How to Treble Crochet for Beginners: 6 Quick and Easy Steps
How to Treble Crochet for Beginners: 6 Quick and Easy Steps
How to Treble Crochet for Beginners: 6 Quick and Easy Steps
The Treble Crochet Stitch, also known as “Tr” in crochet patterns, is a tall stitch perfect for big crochet projects and lacey patterns. This beautiful stitch is easy to make and works up quickly. So if you want a full-length scarf ASAP, this stitch will be your best friend — just make sure to use chunky yarn!
The treble crochet looks intimidating. But it’s very easy to make. In fact, if you can do the tr stitch, then the other basic stitches should be a breeze. Ready to learn a new crochet stitch? Check out the tutorial below!
Materials & Skills
You’ll only need 2 things to make the treble crochet stitch. Take a look:
Supplies
- 4-Ply worsted weight acrylic yarn (Red Heart Yarn is an excellent brand to start with!)
- Crochet hook (I’m using an H – 5mm crochet hook)
Skills You Need To Know
- How to tie a slip knot
- How to chain stitch
Yarn tip: Don’t like how thin worsted weight yarn is? Choose super bulky or chunky yarn. They are much easier to hold on to and stitches show up much clearer. Opt for more affordable yarn brands so you don’t feel too bad about scrapping your first few attempts.
Try to avoid fuzzy yarn like chenille and velvet yarn as stitches become hard to distinguish once crocheted!
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How to Treble Crochet for Beginners: 6 Quick and Easy Steps
Crochet stitches are best learned with visual aids. So we made sure to include photos in this quick and easy tutorial below:
Step 1: Yarn over twice
Before you go into your chain, yarn over twice.
Step 2: Go through the chain
After yarning over, go into the second chain from your hook and grab a loop.
You should have 4 loops on your hook.
Pro tip: Make sure your hook is facing towards you to have an easier time grabbing a loop.
Step 3: Yarn over
Go from under your working yarn and over, grabbing a loop using your hook.
Step 4: Go through 2 loops
Go through the first 2 loops on your hook. This should still leave you with 3 loops.
Pro tip: When working with multiple loops on your hook, try rotating your hook 90° downward without dropping your yarn-over and pull it through.
Step 5: Yarn over and go through the next 2 loops
Simply yarn over like you did in step 4 and go through the next 2 loops on your hook.
This will leave you with 2 final loops.
Step 6: Go through the last 2 loops on your hook
Now you have your first treble crochet stitch!
YOUR FIRST TREBLE CROCHET
This is how your first treble crochet stitch should look! Continue repeating steps 1 to 6 until you’ve reached the end of your foundation chain. Once you’re ready to start another row, simply chain 2 and make treble crochets directly on top of the stitches below.
Why did we need to make extra chains?
The extra stitches we made at the end were simply for raising the first stitch of the row. It’s not usually included in the stitch count. So the 12 to 22 chain stitches you made are really just 10 to 20 stitches. Making an extra chain one will help give you a neater and straighter edge. Extra “chain ones” are also used to go up a new row.
How is the treble crochet stitch different from single crochet, half double crochet, and double crochet?
The treble crochet stitch is a very tall stitch frequently used for larger projects. It’s made by yarning over twice at the beginning and going through 2 loops, three times in total.
The thin lines are also amazing for airy, lace-like crochet patterns. But how does it differ from the single crochet, half double crochet, and double crochet?
Single crochet
The single crochet is made by going through a stitch, grabbing a loop, yarning over once, and going through the two loops on your hook. This results in a small stitch perfect for amigurumi and other crochet patterns that use closed stitches.
Half double crochet
The half double crochet stitch has an extra yarn over before you go into the chain stitch to pull up another loop. This results in three loops on your hook that you have to go through in order to form the half double crochet. It’s also slightly taller than the single crochet stitch but shorter than double crochet!
Double crochet
The double crochet is made by going through two loops at a time, twice. It’s taller than both the single crochet and half double crochet. However, it’s significantly shorter than the treble crochet.
FINAL LOOK
Your treble crochet swatch should look somewhat like this. The sides look a bit uneven, which is normal for a lot of flat crochet panels. But you can pretty up the edges by blocking your crochet fabric!
