Left Hand Single Crochet Tutorial #18: Creating Vertical Ribbing in SC with Post Stitches

Hey there guys, it's Deja from crocheteverafter.com. Today I'm going to show you how to create a faux ribbing from post double crochets when you're working in single crochet. So what that means is if you're doing a project in just plain single crochet and you want to add some texture to it, I'm going to show you how to do front post double crochets in that project to create a faux ribbing. This is a little different from my other tutorial on creating a faux ribbing using single crochet Post-stitching. This instead is going to use a double crochet post stitch, which is a more pronounced and thicker looking ribbing, so it's going to give you a different effect. So let me show you how to do that and how it looks. Alright, I'm going to show you how to create this vertical ribbing by using front post double crochets around your single crochets when you're working in a row. You can also do this when working in the round. You're going to do the same thing that I'm going to show you. You're just working in the round and working around the post. I'll explain that a little bit more in a bit. But this... This ribbing is different from the other ribbing tutorial that I have, which is single crochet front post around single crochets, and that creates a much tighter ribbing, a lot less three-dimensional. This double crochet ribbing is a lot taller or a lot more puffed out, so this is good. You also use this when you do cables. Because you're going to need that extra height when you're crossing your stitches for cables, which I'll have tutorials on pretty soon. But in the meantime, we're just going to work on this vertical ribbing. So, we're going to start off with a row, and this is foundation single crochet. I like to use it whenever possible. It just gives a stretchy fabric, and you can really see the post of the single crochet, so they're easy to work into. So to begin, what I'm going to do is a pattern of two regular single crochets and two front post double crochets. So to do that, I'm going to chain one for my height for the beginning of the row and just do two single crochets. Nice and easy. Alright, now we are going to get into our actual... So, um... Front post double crochets. And this part is the part that can kind of throw people off. Where do I put my hook and what post do I go around? This can change from stitch to stitch. A good thing to do is kind of hold your stitches As if they were already completed and you have a nice big rectangle and look at the post that you've already worked into. So you see that these two posts you've worked into and you have this post which is next and that's the one that you want to work around. For front post double crochet into single crochet, you can also think about you're going to go into your next stitch. You're not going to go into the stitch that you just performed. So, of course, we need to yarn over because this is a double crochet in essence, even though it's going around a post. And then I'm going to insert my hook into my next stitch. So you're going to turn and look for your V. We're going to go right under that next V. And this is a front post double crochet, so that means I go in through the front, and And then I'm going to come out my next stitch to be able to catch that post. I'm bringing the post to the front, I enter from the front, and I bring the post to the front. And I do that by going into the next stitch, and then out the stitch after. So I use my finger as a guide, I kind of push it over, and I bend my project, almost in a, pretty much a V, to get it to go through both. Then I'm just going to do a regular double crochet. I'm going to yarn over and pull that through the post, so through both of those stitches. And then I have my three loops on my hook, so I just work both of those off. So I yarn over and I pull through the first two, I yarn over and I pull through the second two. Now I've created my very first front post double crochet. And you can see it's a little taller than my single crochets. You can see how it's going kind of at a diagonal. We'll fix that on the next row. So I'm going to do another front post double crochet. Now you want to work into this next post. You want to work around this next post. So to do that, you're going to go back into that stitch that you came out of on your last... Um, rib, or your last front post double crochet. Now you need to go into it instead of come out of it. So you're going to go through the front, bend your project, use your finger, and push back out the next stitch, and you've caught the front post again. So again, look for, you can pull your project apart and look for that hole, you can turn it sideways to help you find it, but just remember that you're going through. That stitch that you came out of, it kind of looks like it's been worked into, but you still need to use it, otherwise you're going to decrease your row. And you're going to come out the next stitch and catch that front post. Then you're going to yarn over again and pull up the loop and finish your double crochet. Here's the next part that can get a little confusing for some. Where do I put my next single crochet? You don't want to skip that stitch that you came out of when you were making that front post just like as you were just like you went into it for your front post double crochet. You need to go into that stitch for your single crochet. So turn your work if you need to find the V You'll see that I have skipped two Vs already, those are my front posts, those will stay over there because I worked around the post, I didn't work into any stitches, so those just kind of fold over and hide in the back. So I need to work into that next V, or that stitch that I came out of, same thing, put my hook in, and just do a regular single crochet. Then again, another single crochet, that one's easy to find. Now, front post double crochet. Remember, you go into your next stitch. Don't go into the stitch you just worked. Go into the next stitch, bend it, and use your finger and come out the next stitch. Caught that front post, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through the first two, yarn over, pull through the second two. Again, find that stitch you came out of and go back into it to make your next front post double. Catch it again, yarn over, Pull through, and pull through. Alright, now we need to do another single crochet. Again, look for where you came out of. You'll see that I skipped two V's again. Let me see if I can show you those. You can see here's two here that I skipped. Now here's two more that I skipped. One, two. And here's my third V that I need to work into. V's are the stitches. I always call them V's because they look like the letter V stacked up, if you haven't seen my other tutorials. Then I'm going to do a single crochet. And one more, and you can see I have four stitches left, so I'm on track, I'm going to do two more front post double crochets and then two single crochets. So yarn over, go through that next stitch, front to back, pull it up, yarn over and finish that double crochet, again go back through that stitch I came out of, go through, yarn I finished the double crochet. See, it looks like I only have one stitch left now, but remember you have to catch that stitch that you came out of, otherwise you're going to end up missing a whole lot of stitches and turning your work into a triangle because it decreases so much. So I do two single crochets and I've finished off my row. You can see I've got kind of a weird arc happening from those tall post double crochets. So to fix my height differences, What I'm going to do is chain one for my height, and I'm just going to single crochet all the way across. Every single stitch, right into the top of it, whether it's a double crochet or single crochet, you are just single crocheting all the way across. This won't totally fix your height problem, but as you work your double crochets, your front post double crochets, you'll see how it starts working out. So you need to do this. And if you're wondering, can you do back post double crochets instead of just single crocheting across? You can. I have a swatch I will show you right now so you can see what that looks like. So again, this was our regular swatch, this is the one that we're doing, and you can see how these are nice and spread out, everything, you can see the single crochets, everything's a nice rectangle. And then this is a swatch of... Every single row there is a post stitch, so I do a front post double crochet on the first row, then I turn my work, and I do a back post double crochet, and I keep posting. So if you don't know what this is, don't worry, but if you're just wondering because you do know about post stitches, this is what happens. You can see that it's a lot thicker, so it's even thicker than just the front post double crochet. It's very bumpy, it kind of curls up on itself because it wants to bend over because they're so high. So it is possible if you want really exaggerated cables, this could work for you. But for now we're doing just kind of the regular cabling. So we've done our single crochets all the way across and you can see it's still a little misshapen. So we turned our work and I'm going to chain one and do two single crochets to keep our pattern And now, to find our, or to do our next post double crochet, it's a lot easier to find because you're not going to work around your single crochets. You're going to work around the post that you made. You're working around this double crochet post. And it's quite big, so it's easy to get your hook under. See the hole is quite large. Just aim right for the middle. If you aim a little high, you might end up around . . . Um, the incorrect spot and not catch the whole post, you might catch just part of your stitch. So aim right for the middle of your post, and yarn over, aim right in the middle and grab it, so you don't even really need to bend the work, you just kind of reach right under, yarn over and pull that through, and I like to kind of pull these up a little bit instead of riding the work that I usually do, um, where I ride right on top of the stitches, I pull it up a little bit so it's kind of more in line with the, uh... the rest of my stitches. And I finish off my double crochet. So I have linked these two double crochets together to make a single rib. So I'm going to do that again on the next one. So aim for the middle. You'll fit right under. Yarn over and pull through. And then yarn over and finish your double crochet off. It's also a little easier to catch that next single crochet. If you're not sure where to go, just turn your work and look for those Vs again. You skip two, because those are the stitches that you're doing your post-stitching on, so your next one is where you need to do your single crochet. Just stick your finger in it if you need to, or hold your stitches straight up, and you'll see that it's the next one right behind it. So again, one, two, and three is where I want a single crochet. So I do two single crochets, then I'm going to yarn over and catch the middle of that post again. You can see I've got quite a bit of room to move my hook around. It's quite a large loop that you can catch, so it's not too difficult. Double crochet, again catch the next one, double crochet, turn your work if you need to find the right spot, one, two, three. Just catch those top two loops though, don't go too far. So I have 4 stitches left, 1, 2, 3, 4, so I know that I am on track, I know that I haven't missed a stitch anywhere or accidentally made one of my single crochets into a spot that should be skipped for my post double crochets, and then single crochet in those last 2. And that's all you do. You turn your work and then you're going to single crochet all the way back across. And then you turn your work and loop into those posts. So these posts, they still are nice and large even though you worked into another post. So you could still easily get under it. Okay, so I almost forgot to talk about how you would work this if you're working in the round. Of course you would be joined. And you're gonna need to join your rounds if you're doing this in the round, because if you're working in spirals, your, um... Ribbing is going to be diagonal because your stitches are going to be diagonal just because you're working in a spiral, which can create its own cool effect. So you could do that on purpose. But if you want vertical ribbing, you're going to need to join your rounds. So you can check out my tutorial on creating a straight seam in single crochet and that'll help you out with this. But as you go around, You're still going to do a row of single crochet between each Front post double crochet. So don't just go around and then do another row of front post double crochet. Go around, do single crochet again, and then front post. That way, your post will be nice and stretched out. If you want really dense stitches, like that other swatch I showed you, then you could do them every single round if you wanted to. It would make them a lot more three-dimensional and squished out. But if you want them more lean and tall, Then do a row, or I'm sorry, I keep saying a row, a round of single crochet and then a round of your front post double crochet. And you'll get that vertical ribbing for the brim of your beanie or for your entire beanie if you wanted to. But that's how you're going to work it in the round. And that is how you are going to front post double crochet into your single crochet. So if you have any questions, leave them below. I will try to get to them as quickly as possible, and thank you for watching.