Treble Crochet
Mary Beth TempleDescription
The treble (or triple) crochet stitch is a tall crochet stitch that’s taller than the double crochet. In this video, crochet expert Mary Beth Temple demonstrates how to work the treble crochet stitch.
Mary Beth begins by noting that while you’ll commonly see this stitch referred to as treble crochet, many older patterns refer to this stitch as triple crochet. It is typically abbreviated in crochet patterns as “tr.” Mary Beth is working the treble crochet stitches into the next stitch of her swatch, working under both legs of the V on the top of the stitch. She notes that a pattern will indicate where the double crochet stitch should be worked. To create the stitch, she follows these steps:
- Yarn over twice, from back to front
- Insert hook into stitch from front to back
- Yarn over and draw through a loop (4 loops on hook)
- Yarn over and draw through 2 loops (3 loops on hook)
- Yarn over and draw through 2 loops (2 loops on hook)
- Yarn over and draw through 2 loops (1 loop remains on hook, and the treble crochet stitch has been created)
Mary Beth repeats this process and works several more stitches in treble crochet. She notes that these stitches are commonly used in patterns that use post stitches or in lace patterns.
This video follows US crochet terminology.
Hi, guys. Mary Beth Temple here. Our stitches are getting taller. And in this video we're going to learn how to make the treble crochet. Sometimes in older patterns, you'll see it called the triple crochet. And we're gonna learn how to do that right now. So let's get right to it. For the triple crochet or treble crochet. I know I prefer treble, but some people say triple, you're going to yarn over twice. So back to front, and then you bring that yarn under the hook and do it again. That yarn comes back to front a second time. And as I often say, when you're working on stitches you wanna make sure that what's going on is up here on the fat part of the hook. Particularly if you're using a big boy like this one, you don't wanna work so close to the throat that the work is super tight. Insert your hook in the next stitch or space, whatever the pattern says, yarn over and draw up a loop. Now I have four loops on my hook. One, two, three, four. I'm gonna yarn over, draw through two, three times. So, yarn over, draw through two. Yarn over, draw through two. Yarn over, draw through two. This is a very tall stitch. You see it a lot in post-stitching, and you see it a lot in lace patterns, because you've got a lot of coverage, but a lot of height. So let's take a look at that again. We're gonna yarn over twice. One, two. So now I have essentially three loops on my hook. One's the working loop and the other two are the yarn overs. Go into the next stitch, yarn over, draw up a loop. Now I have four. One, two, three, four. Yarn over, draw through two. Now there's three. One, two, three. Yarn over, draw through two. Now there's two. One, two. Yarn over, draw through two. Let's make a couple more just for practice. Yarn over twice. Insert your hook in the stitch. Yarn over, draw up a loop. Yarn over, draw through two three times. One, two, three. Whoops. See that? I tried to get clever and I missed a stitch. One, two, three. And there are my treble or triple crochets. And that's all you need to know about the treble or triple crochet. I'm Mary Beth Temple. Thanks so much for joining me. We'll see ya again here real soon. Bye-bye.
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