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Link Double Crochet
Link Double Crochet

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
Begin by inserting your hook into the 2nd chain from the hook.
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.
Mikey demonstrating LINK Double Crochet
Finish the stitch off like traditional double crochet. Yarn over and pull through 2...
Mikey demonstrating LINK Double Crochet
Yarn over again and pull through 2 remaining loops... leaving 1 Loop on your hook. Stitch is complete.

 

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.
Link Double Crochet
Insert your hook behind the horizontal bar.
Link Double Crochet
Yarn Over and pull through the loop (horizontal bar).
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.

Are these types of articles helpful to you? I would love your feedback! Leave a comment below.

 

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  1. SMGibson says

    It looks to me like you're using the word "Horizontal" instead of "vertical". I've read through the tutorial twice to make sure I wasn't missing something. Otherwise it's a great tutorial.

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    • Deborah Goins says

      I loved the video! I get it better with a video, but I also loved the article so I have to say you were bang on. I'm glad that the person posted that it was a vertical bar and not a horizontal one due to I would not have realized where the horizontal bar was if that makes sense lol Another words it is a horizontal bar crossing the vertical bar that we insert the hook into instead of yarning over first! Yay I got it! So I also love the comments because it made me watch the video a second time! Thanks again guys!

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  2. Lori Johnson says

    Wow nice to know thank you 🙂

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  3. bonita delrey says

    I like both pic sequence and video!. Pic sequence is great for actually working with yarn as instruction progresses. I have lots of trouble stopping a video to complete the YO or whatever before continuing with stitch. Often I have to start the video over again and hope to 'catch it' at the right stopping place. Pic tutorial solves that problem.

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