Crochet 101: How to Crochet the Triple Crochet Stitch

First make a slip knot and chain 15 stitches loosely. Wrap the yarn around the crochet hook from back to front twice, skip the first four chains and then insert the hook into the fifth chain from the hook.

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[ see Triple Crochet Figure 1 ]

Bring the yarn over the crochet hook (from back to front) and draw it through the chain stitch and up onto the working area of the hook; you now have four loops on the hook .

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[ see Triple Crochet Figure 2 ]

Bring the yarn over the crochet hook and draw it through the first two loops on the hook.

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[ see Triple Crochet Figure 3 ]

You now have three loops on the hook.

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[ see Triple Crochet Figure 4]

Bring the yarn over the crochet hook again and draw it through the next two loops on the hook.

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[ see Triple Crochet Figure 5 ]

Two loops remain on the hook.

[ see Triple Crochet Figure 6 ]

Bring the yarn over the crochet hook and draw it through both remaining loops on the hook.

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[ see Triple Crochet Figure 7 ]

You now have completed one treble crochet; one loop remains on the hook.

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[ see Triple Crochet Figure 8 ]

Continue working the 5 steps in each of the remaining chains across. When you have worked your last chain, count your stitches: there should be 12 treble crochets, counting the first four chains you skipped at the beginning of the row as a treble crochet.

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[ see Triple Crochet Figure 9 ]

To work row 2, you need to bring the yarn or thread up to the correct height for the next row. To raise the yarn, chain four (this is called the turning chain).

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The four chains in the turning chain just made count as the first treble crochet on the new row. Skip the first stitch and work a treble crochet in the second stitch.

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[ see Triple Crochet Figure 10 ]

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Be sure to insert the crochet hook under top two loops of each stitch.