How to Crochet the 3 Double Crochet Cluster Stitch
Welcome to the Restful Stitch! My name is Heather and today I am bringing you another cluster stitch tutorial. A cluster stitch is when you work several incomplete stitches into the same stitch and then finish them together. It can be made using various stitches and numbers of stitches. In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a 3 double crochet cluster stitch. It is often abbreviated (3dc-cl). We will follow a 2 row repeat to create the lovely pattern shown below.
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3dc-cl – *Yarn over, insert hook in indicated st, yarn over, pull through st. Yarn over pull through 2 loops. Repeat from * 2 more times. Yarn over and pull through all loops on hook.
If You Are An Absolute Beginner
Please refer to my previous tutorials here. For this tutorial, you will need to know the basics of crocheting – foundation chain, single crochet, double crochet. There are many ways to use a cluster stitch. This tutorial uses a one row repeat to teach the mechanics of the stitch.
Materials
- Yarn – In this tutorial, I am using Loops & Threads Soft Classic in blush (color A) and sage (color B), but you can use any yarn you like.
- Hook – use the size recommended on yarn packaging. I am using a I9/5.50mm hook
Abbreviations Used
- Ch – chain
- dc – double crochet
- sc – Single Crochet
- 3dc-cl – 3 double crochet cluster
3 Double Crochet Cluster
Set Up – Row 1
To begin, chain any even number with color A.
Sc in the second chain from hook. *Chain 1, skip a chain, sc in next chain. Repeat from * across the row.
Row 2
Using color A, Chain 3 and turn. (ch3 counts as 1dc)
3dc-cl in first chain space:
- Yarn over, insert hook in first chain space, yarn over, pull through space. Yarn over, pull through 2 loops. You should now have 2 loops on your hook.
- With the 2 loops still on your hook, yarn over, insert hook in the same chain space, yarn over, pull through space. Yarn over, pull through 2 loops. You should now have 3 loops on your hook.
- With the 3 loops still on your hook, yarn over, insert hook in the same chain space, yarn over, pull through space. Yarn over, pull through 2 loops. You should now have 4 loops on your hook.
- Yarn over and pull through all 4 loops. You should have 1 loop left on your hook. The first 3dc-cl is completed.
*Ch1, 3dc-cl in the next chain space. Repeat from * across to last stitch.
Dc in last stitch, but before you pull through the last 2 loops, change to color B. See photo below.
Row 3
Ch1 and turn. SC in first stitch. *Ch1, SC in next chain space. Repeat from * around. SC in top of ch3, pulling color A through last 2 loops of SC.
Row 4
Row 4 is a repeat of Row 2. Here is the abbreviated instructions.
Chain 3 and turn. 3dc-cl in first chain space. *Ch1, 3dc-cl in the next chain space. Repeat from * across to last stitch. Dc in last stitch.
Repeat
Repeat Rows 2 & 3 until your project is the desired length.
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My name is Heather and I have been crocheting for over 20 years and making up my own patterns for almost as long. As a home school mother, heavily influenced by Charlotte Mason, I have a passion for mother culture – that is the continued self education of mothers. Through learning useful skills, creating art and reading great literature, all who so desire can continue to grow in wisdom and virtue. I believe that for mothers this is especially important as an example to our children and for the nourishing of our souls.
Through these free crochet tutorials and free crochet patterns I hope to share the joy and rest that I find in this art. In this space I pray to form a community of like minded woman, who are inspired to live up to their potential as whole people formed in the image of a wise, creative and good God.
-Heather
