How To Work A Front Post Or Back Post Double Crochet Stitch

"Learn how to work a front post or back post double crochet stitch. If you are new to crochet and wondering if you can master this stitch; if you can manage a regular double crochet, you can work these stitches too. What is Crocheting Around a Post? If a pattern calls for you to work around the post of a stitch it means that you're going to be working around the stitch itself sometimes referred to as the body of the stitch rather than the top of the stitch in the loops. Post stitches can be worked using the double crochet, treble crochet, half double crochet, or single crochet stitch. Probably the most common post stitch used in patterns is the double crochet stitch. "

Crochet HookH/8 or 5 mm hook

Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)

Crochet Gaugedepends on the yarn used

Finished Sizedepends on the project you choose to make

Materials List

• any weight yarn
• crochet hook appropriate to yarn weight
• yarn needle
• scissors