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Technique Tuesday – One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing Tutorial

10/14/2014

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How To Make One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing


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One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing
Technique Tuesday - How to make One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Double Crochet Ribbing - a step-by-step photo tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz

What is it?
We started our discussion of crochet ribbing last week with a quick definition of ribbing. Simply put, Ribbing is a series of raised ridges – called wales – and contrasting low troughs.

While there are a number of ways to create combinations of wales and troughs using crochet stitches, over the course of a few posts, we will be dealing with four main methods of creating crochet ribbing:
Reversible Vertical Post Stitch Ribbing – the technique discussed in last week's post
One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Ribbing – our topic today!
Horizontal Post Stitch Ribbing – future post
Horizontal tbl Ribbing
– future post… stay tuned!

As you can see, we can create crochet ribbing by working post stitches either vertically or horizontally and by working horizontally using only the back loop of our stitches. While we will get to the back loop ribbing technique on a future post, today we are working on our post stitch ribbing.

A quick reminder here that post stitches are worked around the post of a crochet stitch resulting in a stitch that is raised to the front or the back of our working row depending on whether we work a Front Post Crochet Stitch or a Back Post Crochet Stitch.

Click "Read More" link below for the full post.
Technique Tuesday - How to make One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Double Crochet Ribbing - a step-by-step photo tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz

Here is a handy-dandy illustration of the parts of a crochet stitch showing the head and post of a Double Crochet stitch like the ones we will be working on today.



For today's One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing tutorial, we are going to be creating a one-sided ribbing with wales on – as the name indicates – only one side of the fabric through the use of a combination of Single Crochet and Front Post Double Crochet Stitches. Further, we are working the Front Post Double Crochet stitches on every other row with a row of Single Crochet stitches between.

One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing
creates a series of wales and troughs that are made vertically in relation to the working direction of our crochet fabric. That is, we start at the top or bottom of the fabric and create wales and troughs by working rows of alternating Single Crochet and Front Post Crochet Stitches. These alternating Single Crochet and Front Post Crochet Stitches off of one another in successive rows creating the vertical wales and troughs – Ribbing!



Here are the instructions for the Front Post Double Crochet stitch we are using in today's tutorial:

Front Post Double Crochet (Fpdc): Yarn over, insert hook from front to back and then to front again around post of indicated stitch, yarn over and draw up a loop, (yarn over and draw through 2 loops on hook) 2 times.

For a more detailed breakdown of the Front Post Double Crochet stitch, see our tutorial: How to make the Front Post Double Crochet Stitch


Why Use It?
When considering where to use this type of crochet ribbing, it should be noted that One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing is not as squishy as its reversible counterpart.

The One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing technique creates a much "flatter," truly less bulky version of vertical post stitch crochet ribbing than our combo front and back post Reversible Vertical Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing from last week's Technique Tuesday tutorial. This stands to reason because we are working post stitches on only one side of the fabric and only on every other row.

It still makes a FAB detail stitch around hems, necklines, borders and waistlines but, without the added bulk of Reversible Vertical Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing, One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing also serves better as an all-over stitch.

In a lightweight yarn with a softer hand (think bamboo, silk, acrylic blends, and sock yarns), One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing makes a beautiful fabric with striking surface detail.

Also, this technique of working our raised stitches on only one side of our crochet fabric is the gateway to crochet cables for those who have never worked crochet cables before. Building the skillz!

Basically, once you understand and are able to work this technique, there is a whole new world of texture stitches you will find available to you. In fact, you might even start playing around and discover a few of them yourself!

To Make Today's Swatch
Here's a list of materials we used to make today's tutorial swatch:

Yarn Used
CYCA 4
Worsted Weight, 100% Pure Wool

Hook Used
H-8/5.00mm Crochet Hook

Skillz Used
Single Crochet
Double Crochet
Foundation Single Crochet – How to make the Foundation Single Crochet tutorial
Front Post Double Crochet – How to make the Front Post Double Crochet tutorial


Break It Down
1. The Set Up
Foundation Row: 17 Foundation Single Crochet, turn.
Row 1: First-dc, dc in each st to end of row, turn.
Row 2: Ch 1, sc in first st…

Here we have worked a row of 17 Foundation Single Crochet stitches then a row of 17 Double Crochet stitches. Those two rows are worked in the darker yarn.

Next, we started working our row of alternating Single Crochet and Front Post Double Crochet stitches. We worked this row in lighter yarn so you can see the stitches better.

In the photo, we have just finished a Single Crochet stitch and are ready to make a Front Post Double Crochet Stitch.

Technique Tuesday - How to make One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Double Crochet Ribbing - a step-by-step photo tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz
NOTE: We are using an odd number of stitches for working a flat piece of fabric. This gives us even edges that, in this case, start an end with Single Crochet stitches. Working the Single Crochet stitches at either end of the rows creates a fabric with a nice, tidy edge that doesn't go all wonky and look like it's been trampled by a herd of marauding wildebeest.

If you were working your fabric in-the-round as for the brim of a hat or wrist warmers, you would work an even number of stitches and start this row with a Single Crochet and end it with a
Front Post Double Crochet.


Technique Tuesday - How to make One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Double Crochet Ribbing - a step-by-step photo tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz
2. "…Front Post Double Crochet around next st…"

From our more detailed tutorial on the Front Post Double Crochet stitch, you know we are working the hook the front to the back to the front again around the post of the worked stitch. In this case, the worked stitch is the Double Crochet stitch one row below our working row.


3. And finished Front Post Double Crochet stitch.

Again, for a more detailed breakdown of the Front Post Double Crochet stitch, hop on over to our Technique Tuesday post:
How to make the Front Post Double Crochet Stitch

Technique Tuesday - How to make One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Double Crochet Ribbing - a step-by-step photo tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz

Technique Tuesday - How to make One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Double Crochet Ribbing - a step-by-step photo tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz
4. "…sc in next st…"


5. "…Front Post Double Crochet around next st…"

Technique Tuesday - How to make One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Double Crochet Ribbing - a step-by-step photo tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz

Technique Tuesday - How to make One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Double Crochet Ribbing - a step-by-step photo tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz
6. And repeat that sequence of one Single Crochet followed by one Front Post Double Crochet until you reach the last stitch where you will work a Single Crochet in that last stitch.


7. Row 3: Ch 1, sc in each st to end of row, turn.

After turning your work, begin the next row. We worked this one in darker colored yarn so you can see the stitches more easily.

Technique Tuesday - How to make One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Double Crochet Ribbing - a step-by-step photo tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz
Technique Tuesday - How to make One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Double Crochet Ribbing - a step-by-step photo tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz

Technique Tuesday - How to make One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Double Crochet Ribbing - a step-by-step photo tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz
8. "Row 4: Ch 1, sc in first st…"

Switching back to lighter colored yarn for this row… again… easier to see the individual stitches and rows this way… especially for those of us who are trying to see through that section of our glasses at the bottom of our frames. Or maybe it was the middle section that is easier to see through… nope… the bottom… maybe…


9. "…Front Post Double Crochet around next st 2 rows below…"

AHA! Pay close attention here oh learner of new things… did you catch that? Go back up and read step #5. Now read #9 again. See the difference?

We've worked a row of Single Crochet between our post stitch rows so we are now reaching down with our hook (as shown in the lovely photo) to work around that post stitch (shown in lighter colored yarn) 2 rows below our working row of stitches. That's an easy instruction to miss and, without a photo tutorial to follow along, can cause serious mayhem and havoc on your final stitch pattern.


Technique Tuesday - How to make One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Double Crochet Ribbing - a step-by-step photo tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz

Technique Tuesday - How to make One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Double Crochet Ribbing - a step-by-step photo tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz
10. Finished Front Post Double Crochet


11. "…Single Crochet in next st…"

Just like our previous post stitch row…

Technique Tuesday - How to make One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Double Crochet Ribbing - a step-by-step photo tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz

Technique Tuesday - How to make One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Double Crochet Ribbing - a step-by-step photo tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz
12. Just like in our previous post stitch row, we continue alternating Single Crochet and Front Post Double Crochet stitches until we reach the last stitch of the row where we work a Single Crochet stitch.

DESIGN NOTE: While we are alternating lighter and darker colored yarns here for the purposes of teaching, it does not escape our notice that the resulting stitch pattern really freakin' FAB! As a matter of fact, we can pretty much guarantee y'all will see this in a future design… yup… that's gonna happen…



13. Row 5: Ch 1, sc in each stitch to end of row, turn.

Same as before, we've alternated colors for visual purposes and worked a row of Single Crochet Stitches.

DESIGN NOTE AGAIN:
As with the front of the fabric, this back side looks pretty freakin' FAB too! Yeah… this is definitely going to get some use in a future design… or two…

Technique Tuesday - How to make One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Double Crochet Ribbing - a step-by-step photo tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz

Technique Tuesday - How to make One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Double Crochet Ribbing - a step-by-step photo tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz
14. Row 6–14: Repeat last 2 rows.
Now we've switched to all darker colored yarn to show you the finished fabric in one color.


Just keep working the last 2 rows over and over again… here we've worked 9 additional rows ending with a post stitch row for a total of 14 rows.


15. And here's a shot of the back side of our fabric.

Two things:
First, we LOVE how the color work looks on this. It's FAB! Can't say enough about happy accidents when swatching. Yes… yet ANOTHER reason to swatch folks… playing with stitch patterns in different colors can yield some really stunning results!

Second, we love the back of this fabric in general. The texture is flat and even and looks really tactile and cobbly… yeah… making up words again… y'all should be used to it by now.


Technique Tuesday - How to make One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Double Crochet Ribbing - a step-by-step photo tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz
TAADAA!!
Technique Tuesday - How to make One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Double Crochet Ribbing - a step-by-step photo tutorial by Shibaguyz Designz
Beauty shot for effect… OOOOOOOOO… aaaaaahhhhh…

As always, we did not block this swatch because we want you to see the fabric you should be holding in your hands at the end of your stitching.


Note the every so slight curling. This slight curling is easily remedied with blocking BUT… and this is a BIG BUT… IF you see that your swatch is starting to curl more extremely than you see here, there's a good reason and an easy fix… so don't panic… just read on…

Because this is One-Sided Vertical Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing, the Front Post Double Crochet stitches are all worked on one side of the fabric with no counterbalancing Back Post Double Crochet stitches as in Reversible Vertical Post Stitch Crochet Ribbing. This CAN cause curling if the Front Post Double Crochet stitches are worked too tightly. Slight curling like you see in our photo is not a problem and is easily fixed with blocking. More extreme curling MIGHT block out but most likely will result in overly pulled post stitches that are just going to go back to their original shape after blocking and you'll have a curled mess of a fabric.

Fortunately, there are two easy peasy fixes for the more extreme curling:

1. While this is not our favorite remedy, if you are a particularly tight stitcher, you can switch up to a Front Post Treble Crochet stitch. Just do one more yarn over before you work your hook around the post of the indicated stitch and work a Treble Crochet stitch as usual. This isn't our favorite fix because we found the Front Post Treble Crochet stitch to be just a little too bulky and wobbly on the surface of our fabric.

2. Our preferred method for fixing an extreme curl is to actually pull that first yarn over up a little higher than you normally would. In the instructions for a Front Post Double Crochet stitch, the first "…yarn over and draw up a loop,…" is where you will make this adjustment… but only a SLIGHT adjustment! Don't "draw up a loop" too tall. A little goes a long way here. Just make sure that when you "yarn over and draw up a loop" you give that loop you've just drawn up a L-I-T-T-L-E bit more slack. This should only take a very slight adjustment to your regular post stitch. We say SHOULD because only YOU know what your tension is like and only YOU can see what your stitches are coming out like on any given day at any given moment.

Let's face it… on days where the coffee is the main source of sustenance or on evenings where we're watching THAT movie with THAT action scene in it… our tension does vary slightly from the norm. The key to being a good stitcher is paying attention to our tension (gauge) a we go and making slight adjustments where needed… right? Right.



WHEW… we covered a lot of ground today. Great job keeping up!

The first few times you practice this technique, we suggest using two colors of yarn so you can see which stitches go where more easily AND you can compare your work to our tutorial photos more easily.  After that, of course, you'll probably want to work in all one color… or not… it depends on how you are going to use them. Right?

And, as always with ANY new skill, all it takes is practice for new techniques to feel natural and easy for you.

We recommend stitching up a few quick swatches like ours and, using our photo walk through to compare your stitches, to make sure your stitches are lining up correctly. And, hey, if you aren't happy, rip 'em back out and go again! You'll get it!

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