What is a TR Crochet Stitch

TR is one of the basic stitches that are in every crocheter’s arsenal. TR stands for Triple or Treble Crochet.

Unlike the other basic stitches that all end with a C for crochet (SC, HDC, DC), this stitch is abbreviated as TR.

Triple crochet is one of the tallest crochet stitches there is and it creates a lot of loose, spacey crochet fabric. Because of that, it might be used as often as the other stitches, but it’s fun and useful nonetheless.

What is a TR Crochet Stitch

TR crochet stitch abbreviation stands for Triple or Treble Crochet. It’s triple crochet because it is done in three main steps (you’ll see them later on).

Because TR crochet stitch is so tall, you see it’s used a lot in a lacy type of work or fabric that needs to be airy, loose, net-like.

What can you make with TR stitch

Because of its lacy quality, you could find it in shawls, doilies, beach cover-ups, light scarves, but also market bags, hair accessories, edging for blankets, dresses, etc.

But, don’t think that only cause triple crochet stitch is tall it can’t be used in things like blankets or warm weather accessories like scarves, hats or wraps, or even long cardigan. I used TR crochet stitch in Oregon Chunky Easy Afghan pattern and it made it super fluffy, thick, and cool looking.

Of course, if you are designing a piece of clothing and want to make sure it’s not a see-through, perhaps treble crochet is not the best crochet stitch for it, but you can always use it to embellish your project.

And, the best part about TR stitch is that it works up super fast!

Things to know about TR stitch

• When inserting the hook, insert it under the top 2 loops at the top of each stitch, they look like a V.
• If you insert the hook only under the back loop, it’s called BLO or a back loop only stitch. If you insert under the front loop only, this variety of the stitch is called FLO or a front loop only.
• If you insert the hook between the stitches, that’s called post stitch as in FPTR (front post TR) or BPTR (back post TR).
• TR is known as treble crochet in the US, but in the UK it’s double crochet.
• There are other varieties of this stitch that you come across like half triple crochet, double treble crochet (UK), triple treble crochet (UK), 2tr crochet.
• TR is not the only long crochet stitch. There is quadruple treble crochet stitch (QuadTR), quintuple treble (QuinTR), and up!

Here is how to triple crochet for beginners

Here is how you crochet TR starting with the chain

After you made a chain, yarn over twice, insert your hook (front to back) into the fifth stitch from the hook, yarn over again and pull the loop through. You have 4 loops on the hook.

Next, yarn over and draw through first 2 loops at the same time.

You now have 3 loops on the hook.

Yarn over and pull through first 2 loops at the same time.

You now have just 2 loops on the hook.

Yarn over and pull through these last 2 loops at the same time.

And like that, tr stitch is done!

Note: since TR is four loops tall, we skipped four loops at the beginning of the chain to act as a first TR in the row and then we crocheted the TR, which is technically second TR in the row.

Once you have your first crocheted TR stitch done, to continue with the rest of that row do this:

Yarn over twice, insert your hook (front to back) into the next available stitch, yarn over again and pull the loop through. You have 4 loops on the hook.

Next, yarn over and draw through first 2 loops at the same time.

You now have 3 loops on the hook.

Yarn over and pull through first 2 loops at the same time.

You now have just 2 loops on the hook.

Yarn over and pull through these last 2 loops at the same time.

Another TR stitch done!

Now, just continue till the rest of the row in the same manner.

Here is how to crochet TR on the top another row

Once you are done with your first row and want to start the second row, you need to chain some loops to raise you up to the height of the stitch you are using. Since TR is 4 loops tall, you would need to chain 4 loops (or CH 4).

Next, yarn over twice, insert your hook (front to back) into next available stitch, yarn over again and pull the loop through. You have 4 loops on the hook.

Next, yarn over and draw through first 2 loops at the same time.

You now have 3 loops on the hook.

Yarn over and pull through first 2 loops at the same time.

You now have just 2 loops on the hook.

Yarn over and pull through these last 2 loops at the same time.

Then, continue in the same manner for the rest of that row.

And there you have it! You now know how to make TR crochet stitch (but if you need a little bit more clarity, here is in an excellent video on TR in action):

Here’s an example of the pattern made with TR treble crochet stitch:

If you want to learn about other basic crochet stitches like SC (single crochet) and HDC (half double crochet) you can find helpful posts about these on my blog.

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