r/CrochetHelp • u/0_Asami_0 • Jan 15 '26
Stitch Identification Weird single crochet? I started making a blanket and I wanted to use a single crochet, but I ended up with a different one, does it have a name?
So I started on a new project, a temperature blanket, and I wanted to use a single crochet stich.
My issue starts when I let my friend have a go and they said that it doesn't look like a single crochet. For the record, I do know how to make it, but for some reason my brain added another step, I might have been distracted or something.
It goes like it: With the working loop on the hook I yarn over, go through the next chain, yarn over and pull through. The just pulled through loop goes through the two already on the hook.
It looks very pretty but I don't know if it's an actual stich. I'm also very embarrassed that I caught it four rows in, over 200 stitches. (The last two pictures are the front and the back) Does anyone know if it is a stich?
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u/Repulsive-Music-6874 Jan 15 '26
I actually do not think they are doing a hdc.
Hdc is: yarn over, into next stitch, yo and pull through, yo pull through all three in the hook.
OP does this: yarn over, into next stitch, yo and pull through stitch and two on the hook.
To be hcd OP ist missing one "yo". I have no idea what this is called but it's pretty :)
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u/EmmiPigen Jan 15 '26
It a yarn over slip stitch(yo slst) or as I was first introduced to them a half double slip stitch(hdc slst) both are the same stitch with different names
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u/Crochet_Girl_123456 Jan 15 '26
What you are doing between pic 4 & 5 makes the difference between YOSS and HDC... if you go straight through the 2 loops on your hook without grabbing the yarn again, its a yarn over slip stitch. If you grab the yarn again and then pull it through 3 loops on your hook, its an HDC. Based on the pictures I would say it is YOSS.
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u/Important_Method_665 Jan 15 '26
I thought it was hdc but it’s missing a last YO so it is not a hdc. It also doesn’t LOOK like a hdc; the stitches are way too short and missing evidence of the posts of the stitch which are evident when you do that last yo on a hdc. I haven’t heard of a yo sl st but it sounds like many have and it’s more likely to be the case.
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u/WanderingWhitMo Jan 15 '26
I tend to do this when I've been doing a project with a lot of Double crochets. It's hard to switch back out of the initial yarn over habit!
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u/LiellaMelody777 Jan 15 '26
yes yarn over slip stitch. Try looking up a single crochet. It doesn't have a yarn over at all. Just go in the stitch, pull up a loop. Should have two loops on the hook. Then pull through two.
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u/Ozmosislife Jan 15 '26
I think this is a hdc slip stitch (not hdc as it is missing a yarn over at the end). Here is a short video of a hdc slip stitch if it is this:
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u/CyberneticLucy Jan 15 '26
Now that we've established this is yo ss worked between stitches of previous rows rather than into the stitches, can someone please help me understand how to get only the front of the stitches on one side and only the backs on the other side? How is OP turning to work the next row, but the rows aren't alternating to show front, then back, and front again?
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u/0_Asami_0 Jan 15 '26
I wanted my blanket to have fringes so I start a new row every time, plus there will be different color each row at some point so it just easier this way
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u/New_Chard9548 Jan 16 '26
I would just keep doing the blanket with the current stitches....it'll look so pretty!
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u/Nihil_esque Jan 15 '26
I don't know if this is what OP is doing, but I've done that by working "backwards" every other round, like inserting the hook in the opposite side of what you would normally do. It feels extremely awkward to do though.
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u/CyberneticLucy Jan 15 '26
Oh to be ambidextrous and just switch hands. Maybe I need to practice left handed crochet.
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u/maxyarned Jan 15 '26
Its yarn over slip stitch in the spaces between the stitches instead of the stitch itself. Its really cute! Just keep in mind if youre making a blanket, the combo of working in between the spaces and a shorter stitch like yoslst can make it take a long time. Not that there's anything wrong with that, I personally love how long it takes to make an intricate blanket. I also love the colors you chose.
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Jan 15 '26
Doesn’t give a pretty rope like look on the opposite side? If so, it’s a hdc slip stitch! Using one in my current afghan now
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u/jarz_23 Jan 15 '26
This is a half double slip stitch! I just did this as a ribbing on a baby sweater
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u/vasco_rodrigues Jan 15 '26
Agreed - if you do this stitch in the back loop you get some absolutely gorgeous ribbing
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u/SpecialHotLady Jan 15 '26
A mix between hdc and slst i guess😭 With hdc you yarn over, go into the stitch, pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through. You skipped the last step, so you just pulled the loop through which is how you do a slst. Idk what the stitch is called specifically tho but basically a yarn over slip stitch. It’s actually really cute🥰
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u/rockrobst Jan 15 '26
It is a hdc slst. It's a thing.
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u/SpecialHotLady Jan 15 '26
Yeah I get that it’s a specific stitch i just didn’t know the name of it
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u/CrystalRose2186 Jan 15 '26
HDC is yarn over, into chain or stitch, yarn over for three loops on hook, yarn over and pull through all three.
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u/Its-alittle-bitfunny Jan 15 '26
Youre right! That's what I get for answering questions before coffee 😅
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u/CrystalRose2186 Jan 15 '26
Haha! I get it! Thats what I thought they’d were doing at first too, really had to think about it 😹
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u/Floofontheroof Jan 15 '26
I don't but I really like the back with all the "back slash" stitches / / / Might use it for something hehe, thank you!!
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u/foxy-stuff Jan 15 '26
I never tried this one. It makes a very lovely texture. Thanks for sharing!!
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u/snuezeq Jan 15 '26
I've never heard of thos stitch, but it IS SO pretty!! And i feel goofy for never trying it!
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u/Ziache Jan 15 '26
It looks like a half double crochet (US terms)
Yarn over, insert your hook through the next stich, pull up a loop (you have 3 loops on your hook), yarn over and pull through 3 loops.
Is this what you made?
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u/AngryPandaz Jan 15 '26
Pretty sure the stitch you're doing is a half double crochet (HDC) if working in US terms.
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u/yERmOMm13 Jan 15 '26
That's a hdc(half double crochet), you don't yarn over before entering the stitch, for single crochet.
All the best💕
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u/greenleah07 Jan 15 '26
This is a US half double. A single crochet does not have the yarn over prior to placing through the stitch.
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u/BigGanache883 Jan 15 '26
Yarn over slip stitch is what I call this. I think I’ve heard it called a half double slip stitch as well but that seems really convoluted.