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Crochet is a great craft to both relax and get the creative juices flowing! It can help with your mental health and self expression.
These beginner crochet tutorials are aimed at complete novices. The lessons will cover the basics such as how hold to the hook and yarn, as well as the essential crochet stitches. We’ll cover making circles, changing colours and combining the stitches. I’ll even be teaching you how to read crochet patterns!
Most of the lessons will have a practice swatch to put your new found knowledge into practice.
By the end of this beginners crochet course, you will have the skills and confidence to make hats, bags, blankets and an addiction to yarn!
For those that prefer learning by watching, at the bottom of the page is the video version of the lesson.
“If I were able to leave you with only one piece of crochet advice, it would be to always have fun. Learn the basics, but then just go crazy with your crafty self!” -Twinkie Chan
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Welcome to Lesson 5 of the Beginner Crochet Series!
In this lesson we’ll be looking at the treble crochet stitch in the UK or double crochet in the US. It’s the same stitch but the UK and the US have different terminology.
We’ll look at using a turning chain of 3 and a turning chain of 2, as either can be used.
At the end, there will be a small practice swatch, which includes how to read a pattern.
I’ll be making 10 stitches and have a turning chain of 2, so I’ll need 12 chains in total.
The 1st stitch is worked into the 3rd chain from the hook. Chains 1 & 2 will become the turning chain.
Yarn over before going in the chain.
Go into the 3rd chain. Yarn over
Pull the yarn back through the chain. There’s 3 loops on the hook
Yarn over again,
and pull back through 2 of the loops on the hook.
There’s 2 loops on the hook.
Yarn over again,
and pull through the last 2 loops.
1st treble (double) complete!
Yarn over and go into the next chain.
Pull the yarn back through. There’s 3 loops on the hook.
Yarn over again,
Pull through 2 loops on the hook.
2 loops are in the hook.
Yarn over again,
and pull through 2 loops.
One loop left on the hook – 2nd stitch finished!
Continue with a treble (double) crochet stitch in each chain.
Check your stitch count is 10, not including the turning chain
Chain 2 and flip the row. The stitches are worked exactly the same as row 1.
The row starts in the 1st stitch of the row below.
The 1st stitch of the row.
The final stitch is worked into the last stitch of the row below.
Last stitch complete.
Repeat row 2 for any following rows.
I’ll be making 10 stitches and have a turning chain of 3. The turning chain will be the 1st stitch, so I’ll need 12 chains in total.
Chains 1 -3 will be the turning chain and 1st stitch. The 2nd stitch is worked into the 4th chain from the hook.
The turning chain is the 1st stitch
Remember to include the turning chain in the stitch count
Chain 3 to start row 2
The row starts in the 2nd stitch of the row below.
The 1st stitch of the row.
The last stitch is worked into the turning chain.
Last stitch complete.
Repeat row 2 for any following rows.
So that’s 2 variations for the treble (double) stitch. Pay attention to the pattern to see which method to use!
The turning chain of 2 isn’t counted as a stitch. A chain is needed for each stitch, plus an extra 2. IE – for 10 stitches you would need a total of 12 chains.
From row 2 onwards you start in the 1st stitch and finish in the last stitch.
When the turning chain of 3 is counted, row 1 starts in the 4th chain. So for 10 stitches you would need 9 chains plus 3 for the turning chain/1st stitch.
Following rows start in the 2nd stitch and end in the turning chain.
The swatch will be made with a turning chain of 3, which counts as the 1st stitch
We’ll follow written, photo and chart forms. If you want to watch a live demo, the video tutorial covers the swatch at around 7 minutes 26 seconds in.
I covered the contents of a pattern in lesson 2, so I’ll jump straight into the pattern.
You can download the pattern here.
This is the chain 1 swatch we’ll be making. It has 14 rows and 14 stitches.
These are the chart symbols and abbreviations in both UK and US terminolgy.
I’ll be using UK terminolgy for this tutorial, US terminolgy will be in brackets.
Step 1 – The instructions state chain 17 and make a Tr (Dc) in the 4th chain from the hook.
This tells us that there is a turning chain of 3, which counts as a stitch and there should be 15 stitches.
Step 2 – Next we’re instructed to work 14 Tr (Dc), so we work 1 stitch in each of the remaining chains. This gives us a stitch total of 15.
The chart is read from the right.
For row 2, we make a turning chain of 3, and flip the row. The chain 3 is the 1st stitch so we start in the 2nd stitch.
The chart is read from the left.
Simply repeat row 2 for 12 rows The stitch count should be 15 each row.
Alternate the reading direction of the chart each row.
The finished swatch!
Remember to count your stitches at the end of each row.
Welcome!
My name’s Katie and I’m a crochet addict!
I learnt to crochet about 20 years ago whilst living in Ireland. I soon had a street stall selling my crochet hats and bags, eventually progressing to organising craft fairs.
I returned to street selling for a few years to fund my travels around Latin America, before settling down and becoming a mum to two cool kids.
I love working with colour and creating vibrant, detailed crochet and wanted to translate that into patterns.
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