If you would like to practice the triad stitch, here is a great quick project: a triad stitch coaster. It is easy to make this coaster and it looks great on both sides.
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Good luck!
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Materials
- Yarn: any thin yarn will work. I used Järbo 8/4 100% Cotton “Mercerized & Gassed” 50 g (linen).
- Hook: as suggested on your yarn label. I used hook size 2.0.
Abbreviations (US terms)
- st: stitch
- sl st: slip stitch
- ch: chain
- sc: single crochet
- tr st: triad stitch
- dc: double crochet
- prev: previous
- rep * *: repeat from * to *
Notes
The size of my coaster is 9.0 x 9.0 cm. You will be working in rows. This pattern uses the triad stitch. Photo instructions below show the main steps how to make this stitch. It is a repeat of two rows. The size of the coaster can be easily adjusted by chaining more or less in the beginning (keep in mind that it should be an even number of chains) and repeating rows 2 and 3 until you will form a nice rectangle.
Pattern
Start by chaining 26 (you can adjust the size by chaining more or less, but it should be an even number of chains).
Row 1: In the third chain from your hook make a sc (in the back of the chain). Then keep making scs until the end of the row.
Row 2: ch 4 (it counts as a st), *make tr st in the next st, ch 1*, rep * * until the end of the row. Make a dc in the last st of the row.
Row 3: ch 1, sc in the very first st, *sc in the ch1 space of the prev row, sc in the next st (the triad st of the prev row)*, rep * * until the end of the row. Complete the row by making a sc in the ch4 space formed by the turning chain of the prev row, then make a sc in the third chain of the turning chain.
Row 4-15: repeat row 2 and 3.
Fasten off.
Photo instructions for a triad stitch coaster
Row 1
1. Start by chaining 26.
2. Insert your hook in the second chain from your hook (in the back of the chain) and make a single crochet.
3. Make single crochets until the end of the row.
4. Then chain four.
Row 2
5. Turn your work around and yarn over. Now you will work in the next stitch (not the very first).
6. So, insert you hook in the next stitch, yarn over and pull up a tall loop like it is shown in the picture. Now you have three loops on your hook.
7. Then yarn over. Next you will have to work in the next stitch.
8. So, insert your hook in the next stitch, yarn over and pull up another tall loop. Now you have five loops on your hook.
9. Yarn over again. You will work in the next stitch.
10. So, insert your hook in the next stitch, yarn over and pull up one more tall loop. Now you have seven loops on your hook.
11. Yarn over.
12. Pull the yarn through the first six loops on your hook. Now you have two loops on your hook.
13. Yarn over.
14. Pull the yarn through both loops on your hook. You have just made a triad stitch!
15. Then chain one.
16. Yarn over. To make the next triad stitch you will have to start working in the last stitch where you have just worked in like it is shown in the picture.
17. So, insert your hook in that last stitch where you have just worked in, yarn over and pull up a tall loop. Now you have three loops on your hook.
18. Yarn over. Now you will work in the next stitch.
19. So, insert your hook in the next stitch, yarn over and pull up a tall loop. Now you have five loops on your hook.
20. Then yarn over again. You will work in the next stitch.
21. Insert your hook in the next stitch, yarn over and pull up a tall loop. Now you have seven loops on your hook.
22. Then yarn over.
23. Pull the yarn through the first six loops on your hook. Now you have two loops on your hook.
24. Yarn over and pull the yarn through both loops on your hook.
25. Chain one, make a triad stitch. Keep working in the same way until the end of the row. In the last stitch of the row. like it is indicated in the picture, you will have to make a double crochet.
26. So, make a double crochet in the last stitch of the row.
27. Then chain one.
Row 3
28. Turn your work around. You will start working in the very first stitch like it is indicated in the picture.
29. So, make a single crochet in the very first stitch.
30. Then make a single crochet in the chain one space of the previous row.
31. Make a single crochet in the triad stitch of the previous row.
32. Then make a single crochet in the chain one space of the previous row.
33. Keep working in the same way until the end of the row.
34. Make a single crochet in the last chain four space (formed by the turning chain of the previous row). Finally, you will have to make on more single crochet in the third chain of the turning chain of the previous row like it is indicated in the picture.
35. So, make a single crochet in the third chain of the turning chain.
36. Then chain four.
Row 4
37. For the rest of the pattern repeat row 2 and row 3.
Finished triad stitch coaster
48. Done!
Enjoy your triad stitch coaster!
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