Menokreatikkul; Saturday Stitches

 

As promised for Miss C over at My Mind's Eye blog, I am going to show how you can link the larger crochet stitches in order to make a more solid fabric. 

I used a red yarn for this as it's her favourite colour... though I realise now that it was not, perhaps, the best of choices for demonstrating. Particularly for photographing. Here is the standard and then the linked treble stitch per the camera...

Anyhoo, moving on...

The point is this is a really useful little hack if you are doing anything other than a lacey something or other, which is when the treble and quadruple stitches are more often employed. They are very good stitches in those items, because they are more stable than simple chains and thus make the fabric of the object warmer. Chain laces are, of course, more gossamer. ... but I digress.

The standard crochet method is fine when using the taller stitches for larger projects, but not everything wants 'ventilation,' so linking the stitches is the way to go!

For the curious, the yarn I used for this demo is 100% acrylic DK, which would normally be classed as a three-weight, but this was a bit closer to a four, hence the use of a 6mm (J) hook. Okay, this is the first time I am attempting to crochet and speak at the same time, so you will see the senior moments as they arise in this video!!! I hope it makes sense and I promise to get better at it. I hope others find this a useful tip, too. What I didn't do is show the double (UK treble), but you will figure it out, I'm pretty sure!