Trinity Stitch

Yippeeee!!! Gooooo England!!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Can’t quite believe it!! It’s so exciting isn’t it! I reckon even if you are not a football fan, you can’t not get excited with the World Cup. It seems to consume everyone and grab hold of us all in a strange and magical way. Grown men crying and hugging each other! Just brilliant. Like, when would that ever happen normally!!! I couldn’t even concentrate on my crocheting!! Dare I say the words ‘Coming Home’? Yikes!! Maybe I will say it quietly!! Just in case!!

So, hope you have all had good weeks and are able to keep cool with all this hot weather. It seems to have hit a whole new level this week hasn’t it. Crikey!! Everything seems to be melting around me!! I love how everyone has their own take on the weather. There seems to be different levels of sun lovers. I reckon everyone has their own little category that they fit into. I think I can catergorise them. Ok so there’s the blockers, who definitely do not like the sun and will find any which way to hide from it. There’s the heat haters, who really struggle with the heat and just want to keep cool. Then there’s the middlies that quite like a bit of sun, but not too much and not a great fan of when it gets too hot. Then there’s the sitters, that could happily sit in it for quite a long time, but will all of a sudden be way too hot and will have had enough. And then we’ve got left the sun lovers, that just adore the sun, the hotter the better and love being out in it. I wonder which one you are? I reckon I’m on the edge of the middlies. I definitely like a bit of sun, but not when it’s too hot and burning! For me, the perfect position would be head out of the sun, legs in the sun and a crochet hook in my hand! Now that does sound good. Hmmmm, just imagining that. One thing I do love doing is sitting on our bed in the evening with all the windows open, the kids are asleep and there’s a seriously lovely breeze flowing through the house. Now that’s time for a snuggle under my Year of the Stitches blanket and a cuppa with my man by my side. Heaven.

On a totally different note, I think I’ve found a car for PipsRainbow!!! 😂 Look at those rainbow stripes!! I definitely think I could pull this off!! I wonder if you could adapt the back so it opens up into a mobile crocheting and cuppa station. Or, if I ever get going with it a hand dyed yarn stand. Or it could be a transportable classroom for me to teach crocheting in! Spread the love!! Haha! Now that does sound good. Oh the possibilities. One day. You never know…

This week I have had the real pleasure of making and giving this little guy to a rather special friend of my daughter’s. She is a huge lover of unicorns, so it was an absolute must that I made her one for her birthday. I have always wanted to create my own design, as I know my daughter is a big fan. So here she is.

I managed to find a little space for new PipsRainbow labels.

Rather chuffed with the mane. Ever so easy, I made a chain of stitches and then crocheted back along the chain, towards the head, crocheting double crochet stitches in every other stitch. Seems to give it a rather gentle curl. Hope you like it.

My daughter has persuaded me to make her one now, so will get the pattern written up and pop it on the blog as quick as I can.

Right had we better get onto the blanket. So this weeks stitch is called the Trinity Stitch. It’s basically made up of a chain stitch and a dc3tog stitch. The word trinity, has a very interesting feel to it doesn’t it. It means a group of three people or objects/things, or in our case – stitches. The number three in itself is a rather magical number. To me it seems like a rather strong unit. (This is where I could go off on a whole different tangent about magical numbers and Harry Potter – but I won’t! 😂) I don’t think I have ever mentioned my Harry Potter obsession have I. Right, well, yeah, serious Harry Potter fan right here. Sorry chaps … Anyways, so this weeks stitch is called the Trinity Stitch because of the dc3tog stitch. I suppose in a way it’s 3 stitches together to create one. It’s definitely a fab stitch and definitely one to remember. It’s really easy to work up and gives a super subtle yet effective texture. It has a lovely feel to it too, I reckon it would be nice in some clothing of some description.

Supplies –

So this weeks yarn I picked up a while ago at the wonderful Junction13 Wool Festival. It’s from the fabulous In the Wool Shed company and it’s their Lucy colour, which is a wonderful dusty pink colour. It’s a stunning double knit Blueface Leicester Wool, so lovely and soft and excellent to work with. I will definitely be looking up these guys and ordering some more.

So once again you will need about 30-40g of double knit yarn and not forgetting your 4mm crochet hook, scissors and blunt ended tapestry needle to sew in the ends.

Stitches –

Chain (ch) – To make a chain, place the yarn over the hook then pull it through the loop on your hook.

Double Crochet (dc) – Insert the hook through the stitch, front to back, then yarn over hook and pull back through stitch. You will have two loops on your hook. Then yarn over your hook and pull through both loops.

Treble (tr) – To make a treble crochet, firstly yarn over your hook, insert through space/stitch, yarn over your hook, pull back through space/stitch. There should now be 3 loops on your hook. Then yarn over hook and pull through the first two loops, yarn over hook and pull through the last two loops.

Double Crochet 3 Together (dc3tog) – work your dc3tog by inserting your hook into the previous stitch, yarn over and pull through, then inserting it into the next stitch, yarn over and pull through and next stitch, yarn over and pull through. This will give you 4 loops, then yarn over again and pull through all loops.

Trinity Stitch – Ok so to start this stitch, work your dc3tog by inserting your hook into the previous stitch, yarn over and pull through, then inserting it into the next stitch, yarn over and pull through and next stitch, yarn over and pull through. This will give you 4 loops, then yarn over again and pull through all loops. Now to finish the Trinity stitch work a chain 1 stitch.

Ok so here we go …

1 – So start off by attaching your new yarn into the first stitch on the wrong side of your blanket. Now start by chaining 1 and working 1dc in the same stitch.

Follow on by working 1dc in each stitch. (200)

2 – Ok so turn your blanket and chain 1. And once again work 1dc in the same stitch. Now you are going to work your first dc3tog stitch. So this stitch is where you are working 3 double crochets into 1 stitch. So to do this insert your hook into the dc stitch you have just worked, yarn over and then pull through. Now insert your hook into the next stitch (so the second stitch in the row) yarn over and pull through and finally insert your stitch into the next stitch (so the third stitch in the row) yarn over and pull through. This will give you 4 loops on your hook.

Right so now to finish your stitch, all you need to do is yarn over your hook and pull through all 4 loops. And there you have your first dc3tog.

Right so now you need to chain 1. This completes your Trinity stitch.

Ok so now it’s time to repeat the Trinity stitch across the row. So *work your dc3tog by inserting your hook into the previous stitch (so the last stitch of the previous dc3tog), yarn over and pull through, then inserting it into the next stitch, yarn over and pull through and then in the next stitch, yarn over and pull through. This will give you 4 loops, then yarn over again and pull through all loops. Now to finish the Trinity stitch, chain 1.* Repeat this ** across the whole row. In the last stitch in the row work 1dc. (200)

3 – Right then, row 3. So start off by turning your blanket and as always chain 1. Then work 1dc in the same stitch and 1dc in the next stitch.

Ok so it’s time to work your first Trinity stitch. *So work your dc3tog by inserting your hook into the previous stitch (so the second dc Stitch), yarn over and pull through, then inserting it into the next stitch, yarn over and pull through and then the next stitch, yarn over and pull through. This will give you 4 loops, then yarn over again and pull through all loops. Now to finish the Trinity stitch, work a chain 1 stitch.*

Repeat this ** across the whole row.

At the end of the row, work the last Trinity stitch and complete with the usual chain 1 stitch and then work 1dc in the last stitch. (200)

4 – So in this row we are going to start off with the usual chain 1 and then work 1dc in the same stitch. Now work 1dc in the next stitch. *Ok so now it’s time to work your first dc3tog. So insert your hook into the previous stitch, yarn over and pull through, then inserting it into the next stitch, yarn over and pull through and then insert your hook into the next stitch, yarn over and pull through. This will give you 4 loops, then yarn over again and pull through all loops. Now to finish the Trinity stitch, chain 1.*

Repeat this ** across the whole row. After the last Trinity stitch which is worked in the last few stitches, work your usual chain 1 at the end of the Trinity stitch and then work 1dc in the last stitch. (200)

5 – So we’re now working the last row. So, turn your work and chain 1. Then work 1dc in the same stitch. And once again start working your Trinity stitches. *So work your dc3tog by inserting your hook into the previous stitch, yarn over and pull through, then inserting it into the next stitch, yarn over and pull through and next stitch, yarn over and pull through. This will give you 4 loops, then yarn over again and pull through all loops. Now to finish the Trinity stitch, chain 1.*

Now repeat this ** across the row.

At the end of this last row, work your usual Trinity stitch and work the usual chain 1 and finally work 1dc in the last stitch. (200)

And there you have the wonderful Trinity stitch. It’s a wonderfully easy stitch to work and definitely one I will be using again. Hope you have enjoyed this weeks instalment of Year of the Stitches. Give us a shout if you need any help.

Happy hooking everyone.

🌈Xx