In this episode you will learn double treble crochet which is US treble
crochet working in rows how to correct your work and how to tie off it's
important to know that there is a difference in UK and US terms the
techniques are the same they're just different terminology being aware of
this from the beginning will help you when learning to crochet in this video
of the absolute beginners series I'm going to show you how to do the double
treble crochet in the US this is known as a treble crochet I'm going to start
off by showing you how to do a slipknot and a chain however if you want a more
in depth demonstration of this please feel free to go back to the first video
of this series so to begin with we want to do bring our yarn over our finger and to
create a cross and pinch with our finger and thumb bring that yarn over the
finger again and pinch with your finger and thumb bring the back loop over the
front loop and that is our slipknot go ahead and take your crochet hook
insert that and then pull tight on the yarn so for this stitch what we are
going to do is chain it 13 to begin with so you want to yarn over and pull
through the loop which is on the hook yarn over and pull through that's 2 and
yarn over and pull through that's 3 please remember if you want a more
in depth demonstration and more information about the chain stitch go
and watch the first video in this series I shall leave a link in the description
box below so we've done three chains yarn over and pull through yarn over and
pull through remember to move your fingers up as you're doing your chain so
that you're not pulling too tightly on there so that's 7 chains in total 8 9 10
11 12 and 13 so for this stitch we're going to work into the fourth chain from
the hook we're going to ignore the chain that's on the hook and we go backwards
one two three and four we're going to be
working into the top loop of the chain you can actually work into different
aspects of the chain but as a beginner I would recommend working into this one
remember to pinch onto your chain just here so that we're not affecting the
rest of the chain as we work along we're going to begin by wrapping our yarn
around the hook twice 1 & 2 place your finger on the yarn on the hook and
insert into the chain you'll look like you have 4 loops on the hook grab the
yarn and pull it through the chain and you will have 4 loops on the hook yarn
over pull through the first two loops on the hook and you'll be left with 3 loops
on the hook yarn over pull through the next two loops on the hook you will be
left with two loops on your hook and then yarn over and pull through those
last two loops on the hook that is your double treble crochet or treble crochet
as it's known in the US we're going to move over on to the next chain and do
the same thing yarn around the hook twice insert your hook into the chain
yarn over and pull through the chain you'll have four loops on your hook yarn
over pull through two loops yarn over pull through two loops and yarn over
pull through two loops you're going to move over on to the next chain yarn
around the hook twice and insert your hook into the chain yarn over and pull
through the chain you'll have four loops on the hook yarn over pull through two
loops you'll have three loops on the hook yarn over pull through two loops
you'll have two loops left on the hook and then yarn over pull through two
loops and then you have completed another double treble crochet so we've
now done three stitches and we're going to continue this all the way along to
the end of the chain please feel free to rewind
or pause the video at any point to catch up or to recap on the stitch
we've now completed the first row so you can see we have 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
stitches plus this chain which we did at the beginning this is known as the
turning chain we do not class it as a stitch it's simply to get us up to the
right height to create the stitch itself so now we can move on to row 2 and to do
this we want to chain 3 1 2 & 3 you're going to turn your work like a book and
we're going to work into this very first stitch just here doing exactly the same
thing as what we have been doing previously so yarn around the hook twice
insert your hook into that first stitch this time it will look like you have a V
on the top of your stitch plus the other three stitches on there yarn over and
pull through the stitch you'll have four loops on your hook yarn over pull
through two loops yarn over pull through two loops and then yarn over pull
through two loops that is your first stitch we're going to move over onto the
next one so yarn around the hook twice insert your hook yarn over and pull
through you'll have four loops on the hook yarn over pull through two loops
and you will have three loops on the hook yarn over pull through two loops
you'll have two loops on the hook and yarn over pull through two loops and you
have completed another stitch yarn over twice insert your hook yarn over pull
through you'll have four loops on the hook yarn over pull through two loops
you'll have three loops on the hook yarn over pull through two loops you'll have
two loops on the hook and then yarn over pull through those two loops if you need
to undo your work at any point take out your hook and gently pull on
the yarn and this will undo the stitches take your work back to the stitch that
you're happy with and go ahead and insert your hook into that loop at the top
of that stitch and return to your work
I'm going to continue along this row and show you where to place your last stitch
on this row sometimes once you have completed your second row it can be a
little bit difficult to know where to place your last stitch so I'll
demonstrate that to you at the end of this row please feel free to pause or
rewind this video at any point should you need further help
I have now completed nine double treble crochets which is a US treble crochet I
have my chain three from the end of the row and then I have one two three four
five six seven eight nine stitches all together
my tenth stitch is going to go into the top of this chain three from the
previous row so if you just pull your work you can see that you have a gap
just here to work into so yarn over twice into the top of that chain three
yarn over pull through you'll have four loops on the hook yarn over pull
through two loops you'll have three loops on the hook yarn over pull through
two loops you'll have two loops on the hook and then yarn over pull through two
loops on the hook you're now ready to move on to your row three I would
suggest that at the end of each row you count your number of stitches to ensure
that your work stays the same width all the way along so chain three one two and
three and turn your work and you're going to go ahead and work into this
first double treble from the previous row so yarn over the hook twice and
insert into the top of that stitch yarn over and pull through you'll have four
loops on the hook yarn over pull through two stitches you'll have three loops on
the hook yarn over pull through two you'll have two loops on the hook and
then yarn over pull through two I'm going to work a few more rows so you can
see what this builds like and then when I come back I will show you how to tie
off your yarn so I have finished row three to create a sample piece if you
pull the work apart it's really easy to see those three rows because it's such a
large stitch in order to tie off you want to yarn over and pull through take
your scissors and snip off your yarn pull your hook and pull that yarn
through and then you will have created a knot in your work
you want to take your darning needle and insert your yarn and you're going to
weave your yarn in and out the stitches and pull through so once you have gone
one way please ensure that you aren't pulling too tight on your stitch because
that will cause your work to sit incorrectly you want to go back the
other way and to work to the rule of three you want to go back to the other
way again and this will ensure that your stitch does not come undone you can then
take your scissors and snip off any remaining yarn and you can also do the
same to the opposite side and there you have your double treble crochet or in
the US it's known as a treble crochet so congratulations you have made it to
the end of the absolute beginner series I really hope that you have gone through
each video and really perfected your skills in each one of the stitches of
course there is a lot more to learn in your crochet journey but these stitches
will really help build your foundations for learning new stitches and techniques
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