tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419575096636229516.post3973164126779682692..comments2024-03-12T02:51:53.240-07:00Comments on Positively Crochet!: How to work Half Triple (htr) and Half Double Treble (hdtr)Mary Jane Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12392267731124773647noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419575096636229516.post-44804103386616126542019-12-07T21:12:47.367-08:002019-12-07T21:12:47.367-08:00My grandmother didn't call it anything. She ju...My grandmother didn't call it anything. She just said her husband's grandmother taught it to her and that's the only stitch she knew. She made afghans, hats, tote bags, etc.--all with that one stitch. I do have a shawl that my great-great granmother made--the one who taught my grandmother to crochet. I can't tell if it' that stitch or not, but you're right. It does look "thicker'.<br />laurel.millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16483714699925574130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419575096636229516.post-83088484420578556172019-12-07T20:18:20.162-08:002019-12-07T20:18:20.162-08:00I just tried working the stitch she's talking ...I just tried working the stitch she's talking about and it is thicker. Mary Jane Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12392267731124773647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419575096636229516.post-30640648393352334902019-12-07T20:17:17.607-08:002019-12-07T20:17:17.607-08:00So sorry I'm just now seeing this! What did yo...So sorry I'm just now seeing this! What did your grandmother call that stitch that was between a dc and a tr? With the half triple I do, you wrap around twice first. <br />I just now worked the stitch the way you said your grandmother did and even though it who work as a "bridge" between the dc and tr, it is thicker. Mary Jane Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12392267731124773647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419575096636229516.post-88216052853943279922019-12-07T19:40:35.021-08:002019-12-07T19:40:35.021-08:00Very interesting! Very interesting! Mary Jane Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12392267731124773647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419575096636229516.post-23726758115879206862019-08-11T17:02:47.118-07:002019-08-11T17:02:47.118-07:00Laurel.Miller, if you look at the Latin American l...Laurel.Miller, if you look at the Latin American ladies videos on You Tube you will see them do their Dc in the way you describe. I am self taught (from the Caribbean) and that is how I used to do my treble crochet.Patricia George-Lezamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03140015963626341085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419575096636229516.post-38143882708770174842019-02-17T01:31:44.587-08:002019-02-17T01:31:44.587-08:00My grandmother taught me to crochet when I was 10....My grandmother taught me to crochet when I was 10. She had learned from her grandmother-in-law in the 1920s. Her favorite stitch was one I've never found listed anywhere - between a double and a treble crochet. She would yarn over once and draw up a loop (3 loops on hook), but then yarn over and draw through just 1 loop the first time, then 2 loops, then the final 2 loops. I've never seen this listed in any guide to basic stitches. Was it just someone's variation? It does make a ice row when you want something slightly bigger than dc, but not necessarily tr.laurel.millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16483714699925574130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419575096636229516.post-40047249253713999792017-07-05T11:06:14.433-07:002017-07-05T11:06:14.433-07:00I am so happy you found my blog! Glad my post help...I am so happy you found my blog! Glad my post helped :)Mary Jane Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12392267731124773647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419575096636229516.post-56194873351212020632017-06-28T04:32:18.967-07:002017-06-28T04:32:18.967-07:00Hello Mary Jane. I am a retired teacher of 70, liv...Hello Mary Jane. I am a retired teacher of 70, living on the West Coast of South Africa in a tiny village called Jacobsbaai neat Saldanha Bay. I have just taken up crochet having been a knitter all my life!! I have found these tutorials of yours amazingly helpful! Found by chance, I simply googled 'hald double crochet stitch' and among all the lists, yours jumped out at me!! Many many thanks! I am attempting to crtochet a beanie/cloche type hat!! Wish me luck!! Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09944127857197503373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419575096636229516.post-30547782878973503342017-03-12T03:26:59.719-07:002017-03-12T03:26:59.719-07:00Hi Carryn, I had never seen a diagram or explanati...Hi Carryn, I had never seen a diagram or explanation of the htr or the hdbtr. According to the research I and other legends in Crochet did back in 2007 (& Crochet Guild of America) when I was writhing my book, Crochet That Fits, there were no such symbols on the internet or in books. So that's why I had to come up with them myself. My last 2 books, Crochet That Fits and Colorful Crochet Lace, have the printed symbols in them. Three publisher hired an illustrator. I believe I do have pictures of my own too that were not drawn by the illustrator. If I send them to you, wound you agree to use my name and give me credit for them? I know stitches can't really be copyrighted, but it wound be nice some time for people to give me the credit for coming up with it. Of course it's documented in my books, but everyone doesn't have my books. I was also the first person who came up with the Houndstooth check crochet stitch in 2006 & it is also published in CTF's, where I used it for a scarf, but nobody has any idea that I'm the one who came up with it & had it published. Now you see it everywhere. There were different versions before, but not my version. If I used it now, people would think I was copying :)Mary Jane Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12392267731124773647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419575096636229516.post-14160130420601487082017-03-09T15:35:55.897-08:002017-03-09T15:35:55.897-08:00Curious if there are standard symbols for these ha...Curious if there are standard symbols for these half stitches?BeadedGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566512561430935087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419575096636229516.post-36857289243883178212016-03-02T18:39:51.116-08:002016-03-02T18:39:51.116-08:00ChocPieKnitterMom, can you make sure this fixed th...ChocPieKnitterMom, can you make sure this fixed the problem? I want to make sure I understand everything you are saying. Mary Jane Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12392267731124773647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419575096636229516.post-18071051685003720342016-03-02T18:34:14.247-08:002016-03-02T18:34:14.247-08:00I checked it out and you are correct! The beginnin...I checked it out and you are correct! The beginning part of the tripleading crochet should be "4 loops on hook", not 3 loops on hook, so I'm changing it. Thank you!<br /><br />For anyone else reading this, please ignore the question, because the stitch has already been corrected. Mary Jane Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12392267731124773647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419575096636229516.post-56664722589659242282016-03-02T17:58:51.728-08:002016-03-02T17:58:51.728-08:00Hi ChocPieKnitterMom, just want to let you know I&...Hi ChocPieKnitterMom, just want to let you know I've seen your questions and I'm looking at it now. I will get back to you!Mary Jane Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12392267731124773647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419575096636229516.post-48526469394008658462016-02-26T07:18:38.741-08:002016-02-26T07:18:38.741-08:00When working a triple crochet, your instruction sa...When working a triple crochet, your instruction says:<br />"Yo hook (twice), insert hook from front to back in st or sp indicated, yo, draw yarn through st (3 lps on hook)"<br />If you started with a loop on your hook and you have YO 3 times, wouldn't there be 4 loops on your hook at this point? After performing the next instruction: <br />"yo, draw yarn through 2 lps on hook (3 lps remain on hook)"<br />the 3 loops remain on hook is correct.<br />My question is: 3 loops wouldn't remain for both instructions? The first () should be 4 loops, correct?ChocPieKnitterMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06682041749263113117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419575096636229516.post-54271900474158994392015-05-20T23:28:53.022-07:002015-05-20T23:28:53.022-07:00I had been crocheting for 38 years before I decide...I had been crocheting for 38 years before I decided to do the htr and hdtr for my Graduated Stitch Method. I even asked known crochet designers and publishers in their 80's and they told me theyd never seen it before. Mary Jane Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12392267731124773647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419575096636229516.post-12761508255702260312015-05-20T23:28:44.744-07:002015-05-20T23:28:44.744-07:00Patti,
I can't believe I'm just now seein...Patti,<br /><br />I can't believe I'm just now seeing this post! I'll try to post what you asked tomorrow. It's 2:18 am & I need to get to sleep. <br /><br />So sorry!Mary Jane Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12392267731124773647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419575096636229516.post-15320128777255495392015-05-20T23:28:32.149-07:002015-05-20T23:28:32.149-07:00Dafmom, I'm just now seeing your comment too.D...Dafmom, I'm just now seeing your comment too.Do you live in another country? In the U.S. you wrap the yarn around the hook two times (yarn over) when working a triple crochet, which will have 3 loops on the hook at the beginning. Pulling the yarn through 2 loops 3 times is what makes it a triple crochet. With the way you are saying, that would make it a double treble. (In U. S. terms)Mary Jane Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12392267731124773647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419575096636229516.post-79287071998706364262015-05-20T23:27:33.886-07:002015-05-20T23:27:33.886-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mary Jane Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12392267731124773647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419575096636229516.post-70490149206517147152015-05-20T23:26:09.177-07:002015-05-20T23:26:09.177-07:00Dafmom, I'm just now seeing your comment too.D...Dafmom, I'm just now seeing your comment too.Do you live in another country? In the U.S. you wrap the yarn around the hook two times (yarn over) when working a triple crochet, which will have 3 loops on the hook at the beginning. Pulling the yarn through 2 loops 3 times is what makes it a triple crochet. With the way you are saying, that would make it a double treble. (In U. S. terms)Mary Jane Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12392267731124773647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419575096636229516.post-81263219921723744922015-05-20T23:25:48.148-07:002015-05-20T23:25:48.148-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mary Jane Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12392267731124773647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419575096636229516.post-72717458445804980992015-05-20T23:18:48.541-07:002015-05-20T23:18:48.541-07:00Patti,
I can't believe I'm just now seein...Patti,<br /><br />I can't believe I'm just now seeing this post! I'll try to post what you asked tomorrow. It's 2:18 am & I need to get to sleep. <br /><br />So sorry!Mary Jane Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12392267731124773647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419575096636229516.post-29615152078759079872015-05-20T23:16:22.499-07:002015-05-20T23:16:22.499-07:00I had been crocheting for 38 years before I decide...I had been crocheting for 38 years before I decided to do the htr and hdtr for my Graduated Stitch Method. I even asked known crochet designers and publishers in their 80's and they told me theyd never seen it before. Mary Jane Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12392267731124773647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419575096636229516.post-11708080268923589242015-04-08T13:20:36.201-07:002015-04-08T13:20:36.201-07:00Thanks for explaining htc . Never heard of it. Ple...Thanks for explaining htc . Never heard of it. Please correct error on tc. Should be 4 loops on hook at beginning.Dafmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09995265767095357868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419575096636229516.post-29310650771299325592012-03-26T10:01:10.040-07:002012-03-26T10:01:10.040-07:00Can you add which chain in the foundation to start...Can you add which chain in the foundation to start in (ie. how many chains from the hook) and how many turning chains to do for the half triple and the half double treblePattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12403997090986824218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419575096636229516.post-75007686807533883992011-02-06T11:43:05.487-08:002011-02-06T11:43:05.487-08:00I definitely agree. Ever since I started using the...I definitely agree. Ever since I started using these stitches, I have wondered why nobody else talks about them or uses them in patterns. It just makes sense to me!Mary Jane Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12392267731124773647noreply@blogger.com