This photo shows the first front post treble made to begin a crocheted cable.
crossed double crochet (crdc) - Instruction link, with photos: crdc how-to ... crdc text instructions: skip the next stitch, make a double crochet in the stitch that follows the skipped stitch, make a double crochet in the stitch that was skipped.
Pattern Instructions:
This is an original pattern, created by Sandi Marshall. Please keep the copyright
statement with the pattern directions when you print out or save the pattern.
Starting Chain: ch 23.
Row 1: dc in 6th ch from hook, then (crossing hook behind the dc just made) dc in
the ch just before the dc just made (first crossed double crochet made), dc in ea of
next 3 chs, crdc over next 2 chs, dc in ea of next 4 chs, crdc over next 2 chs,
dc in ea of next 3 chs, crdc over next 2 chs, dc in last ch.
Row 2: ch 3 (counts as first dc), crdc over next 2 dc, dc in back loop only of ea of next 3 dc, crdc over next 2 dc, make a 4-stitch cable over next 4 dc (see directions in pattern introduction), crdc over next 2 dc, dc in back loop only of ea of next 3 dc, crdc over next 2 dc, dc in top loop of chain-3 at end of row.
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