How do you form a double treble crochet stitch?

Answer 1

First, make a chain that is three stitches longer than the number of double crochets you want in your row.

Bring yarn once over hook from the back to front; skip the first three chains from the hook, then insert the hook into the 4th chain. Hook yarn and draw it through the chain stitch into the working area of your hook. You now have three loops. Hook yarn and draw through the first 2 loops on the hook. You have two loops. Hook yarn. Draw yarn through both loops. When you reach the end of the row, make three chains before turning to start the next row. This chain three counts as the first double crochet of the row.

Answer 2

For a double crochet, you yarn over and pull a loop through the target stitch. There are three loops on the hook, the one you started with, the yarn over, and the loop you just pulled up though the target stitch. Pulling a loop through two loops at a time means two strokes, or a double crochet. A treble builds on this.

For a treble crochet, you yarn over twice before pulling a loop through the target stitch. That means four loops on the hook. Pulling a loop through two loops at a time means three strokes, or a treble (triple) crochet. A double treble builds on this.

For a double treble crochet, you yarn over three times before pulling a loop through the target stitch for a total of five loops on hook. Pull a new loop through two loops on the hook four times.

To put it another way: The procedure is to yarn over three times, insert hook into the indicated stitch, yarn over and pull through the stitch (5 loops on hook at this point), yarn over and pull through two loops at a time, four times.

Just as in the double and treble above you increase the number of beginning yarn overs and the number of times you pull through two loops.

It seems like it ought to mean 2 x 3 or six loops, but it doesn't. A triple treble isn't 3 x 3 either, it's four yarnovers and five loops.

The abbreviation for a double treble is typically dtr.

Answer 3

Foundation double crochet is making both your beginning foundation chain and your first row of double crochet at the same time.

To begin, place a slip knot on your hook. Make 4 chains. yo, insert hook in fourth chain from hook (under top two loops), yo, pull through, then yo and pull through ONE loop. That counts as your "chain" for the next stitch. Then complete as for a regular dc - yo, pull through 2, yo, pull through 2. You now have TWO stitches. The first ch 4 does count as a stitch.

Now comes the tricky part. For your next stitch, you need to insert your hook in the bottom "V" of the crochet you just made - this is the first pull through one loop that you did before which counts as the chain. Yo, pull through ONE, then complete as a regular dc.

The critical part of a foundation stitch is that first yo, pull through one loop. You do this for all foundation stitches as this gives you the "flat" part of the stitch, where your stitch sits so to speak. It's difficult to explain in words, but if you find a video to look at, you will see it is not as difficult as it sounds. Art of Crochet (Teresa Richardson) has a nice video that shows slow motion. Also Connie at All Free Crochet has a nice one. Those are both at YouTube.