Simply Crochet - UK (2020-04)

YOUR GUIDE

Subscribe at http://www.simplycrochetmag.com WWW.SIMPLYCROCHETMAG.COM 87

USterm:treblecrochet USterm:doubletreblecrochet

DOUBLE TREBLE CROCHET(dtr) TRIPLE TREBLE CROCHET(ttr)

Thisis a stitchregularlyused
asanelongatedversionofthe
treble(describedabove).It’s
workedina verysimilarway to
thetreble,asfollows:
1 Makea foundationchain.Skip
4ch,*yrhtwice,andinsertthe
hookunderthe top loop of the
nextch.
2 Yrh,pulltheyarnthroughthe
chlooponly(4loopsonhook).
3 Yrhandpulltheyarnthrough
2 loops only (3 loops on hook).

Yrhandpulltheyarnthrough

2 loopsonly(2loopsonhook).

4 Yrhandpulltheyarnthrough

theremaining2 loops.Repeat

from* tomakemoredtrsts.

5 Tomakethenextrowofdtr,

turnworkandch4.Thisturning

chaincountsasthefirstdtrina

newrow.Skipfirststatthebase

ofthet-ch,work1dtrunderthe

toptwoloopsofthe2ndstitch

inthepreviousrow;continue to

the end of the row.

Thisis oneofthelongest

standardcrochetstitchesandis

mainlyusedinfancystitch

patterns.It’stallerthana double

treblecrochetstitch(described

left)andis workedina very

similarway,asfollows:

1 Makea foundationch.Skip 5

ch,*yrh3 times,inserthook

undertoploopofnextch.

2 Yrh,pullyarnthroughch loop

only(5loopsonhook).

3 † Yrh, draw loop through 2

loopsonly.Repeatfrom† 3

timesmoreandyourtriple

treblewillbefinished.Repeat

from* tomakemorettrsts.

4 Tomakethenextrow,turn

workandch5.Thisturningchain

countsasthefirsttripletreblein

a newrow.Skipfirststatbaseof

thet-ch.Work1 tripletreble,

insertinghookunderthetop 2

loopsofthe2ndstinthe

previousrow;continue to the

end of the row.

STITCH

Addto

foundation

chainbefore

starting row

Skipat

startof

foundation

row(counts

asfirstst)

For

turning

chain

(countsas

firstst)

Doublecrochet 1 ch 1 ch* 1 ch*

Halftreble 1 ch 2 ch 2 ch

Treble 2 ch 3 ch 3 ch

Doubletreble 3 ch 4 ch 4 ch

Triple treble 4 ch 5 ch 5 ch

Incrochet,youneedtoadd
turningchains(t-chs)tothe
beginningofrows.Thereason
forthisis tobringthehookupto
theheightofthestitchesyou’re
crocheting.Eachbasicstitchhas
its own number of chains. The

tablebelowtellsyouhowmany

t-chstsformthefirststitch.*For

dc,usuallytheturningchain

doesnotcountasa stitch,and

thefirststitchoftherowis

workedintothestitchat the base

of the turning chain.

TURNINGCHAIN(t-ch)
For an even finish, start each row with a turning chain

Beingabletocount

yourstitchesis very

importantandhelps

youtoensurethat

you’refollowinga

patterncorrectly.It’s

a goodideatocount

yourstitchesatthe

endofeveryrow.To

countshortstitches

suchasdouble

crochet,lookatthe

plaitedtops(see

aboveright).For

tallerstitches,count

theupright‘stems’ –

each‘stem’is

countedasa stitch

(see right).

Howtocountstitches

Check your work is correct

TREBLECROCHET(tr)USterm:doublecrochet
One of the most popular stitches in crochet, this simple stitch is twice as high as a double crochet stitch

1 Towo rka tr e b l ecr o ch e t ,
startbywindingyrhandthen
insertthehookunderthetop
twoloopsofthestitch on the
previous row.

2 Wraptheyarnaroundthe

hook(yrh)andpulltheyarn

through the stitch only.

3 Youwillnowhave3 loopson

thehook.Yrhagain,anddraw

theyarnthroughjustthe first

2 loops on the hook.

4 Youwillnowhave2 loops

onthehook.Yrhagainand

drawtheyarnthroughthe

remainingloopsonthe

hook.Yourtreble crochet

is complete.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

1 2 3 4 5 6 7