📚 What you’ll learn
A taller stitch that opens the fabric, works faster, and adds texture variety.
🎥 Watch
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📋 Instructions
- Yarn over, insert hook under both loops of the stitch.
- Yarn over and pull up a loop (3 loops on hook).
- Yarn over and pull through the first 2 loops (2 loops remain).
- Yarn over again and pull through the remaining 2 loops.
- Repeat across the row.
🔑 Key tips
- Maintain consistent stitch height for even fabric.
- Count stitches every row to avoid skipped stitches.
- Use a chain 3 at the beginning of the row for turning.
- The turning chain counts as a stitch unless noted otherwise.
🏋️ Practice
- Chain 12.
- Skip the first 3 chains (these count as your first stitch).
- Double crochet (dc) in the 4th chain from the hook.
- DC across the row, then turn. (10 stitches total, including the turning chain.)
- Chain 3 — this counts as your first stitch of the new row. Place a stitch marker in the chain closest to your hook to remember where to place the last stitch in the row above.
- Skip the first stitch (it sits directly below the turning chain).
- Dc in the next stitch and continue across the row.
- Repeat for 2 more rows.
- Place your last dc in the top of the turning chain to keep edges straight.
- Use a stitch marker in the top of your turning chain — it helps you spot the last stitch of each row more easily.
🎯 Goal
Create a swatch of double crochet with uniform stitches and smooth edges.