How to Crochet the Double Treble Column Stitch Photo Tutorial

Today we are going to learn how to work the tallest of our Column Stitches: The Double Treble Column Stitch.

Column Stitches are a great way to create height with a unique texture in your crochet projects. They are fairly easy to work once you get a handle on the hook placement and they allow a project to grow very quickly.

As far as yarn usage, as they are a tall stitch, they are not going to be too heavy on the yarn usage. The resulting fabric is fairly open with the column stitches creating “pillars” across the rows.

Materials

• medium/worsted weight yarn
• 5 mm (H/8) crochet hook

Abbreviations

• Ch – Chain
• Dtr – Double Treble Crochet
• Rpt – Repeat
• Sc – Single Crochet
• Sk – Skip
• Sl st – Slip stitch
• Sp – Space
• Yo – Yarn over

Notes

This stitch is worked in rows in this tutorial and it may be worked in one colour or many. I will be working this pattern in a single colour.

Instructions

To begin, make a slip knot and make a foundation chain. For this stitch pattern, you will need a foundation chain with a multiple of 2 stitches, plus 1.

For example, ch 25.

Row One:

Sc in the 2nd ch from your hook and in each st across. Ch 5 (Counts as a dtr), turn.

Row Two:

Dtr in the next st, *yo, insert hook under the top 2 front loops that you see about a quarter of the way down on the post of the previous dtr st, yo and draw up a loop, [yo and insert your hook under the next 2 front loops that you see a little further down on the post of the previous st, yo and draw up a loop] twice more, insert your hook into the next sc st, yo and draw up a loop, yo and draw through 3 loops on your hook, [yo and then draw through 2 loops on your hook] three times, dtr in the next st; Rpt from * across ending with a dtr in the final st. Ch 1, turn.

Row Three:

Sc in the 1st st and in each st across, ending by working your final sc in the top of the turning ch. Ch 4 (Counts as a tr), turn.

And that’s it!

For the rest of the pattern simply repeat rows 2 and 3 for the pattern. Fasten off, weave in your ends.