How to Crochet: Back Post Double Crochet (bpdc)
By Rachel – 6 CommentsBack post double crochet is very similar to front post double crochet. The only different is the way you insert your hook. If you already know how to do front post double crochet, then this going to be a piece of cake! If you don’t already know how, then visit the “How to Crochet: Front Post Double Crochet (fpdc)” before attempting this tutorial.
Here is what you do:
Yarn over just like you will do if you were making a double crochet
Insert your hook through the back of your work, across the front of the indicated stitch, then through your work again, such that the hook is at the back of your work again. It will look like this from the front:
Now finish your double crochet as you normally would: yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through 2 loops on your hook, yarn over, pull through the final 2 loops on your hook.
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so the front post is the side that is facing me?
yup, the front is the side that faces you when you crochet.
More( QUESTIONS)!!!! Is a popcorn and beg pop the same thing. and how do you make the stitch.
I have only just joined this site and I absolutely LOVE the “How To” bits. They are so very easy to follow. Thank you so very veyr much
I’m having SO much trouble with front and back post stitching! Are you going in front of or behind the entire “post”? Are you pushing in through the middle of the post and going in from the front or the back? I tried making the basket weave washcloth which uses these stitches and it looked nothing like the picture even though I felt I understood the stitches.
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