Help! What does “3 stitches = 1 double crochet” mean?

Hello to all the pros and hobbyists out there! I need your help with a lace pattern. The pattern says:
Row 2: Work in single crochet, working the first single crochet into the third chain from the hook.
Row 3: 3 ch (= 1 double crochet), *skip 1 sc, 3 sts = 1 dc, 1 ch and 1 dc into 1 sc, skip 1 sc* repeat
Row 4: 3 ch (= 1 dc), *3 sts = 1 dc, 1 ch and 1 dc around the ch from the previous row* repeat
Row 5: 3 ch (= 1 dc), *3 sts = 1 dc, 1 ch and 1 dc around the ch from the previous row*

What does “3 sts = 1 dc” mean???
How do I proceed—crochet 1 ch and 1 dc into 1 sc???
The lace pattern looks very unusual in the picture, not like the usual ones. It would be so nice if someone could help me!
Best regards,
Natalija

I’m guessing that “3 sts” refers to the following stitches: 1 double crochet, 1 chain stitch, and 1 double crochet—which together make three stitches.

Hello Natalija,

I understand it like this: 3rd row = after you skip one stitch, you crochet 1 double crochet into each of the next 3 stitches.

4th row = there you start right after the turning chains with 1 double crochet in each stitch + in the 5th row too.

Hopefully I was able to help you.

Regards, Petra

@Natalija ,
welcome to our forum and to the platform.
If this is a pattern from Crazypatterns, I can contact the author for you and ask for help. Please send me a product link for that.

I wish you lots of success.

Thank you so much for the quick replies—I’m going to try out all the variations right away! :-)
The pattern is from the book *Puppenkleider selbst gehäkelt* by Birgitt Hettich-Krämer; unfortunately, it’s not from crazypatterns.net

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It’s the pattern for the lace pattern on the white blouse.

3 sts = 1 dc, 1 ch, 1 dc. Those are the three stitches. So at the beginning, you skip one single crochet, then work (1 dc, 1 ch, 1 dc), all in the same stitch, then skip another one, and so on. The 3 stitches look like a V. In the next row, you’ll always crochet these 3 stitches into the V. You’ll probably keep going like this for a while until the piece reaches the desired size.
Does that help?

Oh yes, thank you so much!
I misread the pattern; I thought the whole time that the next stitch started after the comma... :-)
But 3 sts = 1 dc, 1 ch, 1 dc in the same sc—that makes sense!
I would never have figured that out!
;-D
Natalija

Please don’t photograph images from books and upload them here.
thanks.
@Natalija
If necessary, you could also ask the publisher or the author.

I’m glad it’s working out now!

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