Left Hand Double Crochet Tutorial #16: Creating Vertical Ribbing in a DC Project (FPDC)

Hey everyone, it's Deja from CrochetEverAfter.com, and I'm going to show you today how to create a faux ribbing when you're working in double crochet. So what that means is, when you're doing a scarf or cowl maybe that you're going to join at the end, and you're working in rows in double crochet, I'm going to show you how to use front post double crochet and back post double crochet to create a faux vertical ribbing in your project. It's really going to give it some dimension. And it's a really fun stitch to do. So let me show you how to do that right now. Alright, I am going to show you how to make this vertical ribbing in your double crochet project when you're working in rows. This is a little different than working your double crochet post stitches in single crochet and half double crochet or cabling because you're working your post stitches every single row. As you'll see in my other tutorials for cabling, usually after you do your front post double When you turn your work, you're just going to be single crocheting across or half double crocheting across, and then you go back and you're going to do front post again. Well, when you're working in double crochet stitches, because they're as tall as your ribbing, you need to work them every single row. So you're going to be doing front post stitching and back post stitching. So every row it switches. So the first row will be front, then you'll turn it and you'll work back post stitches to catch your front post stitches, and then you're going to turn and work front post again. I'll explain all that as we go, but I just wanted to show you a little I'm sample of what it looks like. So this can add interest to scarves that you're making anything that you might want to join in the round after you're done so if you're making like a sew up beanie or a cowl and you want to put ribbing on it this is the way that you can do it so let's get started So I have a row of double crochet already. get started This is a foundation double crochet, which makes it a nice, stretchy foundation for my project, and I can see my post very easily between each stitch. You can check out my tutorial for that, or you can just do a foundation chain and then double crochet back. We're going to begin the next row, and this is the row that we're going to start with our cabling. So I'm going to do a pattern like I just showed you. It's going to be two double crochets, two ribs. Two double crochets, two ribs, all the way across. So to begin, I'm going to chain three to make the proper height and also to count as my very first stitch. So I don't work into this stitch. That takes the place. Then I'm going to double crochet into my next stitch. So I'm just going to do a regular double crochet, and now I'm going to work around my very first post. Now, to figure out which post you want to work around, just look at your stitches. You can see that this one takes the place of this post. This stitch takes the place of this post. So my next stitch is going to want to be around this post here below. So you're not necessarily going into your next stitch and working around a post coming Coming out the next stitch. You're actually going all the way down and working around this big post. So you have this nice big hole to work into. So you're going to yarn over, insert your hook through that big hole, go to the back, and then you're going to poke out through the next hole. So you've now caught the post, and it is in the front. So that is why it's called a front post double crochet, because when you hook it, you bring the post to the front. So you're going to yarn over and pull that through, and pull it up a little bit. You don't want to do your post all the way down here, otherwise you're going to have funny looking stitches that are going to be wavy. Bring your post up, bring your loop up so it's a little bit more even with your other stitches, yarn over, pull through the first two, and yarn over and pull through the next two. And you can see that they're still in line with each other. After I finish the whole row, you'll see how in line they are. Now I'm going to do that again, I'm going to yarn over, and here's my next post that I want to catch. So I go through, front to back, through that big hole, catch the post, and come out the next hole. So I have the next post caught, I'm going to yarn over and pull that up, yarn over, pull through the first two, yarn over, pull through the next two. So I've got two post stitches done. Now, I want to do two regular double crochets. So, just look for your next post. Where's my next post? Right here. So here's my next stitch, right above it. You can also turn your work. You can see that these two V's are part of the post stitches that I just worked. So you can count your V's if you're getting a little confused. Skip two, because you just made two around post, and go into the third V. That's your next stitch that you need to work into. So I'm going to just regular double crochet in here, finish that one off, and I'm going to double crochet in the next one, and then I'm going to do another post stitch. So again, look for your post. You just worked into these two, so here's my very next stitch, my very next post that I want to work into. So I yarn over, and if you need to, pull it apart so you can find your holes nice and easy. You can see the two holes very easily. If you're just working it like this, it can be a little bit more difficult to find where you're going to place your hook. So just pull it apart a little and you'll see your hole. So I'm going to insert my hook through the first hole and come out the next hole to catch that post. Yarn over and pull up that loop, yarn over, pull through, and pull through. Again, pull it apart, find the two holes for the post, there's the first one, come out the next. This is my front post. Yarn over, pull through, And finish off my double crochet. As you can see, all of my stitches are nice and in line because I'm pulling up on those post stitches just slightly, not too much. Just enough so that they're in line with my other double crochets. Remember, if you are having trouble finding your next stitch, just turn your work sideways and look for your V's. We have the two V's that I just did my post stitches in, and here's the third V that I can work into. Or find your next post. Here's my very next post. Here's the stitch right above it. So I go ahead and double crochet in there, and I double crochet in there. So I have two more post stitches for this row, and then we're going to work our back post stitches when we turn our work. That's when it gets a little confusing. So we're going to go right into that next hole, in and out, bring it up, yarn over, and pull through. And then pull through, I'm sorry, push through, and then pull through. Make sure you're pulling it up a little bit, get a little bit of length on your first loop so that you have the same size stitches as your other double crochets. Now I just have two double crochets left. I have the actual stitch, and then I have my beginning chain three. So I'm going to double crochet in that last stitch. And then I'm going to double crochet in my chain three, because I always count my chain threes as an actual stitch. So we finished our very first row. You now know how to work into just a regular double crochet to create that ribbing. Our next row is going to show us how to work into these post stitches to keep our ribbing going. Okay, so now that we have finished our front side, we're going to turn our work for our next row And this is what the back side of our post stitches look like. You can see the two Vs in between our post stitches that weren't, or that were our post stitches that didn't get worked into. So that creates kind of an interesting texture on this side. It's kind of what basket weave crochet is based off of. I'll show you a tutorial on that eventually. Thank But now, because our ribbing is not facing us, we can't do another front post double crochet you because that's going to put ribbing on this side, and that's not going to work. very So what we have to do instead is do back post double crochets across on this row. So we're going to first do our chain three to start our row much. and that's going to count as our first double crochet again and I'm going to double crochet in my next stitch because remember we have a repeat of two regular double crochets and then two ribbing. So, to do my ribbing for the next stitch, what I need to do is a back post double crochet. And this is actually quite easy once you get your post stitch going, because it sticks out so much, it's easy to see and easy to grab. So a back post double crochet, instead of going from front to back and catching it like Like a front post, you're actually going to come in from behind. So you're going to come around from behind, from back to front, and then catch that very visible sticking out post. So now, our post is caught in the back, it's facing backwards. That's why we call it the back post double crochet. My tail is over here on the right side, so I just yarn over. And I'm going to pull through that post, and again I'm going to pull it up a little bit so that my stitches will all be even, I don't want to just keep it down here by the post and finish it. Bring it up a little bit and bring your work back to the row that you're working on in front of you. Yarn over and do that double crochet. Again yarn over, find your post, you're usually going to have to kind of turn your work a little bit It makes it a little bit easier to just grab that post. And you see that there are loops here and loops here. Don't go through those. Actually grab the whole post. It's a lot easier than trying to fit in there, but that's where you want to grab it. You want to grab around that whole post that you have. Remember, you go back to front and then around to catch it. My tail is still on the right side. I yarn over and pull through that post and then bring it up so that it's nice and tall. And I have two regular double crochets. Remember, you have your two Vs. You can see those very easily because you're doing the back post, so it's easy to just skip those two and go to your third V to make your first double crochet, and then make your next one. And again, we're going to go to the back, catch it, yarn over, and pull up. That's kind of a fast one. Let me slow it down a little bit. Yarn over, look for that post. There it is right there. You'll see that if you turn it sideways It's quite, there's nothing really behind it. You can easily grab it and lift it up. So it's, once you get going, you'll see that it's very easy to go quickly around these posts, especially once you do that very first row, because all you're doing when I turn this over, on my next row I'm just going around these posts that are sticking out, so it gets It gets easier as you go. I just finished my second post, so now I'm going to double crochet my next two stitches. Again, look for the Vs if you're having trouble figuring out where it goes. Put it in the third V. And you can do any combination of this ribbing. You can do 1 and 1, 1 double crochet, 1 rib, 3 and 3, 2 and 3, whatever you want. It's up to you. This is just the easy one that I wanted to show you so you could see how to tell your regular stitches apart from your post stitches. You could just do ribbing all the way across also. You could just do continuous ribbing if you wanted. So I have two stitches left. So I have my regular stitch that I double crochet into. Then I have my chain three. If you've never seen me work into a chain three before, I always try to catch two loops. So we'll catch two loops. And the reason being, let me show you the difference. If you don't catch both loops. So if I catch two loops, you can see that my stitch hole that it pulls into is pretty in line with the rest of them. If I only catch one loop of my chain three, and I do my double crochet, you can see that it pulls on my other chains. It made that chain very small, and it made this hole very big. So I don't really like the look of that, so I just always try to catch two loops when I work it. Alright, now we're going to turn and we're going to do another row of front post double crochets so you can see how easy it is to work into. So now we can really see our ribbing so it's a lot easier to work into. I'm going to chain 3 and double crochet in that next stitch. As you work it will be easier to find your stitches in between double crochets. Just those first couple rows it gets a little bit difficult to tell the difference between everything. So I'm gonna catch that front post. Very simple to grab. You'll see when you do it that it is very three-dimensional, very easy to grab. You'll be able to do it very quickly once you get those started. Then my next one is right there sitting next to my ribbing. I'm doing my regular double crochets. Then here is my next rib. Nice and easy to reach behind. The next one also very easy to reach behind. So you can see how fast it starts going once you have those first couple of rows established. You'll see that it becomes very easy to work these stitches. So you can do many things with them. They don't really create a super ribbed fabric that makes a very stretchy fabric, but it gives you the illusion of a ribbed fabric. So if you just wanted the illusion on a cowl or a scarf, this is a great stitch to do it. If you actually needed a ribbed fabric, you want to work into the back loop only. So look for those tutorials if you actually need a very stretchy fabric. Look for my tutorials on Different back loop stitch techniques, but that is three rows of ribbing It's actually four rows all together because that very first row is just double crochet Sorry, double crochet losing my voice But that is how you're going to do the vertical ribbing check out my other tutorials on cabling and such But leave me some comments below if you have any questions, and I will answer them as quickly as I can and thank you for watching