Hi Friends! In this how to crochet tutorial, I will teach you how to crochet in Both Loops or Back Bumps (Third Loop) of a Chain.
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Crocheting into “Both Loops and leaving the “Back Bump”
After you’ve made the chain stitches, you’ll see a “V” being created when the chain is facing towards you. If you were to flip that chain piece over, you’re going to see a series of loops, we call these the “bumps”, along the back.
When the pattern states to crochet in both loops, that’s going to be referencing the “V”. You’ll insert your hook under both loops of the “V”. If you were to turn the piece over you can see that back bump hanging out. Once you crochet along the chain in both loops, your piece is going to look like it has little ridges along the bottom. Those ridges are the back “bumps”.
Crocheting in the “Back Bumps”
Another way to crochet into a chain piece is to work in the “back bumps” only. This is sometimes referred to as working in the “third loop”.
To work into the back bump, once you’ve created the chain piece, you’re going to flip it over so you see the bumps along the back. Insert the hook into the bump, leaving both the loops (or the “V”) from the front of the chain untouched. Make the stitch needed according to the pattern.
Once you have crocheted across the chain piece, you’ll notice you have a series of “V” stitches on top as well as along the bottom. The “V” stitches along the bottom are actually both loops from the front of the chain.
While similar, both ways of working into the chain give different results. Depending on the look you’re trying to achieve, one might be a better option over the other.
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And there you have it! How to Crochet in both loops or back bumps in a chain. If you’d like to learn more about crocheting, here are my other crochet how to stitches and techniques!
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Lauren
