Thermal Half Double Crochet Stitch Tutorial with Video – Day 3 of Advent Calendar MCAL 2024
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Learn how to create the thermal half double crochet stitch with this easy-to-follow tutorial – photo and video tutorial included! This stitch adds extra thickness to your crochet projects, making it perfect for potholders and coasters!
It’s time to kick off this year’s Advent Calendar Mystery Crochet Along. Each day, from today until December 24th, I’ll release one stitch tutorial on all odd days and 1 free pattern on all even days for Christmas gifts right here on my blog. Each day will be a fun holiday surprise for yarn lovers!
The first stitch tutorial was the crochet knit stitch, aka the waistcoat stitch. Today, we will cover the thermal half double crochet stitch. If you haven’t used this stitch before, don’t you worry. We’ve got you covered with the photo tutorial as well as the video tutorial. You will be extra prepared and confident when you start on the next patterns in this series!
This is a fairly easy stitch to learn. What is most fun about this stitch is that you can be beginner or seasoned crocheter to learn this method. Either way you are learning something new AND you can even make gift for a loved one from one of these patterns soon to be revealed!
In this Mystery Crochet Along, you’ll either get free-to-view access to the Joy Oven Mitts or the Santa Belt Coaster. If you want BOTH, grab the ebook here to get all 24 patterns with the 12-stitch tutorials instantly.
All Advent Calendar Mystery CAL Stitches + Patterns
This Holiday Season is very special! The Advent Calendar Mystery Crochet Along includes 12 free stitch tutorials (with videos) and 12 free crochet gift patterns. But there are actually 24 patterns. But you don’t know which odd day each stitch tutorial and which 1 of 2 stitch-related patterns gets published on the following even days.
But you can get all of them (12 stitches and 24 patterns) with instant access right now as an AD-FREE and PRINTER-FRIENDLY ebook. Use the code GIFTS10 to save $10 until December 24th, 2024 HERE!!!
Now let’s start this fun crochet knit stitch tutorial with a video tutorial, written instructions and step-by-step pictures.
Video Tutorial of the Crochet Knit Stitch
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Instructions for the Thermal Half Double Crochet Stitch
Before you start crocheting the Oven Mitts and Santa Belt Coaster, (only ONE of these two will get published for FREE tomorrow via the Advent Calendar MCAL), let’s first go through the stitch tutorial and learn how to crochet this stitch.
Row 1 – Foundation
To make a swatch to practice this stitch, make any number chain, start from the 2nd chain from the hook, crochet 1 hdc.
Now check out the row you just crocheted after you turned. Located the front (top right arrow) and back loop (top left arrow) of the stitch you just made as well as the parallel loop (bottom arrow) to the back loop.
Row 2 – Starting the Thermal Half Double Crochet Stitch
After you chain 1 in the next row, yarn over (for the hdc) and insert your hook into the back loop and the parallel loop, yarn over and pull through all 3 loops. You just made your first thdc. Add a stitch marker to this stitch (important!). The Video is VERY HELFPUL for this step.
Now continue the row the same way, each time you crochet a stitch going through the back loop and parallel loop.
Once you finished the second row it will look like this:
Row 3 – Continuing the Thermal Half Double Crochet Stitch
After you finish this row, you’ll (naturally) turn, chain 1, and continue crocheting thdc.
Note, that this time the parallel loop is the leftover front loop from the previous row (see arrow above). But otherwise, the stitch is made the same way.
Make sure to always add a stitch marker to the first stitch as the last stitch can always be hard to find. The stitch marker will help you find it each time, keeping your stitch count accurate.
Now practice so that you will be ready for the big pattern reveal! That way you are ready to crochet one of these patterns (get both in the ebook here) published for free as part of the Advent Calendar Mystery CAL. You now have access free-to-view to the Santa Belt Coaster Here.
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If you like fun Crochet Stitch Tutorials, you might like these also:
- Knit Stitch Tutorial
- Diagonal Chevron Stitch Tutorial
- Double Crochet Thermal Stitch Tutorial
- Linked Single Crochet Stitch Tutorial
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