This tutorial will use US terminology.
Hello crafty people! I am back and today we are talking about the Treble or triple crochet. This stitch is tall, not as tall as the last basic stitch we will be learning but it is still tall.
Like the double crochet this is a good stitch for making blankets, the only thing is since the stitch is taller the holes are bigger. It is a yarn eater, meaning that it uses a lot of yarn. Which can be both a good and bad thing.
Before we begin, I would suggest you use two stitch markers to mark the last (first) stitches in your rows. The stitch markers will help you to know where your rows begin and end. This will make sure that you don't add stitches or forget to work into your last stitch in your row. Finding the last stitch in a row can be hard to do when you are just beginning so the stitch markers really come in handy.
My sample for this stitch will have 10 stitches just like the single crochet did. If you want to make a sample the same size that I am making you will need a chain of 14. Just like the single crochet those four extra stitches will be our turning chain. Some patterns will have you working into the turning chains and will count them as a stitch for this sample project we will NOT be working into our chains, and they will NOT be counted as stitches.
You will be making chains of 4 for your turning chains for these treble crochets.
So, like always to start you need your chain. I have a chain of 14 in order to make my treble crochets. Do not insert your hook anywhere just yet first I want to give you a little information. You will be working into the 5th chain from your hook. As you learned in the blog about the single crochets you do not count the loop on your hook as a stitch instead you count your "v's". You can either work into one loop of the v or into the back bump. I will be working into the back bump. Working into the back bump means that the bottom edge of your piece will look the same as the top. This means that you don't have to add a border to your project if you don't want to. You wont be able to tell which side is the top and which is the bottom.
To make your tr's the first thing you do before you even put your hook into the 5th chain is to YO, wrap the yarn around your hook, twice. You will have three loops on your hook now you will insert your hook into the 5th ch from the hook. This is the first difference and really the only thing thats truly different between the treble crochet and the double crochet. The steps are pretty much the same after this.
You have YO twice and inserted your hook into the 5th ch. Now you will YO and pull it through the first loop. You will have four loops on your hook.
YO and pull through the first two loops. You will have three loops on your hook.
YO and pull through the next two loops. You will have two loops on your hook.
YO and pull through the last two hooks on your hook.
You have just made your first ever Treble crochet!!! See what I mean about it being basically the same thing as the dc we learned last week? Its the same process, only you have to YO and pull through two one more time than you do for the double crochet.
I will walk you through making the treble crochet one more time.
YO twice and insert your hook into the stitch.
YO and pull through the first loop. You will have four loops on your hook.
YO and pull through the next two loops. You will have three loops on your hook.
YO and pull through the next two loops. You will have two loops on your hook.
YO and pull through the last two loops.
You have made your second tr!! Keep going and finish this row. You are doing so great! Do you see what I mean about the fact that the holes between the stitches are not as tight as with the dc? This is something to keep in mind as you use this stitch in your projects moving forward.
Now lets talk about how you will make your next row. Just like with the other stitches we have learned you need to know how to make rows or learning your new stitch wont mean very much. Luckily for you you have already learned what you need to do to make your next row. I will still walk through it for anyone who has not read any of my previous posts.
After working into your last ch st chain four and turn. You will ch four at the end of every row this is your turning chain. For this sample your chains will not count as a stitch but just remember that not all patterns will be made this way. For my sample you will work into the top of the last st you made before your turning chain. For patterns that count the turning chain as your first stitch you will work into the second stitch. We will talk about this more in a different post. I just wanted you to be aware that this is a thing.
You have made your ch four and turned. From here you are just going to pretend you are working into the chain again. Only instead of working through one part of the v or in the back bump you will be working into both legs of the v.
YO twice and insert your hook into the very first stitch.
YO and pull through the first loop.
YO and pull through the first two loops.
YO and pull through the next two loops.
YO and pull through the next two loops.
That is your first tr made in the second row. Just keep going until you have the size that you are wanting for your project.
Now that you have your project the size that you want or need you should finish off your project. To end your crochet, also known as tying off, you will work until you have made the last stitch in your row and chain 1. To tie off you will always make a chain of 1 it doesn't matter what stitch you are doing or if you are working in the round and not in rows. After you have made your chain 1 cut your yarn leaving about a five inch tail. Pull the yarn through the chain you made. Pull the yarn tight to make a knot. This knot is what will help keep your crochet from coming apart.
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