Tutorial – dc3tog (Double Crochet 3 Together)
The double crochet 3 together (dc3tog) stitch is worked over 3 stitches and is a way to decrease by 2 stitches at a time. If you’re familiar with the dc2tog stitch or dc clusters, this is very similar.
Double Crochet 3 Together:
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I will be working into these 3 stitches
The First Post
Start out just like you would for a double crochet – place the working yarn over the hook (yarn over), insert hook into the first stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop.
Yarn over, pull through 2 of the loops. You should now have 2 loops on your hook.
The 2nd Post:
Repeat the above steps in the 2nd stitch: Yarn over, insert hook into 2nd stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through 2 of the loops on the hook. You should now have 3 loops left on your hook.
The 3rd Post:
Repeat those steps one more time, in the 3rd stitch: Yarn over, insert hook into 3rd stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through 2 of the loops on the hook. You should now have 4 loops left on your hook.
Finish the Stitch:
Yarn over and pull through all 4 loops to complete the stitch.
Here’s what it looks like when the whole row is completed.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!
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14 Comments
Tammy Spencer
I know how to double crochet 3 together. But where I am having trouble is double crochet 3 together twice. The pattern say that does not say go to the next stich and repeat. Can you help me
Pia Thadani
sure! Which pattern are you looking at?
Dc3tog twice means to work a dc3tog over three stitches, then work another dc3tog over the next 3 stitches.
Mabel Green
How do l crochet the next line from Dc3tog twice so that l do not lose the stitches crocheted together please.
THANKS
Mabel.Green
Pia Thadani
to Dc3tog twice, you just repeat the same steps again. After the first dc3tog, you will have just one loop on the hook like you did at the beginning – so start from the top and do the same thing over the next 3 stitches as well. To work the next row, you treat the dc3tog as one stitch, and work into the top of it.
Pia Thadani
oh, wait, do you mean you want to keep the same stitch count and not decrease stitches? To do that, on the next row work 3 stitches into each dc3tog, then you’ll be back up to the same stitch count 🙂
connie
thank you very much, my book was not very clear
Pia Thadani
You’re welcome! I’m glad it helped 🙂
Melissa Q
This was super helpful! Thank you!
Pia Thadani
Yay! I’m glad it helped 🙂
Charlie B
Thank you- this helped a ton for the blanket I’m working on!
Also, I really like whatever yarn you’re using for the tutorials. What brand and variety is it? The stitches look so well defined.
Pia Thadani
Yay! And if I remember correctly, it was Cascade Avalon, left over from my Gumpdrops sweater in the book Bold Baby Crochet: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/gumdrops-pullover
haylie
hi , I’m crocheting a baby blanket. I’m reading off a website and there is no video to show how to do it, I’ve come across a stitch pattern I’m not aware of. I know how to 2dc together but the book say dc6tog. so does that mean I do that in 6 stitches? It does not look like what she does that in the picture. If you understand what this term mean, please help me out :))
Pia Thadani
Without any other information to go on, yes a DC six together would be the same thing but over six stitches.
(Yarn over, insert hook in next stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through two loops on your hook) 6 times, Then yarn over and pull through all the loops.
haylie
alright, thank you so much. I will give it go! Have a nice day:))