How to Do a Treble Crochet: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners
Are you ready to expand your crochet skills? The treble crochet (abbreviated as tc) is a tall, elegant stitch that adds height and texture to your projects. It’s perfect for creating lacy patterns, openwork designs, and projects that work up quickly. This tutorial will walk you through how to make a treble crochet step by step. Let’s get started!
The treble crochet is one of the tallest basic crochet stitches. It is taller than a double crochet and creates an airy fabric with a lovely drape. Because of its height, it’s great for shawls, blouses, and other lightweight projects.
To get started, you’ll need the following:
Begin by creating a slip knot and placing it onto your crochet hook. Tighten it just enough so it slides easily along the hook.
Next, make a foundation chain by yarn over (yo) and pulling through the loop on the hook. Repeat this process until you have the desired number of chain stitches. For this demonstration, I have made 12 chain stitches. You will want to add 4 to the number of stitches you’d like your final piece to be across.
Before inserting your hook, yarn over (yo) twice. This extra yarn over is what gives the treble crochet its height.
Insert your hook into the fifth chain from the hook (this counts as your first treble crochet when working in rows).
Yarn over and pull up a loop. You should now have four loops on your hook.
Yarn over again and pull through the first two loops on your hook. You will now have three loops remaining.
Yarn over and pull through the next two loops. You will now have two loops remaining.
Yarn over once more and pull through the remaining two loops on your hook. You have completed a treble crochet stitch!
Repeat steps 3-8 across the row until you reach the end. When you reach the end of the row, you can chain four and turn your work to begin a new row of double crochet stitches. Alternatively, if you’d like straighter edges and feel ready to learn another technique, you can try the stacked single crochet (stsc) instead of chaining four!
Here is how the treble crochet stitch looks after 3 rows:
Now that you know how to make a treble crochet, you can start incorporating this tall, elegant stitch into your projects. Whether you’re working on shawls, blankets, or decorative items, this stitch will add texture and beauty to your crochet work. Happy crocheting!
Looking for more crochet tips and tutorials? Follow the quick links below for other beginner stitches or head straight to the full techniques page of my website!
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