How to Half Double Crochet into the Back Bump (VIDEO)

Edie Eckman

Blanket stitch worked along the edge of woven fabric becomes the foundation for adding a beautifully executed decorative crochet border.

Working into the back bump (sometimes called the “third loop”) of a single crochet forces the top two loops of the single crochet forward. This creates a series of horizontal Vs along the top surface of the border. It adds a nice dimension to the fabric and closely resembles a surface chain stitch.

Here’s a video tutorial to help you get a handle on how crocheting into the back bump is done.

You can see this technique at work in the yellow row of border #21 from my book, Every Which Way Crochet Borders, below:

Photo by John Polak, excerpted from *Every Which Way Crochet Borders*

To create this border yourself, simply follow the instructions — or the corresponding stitch diagram — below.

Base rnd (blue row, in photo), each side: Any multiple.

Begin 2 sts to left of corner st.

Rnd 1 (green row): Ch1, sc in each st around, placing 3 sc in each corner st, join with slip st to first sc.

Rnd 2 (yellow row): Ch2 (counts as hdc), hdc in back bump of each sc around, placing 3 hdc in each corner st, join with slip st to top of ch-2. Fasten off.

Rnd 3 (outermost green row): Slip st in each hdc around, join with slip st in first slip st. Fasten off.

Border #21 diagram by Karen Manthey, excerpted from *Every Which Way Crochet Borders*

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Every Which Way Crochet Borders

by Edie Eckman

Step-by-step instructions and symbol charts put these 139 creative new border designs within reach for beginning and advanced crocheters alike. If you’re ready to chart your own crocheted course, Edie Eckman offers plenty of helpful design advice, including how to choose an appropriate border for each project and how to incorporate an element from the main stitch pattern into a new border design. She then explains, with the help of close-up photos, how the same pattern can have dramatically different results depending on the weight of the yarn. With each pattern diagrammed to approach in both rounds and rows, Every Which Way Crochet Borders is an inventive and invaluable resource.

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Edie Eckman is the author of Connect the Shapes Crochet Motifs, Around the Corner Crochet Borders, Beyond the Square Crochet Motifs, The Crochet Answer Book, and Christmas Crochet for Hearth, Home & Tree, as well as co-editor of Crochet One-Skein Wonders® and Crochet One-Skein Wonders® for Babies. She is a nationally known teacher, designer, writer, and editor in both the crochet and knitting worlds. She lives in Waynesboro, Virginia.

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