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How to crochet back loop only: make a ribbed strip

Insert under the strand of the top V farther from you. Complete the stitch while leaving the near strand unworked.

1 loop on the hook

Step 1 Hold the row so you can see both strands of each top V. Locate the strand farther from you.

  1. 1 loop on the hook
    Step 1 Hold the row so you can see both strands of each top V. Locate the strand farther from you.
  2. 2 loops on the hook
    Step 2 Insert the hook under that back strand only. Yarn over and draw up a loop.
  3. 122 loops on the hook + yarn over
    Step 3 Yarn over and draw through both loops. One single crochet is complete.
  4. 122 loops on the hook + yarn over
    Step 4 Work once into each remaining back loop. Chain 1 and turn without counting the chain. Find the far strand again on the turned work.
What it looks like A raised ridge across every row, which stacks into stretchy ribbing.
Make the stitch

Hold the row so you can see both strands of each top V. Locate the strand farther from you.

US / UK BLO means back loop only; US sc is UK dcUse any whole stitch count for this single-crochet strip.

Before you start: Single crochet

Where the hook goes for back loop only: under the strand of each top V farther from you.
Where the hook goes for back loop only: under the strand of each top V farther from you.

Work behind the top V

  1. Hold the row so you can see both strands of each top V. Locate the strand farther from you.
  2. Insert the hook under that back strand only. Yarn over and draw up a loop.
  3. Yarn over and draw through both loops. One single crochet is complete.
  4. Work once into each remaining back loop. Chain 1 and turn without counting the chain. Find the far strand again on the turned work.

Make and compare a strip

Chain 11 and make 10 single crochets, starting in the second chain. Work subsequent rows in back loops only, keeping 10 stitches. The unused front loops form ridges across the surface.

For a band, the rows can travel around the circumference while the stitch count sets the band’s width. Measure the washed strip in the direction it will be worn; do not swap stitch gauge and row gauge.

If the edge grows or the ridge disappears

Mark the first and last counted stitch. Work into those stitches, not into the turning chain. If the count rises, undo the extra stitch before continuing.

A smooth patch can mean you caught both loops. The front loop always means the one nearer you at that moment, even after turning. Compare the two loop-placement lessons before undoing a whole row.

Projects that use this stitch

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