The Double Treble Crochet Stitch

This stitch produces a loose fabric, therefore if you create a sweater with the double triple stitch you might want to wear something underneath or you could risk revealing too much.  

How to work the Double Treble Crochet Stitch.

1. Wrap the yarn over your hook twice. Insert the hook into the desired stitch.

2. Yarn over and pull through, leaving 4 loops on the hook.

3. Yarn over and pull through the first two loops. 3 loops left on hook.

4. Yarn over and pull through the next two loops. 2 loops left on hook.

5. Yarn over and pull through the final two loops to finish the stitch.

Identifying the Stitch in your work

The double treble crochet stitch features two distinct horizontal bars across its "post" resulting from the two yarn-overs made at the beginning of the stitch.
One has been highlighted in the image above

Reading The Double Treble Crochet in Patterns

In a written pattern the stitch is abbreviated to 'Dtr' 

In a charted pattern its symbol is

Working the Next Row

To start the next row you should do a turning chain of 4 but you can bring that down to 3 with bulky yarns.

Common Mistakes

Stitches not looking correct

This could be caused by not wrapping the yarn the correct amount of times around the hook, or missing a pull through in the stitch. the best way to avoid this is to just take your time when practicing the stitch.

Large gaps between stitches

This can be caused by a tension issue, try pulling the yarn slightly tighter between each pull through.