Shaping Crochet
Treble increases INCREASES IN TREBLE CROCHET ARE JUST AS EASY!
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reble crochet increases are worked in the same sort of way as double crochet increases. You just work two or more treble stitches into the top of the same stitch on the row below. To increase one treble stitch in a row, work two trebles into the same stitch,
or as instructed in your pattern. To increase by two stitches, work three trebles into the same stitch, and so on. You can work the increase anywhere along the row, but working it in the centre of the row will create a different effect to increasing at the start or end of the row. Similarly, increases worked
on every row will create a different effect to increases worked on every other row. Make a small treble swatch and practise increasing at various points on the row, to see the shaping effects. If you’re increasing at a specific place on every row, use a stitch marker to help you mark this point.
Right-hand
1 Work a treble crochet stitch as usual: yrh, insert hook into the top of the next stitch on the row below, yrh, pull yarn through, yrh, pull yarn through first 2 loops on hook, yrh, pull yarn through remaining loops on hook.
2 Work a second treble stitch into the same stitch on the row below: yrh, insert hook, yrh, pull yarn through, yrh, pull through first 2 loops, yrh, pull yarn through rem loops. You’ve increased the stitch count by one.
Left-hand
1 Work a treble crochet stitch as usual: yrh, insert hook into the top of the next stitch on the row below, yrh, pull yarn through, yrh, pull yarn through first 2 loops on hook, yrh, pull yarn through remaining loops on hook.
2 Work a second treble stitch into the same stitch on the row below: yrh, insert hook, yrh, pull yarn through, yrh, pull through first 2 loops, yrh, pull yarn through rem loops. You’ve increased the stitch count by one.
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