The US double treble (also called double triple) is another basic stitch, the next step up in length from the treble. The abbreviation is dtr. It's used when a long stitch is needed within a crochet design.
Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: 5 minutes to learn the stitch
Here's How:
- Yarn over hook three times, then insert hook into next stitch.
- Yarn over hook and draw yarn through stitch (there are five loops on the hook).
- Loop yarn over hook and draw through two loops (there are now four loops remaining on the hook).
- Yarn over hook and draw through two loops (there are now three loops remaining on the hook).
- Yarn over hook and draw through two loops (there are now two loops remaining on the hook).
- Again, loop yarn over hook and draw through the last two loops on the hook (there is now one loop remaining.)
- This completes one double treble crochet.
Tips:
- At the end of a row of treble crochet, you would chain 5 to turn.
- The double treble is often used when crocheting in the remaining loop (loop made when a stitch is done in back loop only) of a stitch which is several rows below.
- The double treble is also often used when crocheting a front post or back post stitch around the post of a stitch which is several rows below. An example would be the double treble stitches I used in my Southwestern Potholder design (see link below).