How To Double Crochet Link + Tutorial

Double Crochet Link

Double Crochet Link is also known as abbreviations of D-Link. Usually, when I talk about this stitch, I simply call it D-Link as it's easier to roll off the tongue.

With regular double crochet, there are gaps between the stitches. Known as the posts. We've come to accept that in crochet and is part of the stitchwork. Sometimes, that look and gapping spaces are not what we want.

 

The same used Bernat Beyond Yarn. Double Crochet Link connects the posts in two spots along with the post as well as the top of the stitch. This gives the illusion that it could be 3 single crochet rounds/rows when it's just one pass of Double Crochet Link.

This prevents any gaps and for those who wish baby blankets to be nice and tight but don't want to commit to slower stitching work such as the single crochet to make it work.

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Written Instructions on How to D-Link

1. Chain the width you want. There are no multiple counts involved.
2. Insert hook in 2nd ch from hook, yarn over and pull through 1 loop. Insert hook into 3rd ch from hook, yarn over and pull through loop. Insert hook into next st, yarn over and pull through loop. 4 Loops on the hook. Yarn over, pull through 2 loops - 3 times. *Insert hook in 1st vertical bar, pull through the loop, insert in 2nd vertical bar, pull through loop. Insert hook in next available chain, pull through loop. 4 loops on hook, yarn over and pull through 2 loops - 3 times. Repeat * across.
3. Ch 1, sc in each st across.
4. Insert hook in 2nd ch from hook, yarn over and pull through 1 loop. Insert hook into 3rd ch from hook, yarn over and pull through loop. Insert hook into next st, yarn over and pull through loop. 4 Loops on the hook. Yarn over, pull through 2 loops - 3 times. *Insert hook in 1st vertical bar, pull through the loop, insert in 2nd vertical bar, pull through loop. Insert hook in next available chain, pull through loop. 4 loops on hook, yarn over and pull through 2 loops - 3 times. Repeat * across.
5. Ch 1, sc in each st across.

The tutorial picture is Diva Dan's Cowl which is a free pattern that will be released soon. It's D-Link in the round instead of rows and has surface crochet overlay to give visual separation between the rounds.

Tutorial

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