Multiple Yarn Over Stitches: Double Triple, Treble Triple....

These are speciality stitches, not used in many projects. I had rarely seen or used them and didn't really like the way they usually looked, too loose.

Then, I found these flute playing angels. My orchestra friends loved them.

DTR (double treble crochet) ch 5 to begin a row. To make the stitch, yo (yarn over) 3 times, insert hook in st indicated, yarn over, pull up loop, (yo, pull through 2 loops on hook) 4 times.

Tr tr (triple treble crochet) yo 4 times, insert hook in st indicated, yo, pull up loop, (yo, pull through 2 loops on hook) 5 times.

These directions are usually found in each pattern's stitch guide because they're so rarely used. I was quite surprised to read the stitch guide for these angels and see: quadruple treble crochet, yo 6, yo 7, yo 9 and yo 10!!

 10 yo on hook.

 Starting to be loose.

Well!! I really wanted to make these angels, so I wondered if there were some way to make these stitches tighter. I seems that as a loop is pulled through 2 loops on hook, the thread is thinner than the hook had been, so each loop had more extra thread.

I found that if, after the 10 yarn overs, I laid the piece down on a table, and keeping the thread tight, I rolled the piece down to the base of the next stitch, some of the slack was taken up.

It looks tighter, better.

I want some of these angels for myself, but I have to finish that capelet!