I'm sure you've heard of the half double crochet (hdc), which forms kind of a bridge between a sc and dc. When I was working on Crochet That Fits in 2006, and making garments with my Graduated Stitch Method (trademarked), I didn't want to go straight from a dc to a tr, or go from a tr to a dtr, so I said why not do a htr and a hdtr, as a bridge to the next st? ? I had never heard of those sts like I had heard of hdc, so I asked some older crochet designers (legends in crochet) if they had heard of those sts. One of them was Jean Leinhauser who has numerous books and was conducted into the Crochet Hall of Fame after her death. Btw, I may have been the last person to talk to her on the phone right before she died. She was publishing one of my shawl designs and we were talking about that. Then later that day I heard she had a heart attack. She was an amazing woman and SO supportive and complementary of my work. She and the other designers I asked about these stitches had been crocheting more than 50 yrs, so they helped me a great deal when they said they'd heard of the sts maybe once but also said you can't find crochet patterns with these sts. (bridge sts I call them)
Below are instructions on how to work some of the taller sts that are used in Crochet That Fits. You may or may not be familiar with the triple (treble) crochet and the double treble, but even if you are experienced in crochet, you may have never heard of a half triple crochet or a half double treble. These 2 stitches help tremendously in making shaped garments. I'll try to post diagrams of these stitches later.
Update: (2017) Since I came up with these sts in 2006 and they were published in my book in 2007, I'm sure a lot more people have heard of them and used them in their work. You can't really copyright crochet stitches, but it would be nice if those using them would give me the credit for coming up with them. Its crochet etiquette :)
Below are instructions on how to work some of the taller sts that are used in Crochet That Fits. You may or may not be familiar with the triple (treble) crochet and the double treble, but even if you are experienced in crochet, you may have never heard of a half triple crochet or a half double treble. These 2 stitches help tremendously in making shaped garments. I'll try to post diagrams of these stitches later.
Update: (2017) Since I came up with these sts in 2006 and they were published in my book in 2007, I'm sure a lot more people have heard of them and used them in their work. You can't really copyright crochet stitches, but it would be nice if those using them would give me the credit for coming up with them. Its crochet etiquette :)
To work half double crochet (hdc): yo once, insert hook from front to back in stitch or space indicated, yo and pull up a lp, yo and pull through all 3 lps on hook.
To work half triple crochet (htr): yo twice, insert hook from front to back in st or sp indicated, yo and draw yarn through st, (4 lps on hook), yo and draw yarn through 2 lps on hook, (3 lps on hook), yo and draw yarn through all 3 lps on hook.
To work triple crochet (tr): Yo hook (twice), insert hook from front to back in st or sp indicated, yo, draw yarn through st (4 lps on hook), yo, draw yarn through 2 lps on hook (3 lps remain on hook), yo, draw yarn through 2 lps on hook (2 lps remain on hook), yo, draw through 2 lps on hook
To work half double treble (hdtr): yo three times, insert hook from front to back st or sp indicated, yo and pull up a lp (five lps on hook), yo and draw through two lps, (four lps on hook), yo and draw through two lps (three loops on hook.), yo and draw through three lps on hook.
To work double treble (dtr):yo three times, insert hook from front to back in st or sp indicated, yo and pull up a lp (five lps on hook), yo and draw through two lps, (four lps on hook), yo and draw through two lps (three loops on hook.), yo and draw through two lps. (two lps on hook.) , yo and draw through two lps.
