loop
(5 loops on hook). *Yrh and pull the yarn
through the first two loops on the hook (4 loops
on hook). Repeat from * (3 loops on hook).
Yrh again.
4
Your finished triple treble crochet stitch
should look like this (above). You can see
how it sits neatly next to the 5-chain turning
chain.
If you’re left-handed, follow these steps for a perfect double treble stitch...
LEFT-HAND
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