The Back Bump – A Crochet Tutorial

One of the first things we learn when crocheting, is how to make a chain. But do we know all of the parts of the chain? Do we understand how inserting our hook here instead of there changes the look and feel of our work?

Crocheting into the back bump of the chain is a technique I wish I had learned early on.

Have you ever noticed when you crochet a blanket, your starting chain seems much tighter than the rest of your work? This will fix that (to an extent). Are you like me and you loathe the fact that the chain looks so different than your ending row? It doesn’t mirror the other end exactly? This will fix that! Are you adding fringe and you can’t figure out exactly which space you are supposed to be working in to add your pretty little dangles? This will fix that!! Adding a border and now you can’t figure out where your stitches need to go?? You guessed it, this will fix that, too!

Finding the back bump has been a game changer for me.

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The Back Bump Tutorial

Start by making the recommended amount of chains you need for your project. This ishis is the front of our chain. As you can see the front of the chain creates all of those little V’s were used to seeing on the top of our stitches.

Flip your chain over and you will see this. It looks quite a bit different than the front. Here is where we find the back bump.

To crochet into the back bump, you will insert your hook under this loop that I am pointing to…

…not into this spot, although it does seem like the most comfortable place for your hook to go.

Once you have crocheted across your chain, working in the back bump, you can turn your work and clearly see, those V’s are now across the bottom, exactly as they are across the top of your work!

That’s it! Now go try it out! I especially love being able to see these V’s when I’m adding fringe- it makes the job so much easier!!