How to Treble Crochet (Triple Crochet) for Beginners

Steps

1. 1. Chain Your Foundation and Yarn Over Twice

   Start with a foundation chain. For practice, chain about 15 so you have room to work a full row.

   Tip: New to chains? Our foundation chain walkthrough covers making an even starting chain so your first row of trebles sits flat.

   

2. 2. Insert Into the Fifth Chain - Four Loops on the Hook

   Count to the fifth chain from your hook and push the hook into it. Yarn over and pull a loop back through just that chain.

   Tip: If you only count three loops, you probably forgot one of the two starting yarn overs. Pull the loop back out and start the wrap again rather than fudging it.

   

3. 3. Pull Through the First Two Loops

   Yarn over once. Now pull that yarn through only the first two loops on your hook.

   Tip: Work the pull-throughs slowly and watch the loop count drop. Treble crochet is really just this one move repeated until the hook is clear.

   

4. 4. Pull Through the Next Two Loops

   Yarn over again. Pull through the next two loops on the hook.

   Tip: Two loops left on the hook is the home stretch. Every basic stitch ends the same way, by clearing the hook back down to a single working loop.

   

5. 5. Pull Through the Last Two Loops to Finish the Stitch

   One more yarn over. Pull through the last two loops on your hook.

   Tip: The abbreviation for this stitch in patterns is tr. When you see "tr" in a pattern, this exact sequence is what it means.

   

6. 6. Work the Row, Then Chain Four to Turn

   Carry on across the chain, one treble in each, until you reach the end of the row. To start the next row, chain four and turn your work.

   Tip: Working in rounds instead of rows? The same stitch behaves a little differently when you join. See how to crochet in the round for the join-and-turn details.

   

7. 7. Finish Every Row in the Turning Chain

   Here is the habit that keeps your edges clean. At the end of every row, your last treble goes into the top of the turning chain from the row below, not into the last regular stitch.

   Tip: Finished your swatch? Lock it in with how to fasten off, then try reading a real pattern with how to read a crochet pattern.