Treble and Taller

📚 What you’ll learn

How to make treble (tr) crochet and taller stitches like double treble (dtr) and triple treble (trtr). These stitches create height and openness in your fabric, perfect for lacy textures and dramatic drape. You’ll also learn how to count yarn overs to control stitch height and maintain even tension.

🎥 Watch

📋 Instructions

1. Yarn over twice.
2. Insert your hook into the stitch or space.
3. Yarn over and pull up a loop (you have 4 loops on your hook).
4. Yarn over, pull through 2 loops (3 loops remain).
5. Yarn over, pull through 2 loops (2 loops remain).
6. Yarn over, pull through the last 2 loops.
7. Double Treble (dtr): Follow the same steps as treble, but yarn over three times before inserting your hook. Each extra yarn over increases the stitch height by one segment of “pull through two loops.”
8. Triple Treble (trtr): Yarn over four times before inserting the hook. Continue pulling through two loops at a time until one loop remains.

🔑 Key tips

• Count your yarn overs before inserting your hook — it’s the most common mistake with taller stitches.
• Take note of stitch symbols: the slashes in the symbol show how many yarn overs the stitch has before inserting your hook.
• Keep your tension even and loose; too tight, and taller stitches will lean or twist.
• The top of a treble stitch is elongated — remember to chain 4 at the start of a new row to match its height.
• Use taller stitches to add airiness or extend stitch patterns — they’re often used in lace or textured designs.

🏋️ Practice

• Create a 10-stitch swatch with 4 rows, increasing the stitch height each row.
• Chain 12.
• Row 1: Skip the first 3 chains - these count as your first stitch and also as your turning chain.
• Double crochet (dc) in the 4th chain from the hook.
• Place a stitch marker at the top of your turning chain to mark where the last stitch of the next row should go.
• DC across the row, turn. (10 stitches total, including the turning chain.)
• Row 2: Chain 4 (counts as first treble),
• Skip the first stitch (sitting directly below the turning chain), treble (tr) in the next stitch.
• Place a stitch marker at the top of your turning chain to mark where the last stitch of the next row should go.
• Continue with one treble in each stitch across the row. (10 stitches including the turning chain).
• Remember to place your last treble in the top of the turning chain to keep edges straight.
• Row 3: Chain 5 (counts as first double treble).
• Skip the first stitch and double treble (dtr) in the next stitch
• Place a stitch marker at the top of your turning chain to mark where the last stitch of the next row should go.
• Continue making one dtr in each stitch to the end of the row. (10 stitches including the turning chain).
• Remember to place your last double treble in the top of the turning chain to keep edges straight.
• Optional Row 4: Chain 6 (counts as first triple treble),
• Skip the first stitch and triple treble (trtr) in the next stitch.
• Place a stitch marker at the top of your turning chain to mark where the last stitch of the next row should go.
• Continue making one trtr in each stitch to the end of the row. (10 stitches).
• Remember to place your last triple treble in the top of the turning chain to keep edges straight.

🎯 Goal

You can confidently create treble and taller stitches, recognize their structure in diagrams, and adjust starting chains and tension to achieve even, balanced height in your crochet fabric.

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