

If you’re concerned, simply practice on a small swatch. It’s sometimes easy to cross the stitches into the wrong stitch. That’s all there is to it! Continue this pattern across the row.Ī quick tip would be to count your stitches after each row to make sure you haven’t accidentally placed any stitches in the wrong place causing an increase or decrease. 5 To a double crochet stitch, loop your yarn over the hook, and then insert the hook into the chain. This will cause the stitches to fan out and create your first shell stitch. Skip the next 2 stitches and then double crochet 5 times into the third stitch. Making the hdc stitch Now, go back to the skipped stitch and make your next half double crochet stitch. Skip 2 and double crochet 5 times into same stitch. Next, you will insert the hook into the 5th chain from the hook. (This is different from the single (sc), the half double (hdc) and the double (dc) where you only yarn over 1 time.) 2. Continue the repeat by skipping a stitch and making a half double crochet stitch into the next stitch To begin the actual stitch, you will Yarn Over twice. You begin by chaining two at the beginning of the row Skip a stitch and make a half double crochet stitch into the next stitch Now, go back to the skipped stitch and make a HDC in that stitch You’ve now finished your first set of crossed stitches! You will repeat this process across the row and in all future rows.

Then work an hdc in each stitch across the row and turn.įor the following rows, you can see how this stitch works up below. You will make your first row by making a hdc stitch in the 3rd chain from the hook. Turn.įirst, start by chaining an even number of stitches. Row 2 Ch 2, *skip the next hdc, hdc in the next hdc, then hdc in the skipped hdc*. See page 68 for a diagram with basic stitch symbols. Row 1 Half double crochet (hdc) in 3 rd chain from hook and each stitch across row. The double treble crochet is a useful addition to your crochet repertoire. Step 16: You Now Have a Finished Triple Crochet You have now completed a Triple or Treble Crochet You can see how much taller this is than a Double Crochet And, if you love projects that go quicklythen this is your stitch Just repeat steps 1-12 for every Triple Crochet stitch you want to make.

Half Double Crochet is a simple stitch thats easy to learn and fun to make perfect for crocheting. In my Light Frost Easy Blanket Sweater Crochet Pattern (see here), I used the beautiful crossed half double crochet stitch.Ĭheck out the picture tutorial below to see how this stitch is created!Ĭrossed Half Double Crochet Stitch Pattern: In UK terms, its called a half treble crochet stitch. There is nothing complicated here, so let’s get started! The half treble crochet stitch (htr) is a fantastic little stitch that is often overlooked. I really love how the stitch looks when it’s worked in this manner. In this tutorial, each row will have the crossed stitches and only the very first row will be regular hdc stitches. represents a half double crochet ( hdc ). or represents a chain ( ch) - and resembles a chain stitch. In many of the tutorials that I found for this stitch, there is a row of regular hdc stitches between the rows of crossed half double crochet stitches. In symbol crochet, each stitch is represented by a little picture or symbol. This beautiful crossed half double crochet stitch almost looks knit and is a very simple stitch pattern.
