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How to do Triple Crochet

by Tonya Grant |Filed Under: Crochet, Tutorials Tagged With: 31 Days of Crafty Tutorials Get a Weekly Update of all Articles

Triple Crochet Tutorial - A quick tutorial to learn triple crochet - with step-by-step pictures.

Every time I want to crochet a new pattern lately I need to look up the stitches again! I seem to only remember the basics and even those I sometimes need to check myself when I’m confused between U.K. and U.S. terminology.

When a lovely reader asked about how to do triple crochet in the comments of my flower garland tutorial, I decided it was time to create my own tutorial – and hopefully, cement it in my brain at the same time!

Tip: Triple crochet is a super tall stitch so when you are doing it in rows – in a blanket, for example – you need to use four chain stitches for the turning at the end of each row.

I call this stitch “triple crochet” and I believe this is the U.S. term for it. I found a blog post from another blogger saying this was called “double crochet” in U.K. terms. (Please let me know if I have this wrong, dear readers, I find the whole U.S. vs U.K. crochet terms so confusing!)

Step-by-Step Triple Crochet Tutorial

triple crochet 1

1. Yarn over your hook twice.

triple crochet 2

2. Insert the hook into the next stitch space.

triple crochet 3

3. Yarn over once and pull through so that you have 4 loops on your hook.

triple crochet 4

4. Yarn over once and pull through two loops – you’ll be left with three loops on your hook.

triple crochet 5

5. Yarn over and pull through two loops – you’ll have two loops left on the hook.

triple crochet 6

6. Yarn over and pull through the last two loops. You should have one loop left on your hook ready to start the next stitch.

A whole row will look something like this:

triple crochet sample

You could use this stitch in a simple blanket like my Rainbow Blanket, or alternate it with other stitches to create taller rows among shorter stitch rows.

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  1. Jodie Parke says

    October 5, 2014 at 8:35 PM

    It is a double treble in UK (Australian) terms or treble crochet in Us terms.

    • Tonya Grant says

      October 5, 2014 at 8:43 PM

      Oh, I knew one of my fab readers would know the answer!! Thanks, Jodie

      • Becci Sundberg says

        October 5, 2014 at 9:25 PM

        Yep what Jodie said 🙂

        • Tonya Grant says

          October 6, 2014 at 10:32 AM

          Thanks Becci – another clever reader! Hey, I just popped through to your blog and those chicken sausage rolls looks fabulous! (Pinned them for later, of course)

          • Becci Sundberg says

            October 7, 2014 at 5:33 PM

            Thanks Tonya. I was really happy with how they turned out.

  2. cindy says

    October 20, 2014 at 1:16 PM

    thank you so much !!!!

  3. Dee Badalucco says

    May 30, 2020 at 4:05 AM

    Dear Crafty Mummy,
    I love the “Rainbow Crochet Blanket Tutorial”. However I need more help than just the picture please. Please advise what brand yarn, names of the colors, and the written pattern. How much of each color? I am so eager to start. Thank you so much.
    Dee

    • Tonya Grant says

      May 30, 2020 at 8:07 AM

      Hi Dee,
      I crocheted that blanket back in 2012 so the information in that post is all the info I have: https://thecraftymummy.com/2012/07/crochet-rainbow-blanket-tutorial/
      It explains the brand of yarn I used and how many balls of each colour. There is no further written pattern than the instructions written in that post. I’d suggest you choose a yarn you love and pick the colours you love, buy 2 or 3 balls of each colour and have a go! You can always go back for more yarn if you run out and every blanket is different depending on the person crocheting it anyway.
      Enjoy!
      Tonya

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Tonya is the voice behind The Crafty Mummy. She dabbles in lots of different crafts – patchwork, quilting, cross-stitch, scrapbooking, knitting, crochet and sewing. This is the record of projects she has done, and the projects she dreams of getting to! Read More…

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