How to LINK Double Crochet + Tutorial

Link Double Crochet

To shake things up a bit… I’m going to do my first ever pictorial tutorial showing Link Double Crochet. The video is posted at the bottom. I know due to the bandwidth that videos aren’t always ideal. In today’s blog, I’m going to show it to you in both methods… Pictorial and Video.

Double Link Crochet, as per Red Heart Yarns, is completed by doing the following.

Ldc -Insert hook in center (horizontal) bar of the last st

(or the 2nd ch of beginning ch-3) and draw up a loop (2

loops on hook); insert hook in next st and draw up a loop

(3 loops on hook); [yarn over and draw through 2 loops on

hook] twice.

An example of a pattern for this is the Heart & Sole Crochet Socks.

You would complete this type of stitch when you don’t want the stitches to appear sparse between the posts. It locks stitches together on the top and bottom as usual BUT also locks them together in the middle as well. It provides a more solid look to your finished project.

This is how you start a new row and/or begin from a chain.

How to Link Double Crochet — To begin either on Chain or a new row. If a new row, automatically chains 3.

LINK Double Crochet Pictorial — Yarn Over and pull through the chain and hold onto your hook.

Linke Double Crochet Tutorial — Insert your hook into the stitch where the chain started from if doing a new row. If you are starting from scratch from just working on a chain, insert your hook into the next chain.

MIkey demonstrating LINK Double Crochet — Yarn over and pull through the stitch (or chain if you are just crocheting on the chain) leaving 3 loops on the hook.

Now we repeat across the chain and/or row doing the following.

Link Double Crochet Demonstration — There is a horizontal bar that is in the middle of the last stitch. It is directly in the middle. In this picture, you can see it. It’s directly between my thumbs. The way you pull on your hook makes the world of difference of identifying it.

Mikey, Learn to Link Double Crochet — There will be two loops on your hook.

Learn to Crochet — Insert your hook into the next stitch (or chain if just starting out). Yarn Over and pull through stitch.

Learn to Link Double Crochet — You have three loops on your hook. Finish the stitch by yarn over and pull through 2 loops. Yarn over again and pull through 2 remaining loops. Stitch is complete.

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Comments (49) on “How to LINK Double Crochet + Tutorial”

Elyse says:
March 29, 2015 at 7:00 pm
Loved the tutorial on link a double crochet. I am a beginner and refer to your site often. Thank You for all the great tutorials you make. I am always happy to see both versions of directions with pictures and the videos.

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Link Double Crochet

This is how you start a new row and/or begin from a chain.

Now we repeat across the chain and/or row doing the following.

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Comments (49) on “How to LINK Double Crochet + Tutorial”