• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Nicki's Homemade Crafts

Easy Crochet Patterns and Tutorials

  • Crochet Patterns
    • Crochet Ebooks & Mini-Courses
    • The Crochet Club – an All-Access Membership
    • Watch the CROCHET SHOW
  • Crochet Tutorials
    • Crochet Ebooks & Mini-Courses
    • Learn to Crochet
  • DIY Crafts
  • Crochet Blogging
    • Grow your Website & Audience
    • 1 on 1 Coaching for Bloggers
    • Get Featured in MY Newsletter
  • Shop
    • Favorites
  • Member Login
  • Contact
menu icon
go to homepage
subscribe
search icon
Homepage link
  • PATTERNS
    • – Crochet Ebooks
    • – The Crochet Club
  • TUTORIALS
  • DIY Crafts
  • BLOGGING TIPS
  • SHOP
  • MEMBER LOGIN
  • FAVORITES
  • CONTACT
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
  • ×

    Home » Crochet » Crochet Tutorials » Crochet Beginner Guide and Resources » Double Treble Crochet – Best Basic Stitch Tutorial for DTR

    Double Treble Crochet – Best Basic Stitch Tutorial for DTR

    July 8, 2018 by Nicole Riley Leave a Comment

    Sharing is caring!

    1.0K shares
    • Share96
    • Tweet
    This post includes affiliate links.

    A Double Treble Crochet is taller than a Treble Crochet stitch. This tutorial will teach you how to crochet the double treble crochet. It is abbreviated as DTR. You will also learn how to increase and decrease with the double crochet in this Photo and Video Tutorial.

    Learn to crochet the Double Treble Crochet

    If you have never crocheted any stitch before, be sure to check out my tutorial for some of the most basic crochet stitches known as the single crochet, half double crochet, double crochet and treble crochet.

    This is a very detailed tutorial and made for a beginner and therefore very easily understandable. Ideally, you would watch the video tutorial first (below) and then reference the picture tutorial to solidify your new gained knowledge. Be sure to practice this stitch a lot as most patterns use this stitch.

    The Double Treble Crochet Tutorial is part of a “How to Crochet Beginner Guide Series”. You can find all of the Basic Crochet Stitches in my Basic Crochet 101 page.

    How to Crochet a Double Treble Crochet

    A full video tutorial can be found below as well, in case the picture tutorial is not as clear for you.

    Get 8 Secret Crochet Tips sent to your email inbox

    Sign up to receive email newsletters from Nicki's Homemade Crafts to be notified of new free crochet patterns, tutorials and get access to the 8 tips immediately.

    1. First, create a chain (abbreviated as CH) of the length that you wish or is needed for a specific crochet pattern. Now wrap your hook around your yarn three times as shown below.

    Starting the Double Treble Crochet

    2. Skip the first 4 chains (sometimes you might need to skip 5 chains for double crochets if the chains are counted as a stitch).  Now insert your hook into the fifth chain from the hook, yarn over and pull thru the loop. Next, yarn over (abbreviated as YO) again.Next step of the Double Treble Crochet

    3. Pull the loop through 2 loops on your hook and yarn over with your hook again.Double Treble Crochet Tutorial step

    4. Next, pull the just yarned over loop through 2 loops. Now, yarn over again.

    Finishing the Double Treble Crochet

    5. Again, pull the just yarned over loop through 2 loops and yarn over again.Finishing the Double Treble Crochet stitch

    6. Finally, pull the last yarned over loop through the remaining last 2 loops. You now created your first double treble crochet stitch.

    One Double Treble Crochet

    7. Next, by going into the next chain (no skipping of any chains), yarn over three times and then repeat steps 2 to 6. Below you can see I crocheted 4 double treble crochets. One double treble crochet into each chain.

    Row of Double Treble Crochet stitches

    How to Crochet a Double Treble Crochet Increase

    1. In order to crochet a double treble crochet increase which is abbreviated as DTR INC, you will crochet two double treble crochets into the same chain (or stitch = st). Sometimes, you might have to crochet more than one stitch into the same chain (or stitch) which is then called a cluster.

    Double Treble Crochet Increase

    How to Crochet a Double Treble Crochet Decrease

    1. In order to crochet a double treble crochet decrease which is abbreviated as DTR DEC (or double treble crochet together = dtr tog) you will need to create unfinished double treble crochets into at least 2 chains (sometimes more, but a pattern would mention that). That means, you will wrap your yarn three times around your hook and then insert your hook into a chain or stitch and yarn over and pull a loop through. [Next, yarn over again and pull thru 2 loops] do this three times. Stop here now. You will have now 2 loops on your hook.

    Now instead of finishing that double treble crochet, you will repeat that same process with the next chain or stitch (yarn over and then insert the hook, yarn over again and pull a loop through, [yarn over again and pull thru 2 loops] three times). You will now have 3 loops on your hook. Yarn over.

    Double Treble Crochet Decrease tutorial

    2. And then pull through all 3 loops. You can have created a double treble crochet decrease. You reduced the number of stitches from 2 to 1 when crocheting one decrease.Double Treble Crochet Decrease

    How to crochet the Double Treble Crochet – Video Tutorial

    Subscribe to my Youtube Channel here:

    Be sure to share this pattern as a link with the world on social media using the buttons above or below this pattern. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for sharing.

    How to crochet the Double Treble Crochet

    Get 8 Secret Crochet Tips send to your email inbox!

    You're in!

    You have successfully joined our email list.

    .   Join My Crochet facebook Group from Nicki's Homemade Crafts

    Reader Interactions

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    Primary Sidebar

    Let’s Connect :-)

    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
    Nicole Riley of Nicki's Homemade Crafts - Crochet Patterns and Tutorials

    Hi, I'm Nicole! I’m the designer behind Nicki’s Homemade Crafts. I love teaching you how to crochet & explain the science behind it.

    More about me →

    Popular

    • Small Crochet Square Basket – Free Linked Crochet Pattern
    • Thermal Crochet Mystery Crochet Along – Fun & Free Pattern
    • Nicki’s Crochet Podcast Episode 15 With Briana From Briana K Designs
    • Nicki’s Crochet Podcast – Submit Your Questions to Ask the Designers

    Footer

    ↑ back to top

    About

    • Privacy Policy
    • Disclaimer

    Newsletter

    • Sign Up! for emails and updates

    Contact

    • Contact
    • Work With Me

    Let's Connect

    As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

    Copyright © 2022 Nicki's Homemade Crafts on the FOODIE PRO & THE GENESIS FRAMEWORK