Glossary / Treble crochet

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Treble crochet

A very tall stitch with two yarn overs to start. UK double treble.

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How to work it

Yarn over twice, insert your hook into the next stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop (four loops on the hook). Yarn over and pull through two loops at a time, three times, until one loop remains. Written dtr (double treble) in UK terms.

US and UK

This stitch is also called Double treble (UK). Always check which term set a pattern uses before you start, since the same name can mean a different stitch across the two.

Related stitches

Keep your place while you work this stitch. Worsted counts your rows and rounds and remembers your spot in the pattern, for crochet and knitting.

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