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    Home » Video Tutorials » Techniques and Tips

    Chainless Starting Treble Crochet

    Published: Apr 9, 2014 by Tamara Kelly · 7 Comments

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    Chainless stitches are a fabulous option to replace the chain 3 or 4 that is usually used when starting a new row! The Chainless Starting Double Crochet tutorial demonstrated how to replace double crochets with a chainless version, and I've also demonstrated how to use the Chainless Starting Double Crochet in the Round and in the Magic Ring (click any of those to view their tutorials). But I got lots of questions on how to do it treble style! So here's how to crochet the Chainless Starting Treble Crochet stitch.

    Learn how to #crochet the Chainless Starting Treble Crochet and banish the ch-4 gap! ♥ From Mooglyblog.com

    Chainless Starting Treble Crochet Video Tutorial

    The video tutorial above was filmed with Lion Brand Vanna's Choice yarn, and a US-I, 5.5mm hook from Furls Fiberarts (click here to purchase your own)!

    The Chainless Starting Treble Crochet stitch can be a little fiddly. I have certainly pulled out and reworked at least half the ones I've made... but I do think it's worth it, to make the best finished item possible! It works the same as the Chainless Starting Double Crochet, but you pull the loop up taller, and wrap around it twice.

    It does take practice, so don't get discouraged. Just make sure you work off both strands of the tall loop you pull up to start the stitch as if they were one loop, as you work on up the stitch. And keep the top of the loop firmly in place with that forefinger of the hook hand!

    It will likely still look a little wobbly  and hunched over until you work the next row. Work right under the top "V" of the Chainless Starting Treble Crochet stitch just as if it were a standard treble crochet, and it will pull up nice and tall and fit right in. It still leaves a little gap, as seen in the photo above, but it's much less noticeable than a ch 4!

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    1. 1

      Clotilde/Craftybegonia

      April 09, 2014 at 9:47 pm

      Love it, will try to master it and to offer it as an alternative for adventurous crocheters who love my designs. Thank you so much for sharing!

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        Tamara Kelly

        April 10, 2014 at 7:12 am

        Thank you so much Clotilde! 😀

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    2. 3

      Sarah

      May 24, 2014 at 3:02 pm

      Yisssssss this is exactly what I was after, I was sure I'd seen it somewhere. I actually found it via google, ridiculously, but the main thing is that I have found it. I'm attempting chainless starting triple crochet into a magic ring... Wish me luck!

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      • 4

        Tamara Kelly

        May 26, 2014 at 3:46 pm

        😀 Good luck! It takes some practice, but I think the end result is worth it!

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          Fran

          January 18, 2017 at 8:22 pm

          I finally got the first stitches to work out but the last stitch is way too big. How do I fix this?

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          • 6

            Tamara Kelly

            January 19, 2017 at 9:48 am

            This one is trickier than most for sure! The key to keeping that top bit of the stitch tight is making sure that the loop from the previous stitch (the loop that you start out with on your hook) is nice and tight. Then after you finish the stitch, you can actually gently tug on the lower parts of the stitch a bit to even out the tension within the stitch. I hope that helps!

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      Marrie

      July 14, 2014 at 12:51 pm

      OMG!~ how clever is that O.o..
      haha.. 😀

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