I invented a new stitch!

I kid you not... Can you believe it? Me? Stitch inventor? Sorta baffles and excites me. It all happened when I screwed up on another pattern and found myself thinking (scary scenario for anyone who knows me) that I could turn this mistake into an actual stitch! So I played around with it, and voila! A stitch is born. I guess I am gonna call it the "trailer" because it's a double wide stitch. Bah-dum-bum. :) Seriously though, it is almost two stitches in one stitch, causing there to be a double thickness of yarn. Probably works out to take double the yarn and double the time, but oh! - the texture of the finished product is awesome! It's thick and you can barely see any holes in your work. Would make for a kick-ass baby blanket, I'm sure!

Here are the instructions:

Trailer single crochet (tsc): insert hook in front loop, yarn over and pull up loop, yarn over and draw through one loop, insert hook in back loop of same stitch, yarn over and pull up loop, yarn over and draw through two loops, yarn over and draw through remaining two loops.

Trailer half-double crochet (thdc): yarn over and insert hook in front loop, yarn over and pull up loop, yarn over and draw through two loops, yarn over and insert hook in back loop of same stitch, yarn over and pull up loop, yarn over and draw through all four loops.

Trailer double crochet (tdc): yarn over and insert hook in front loop, yarn over and pull up loop, yarn over and draw through two loops, yarn over and insert hook in back loop of same stitch, yarn over and pull up loop, yarn over and draw through three loops, yarn over and draw through remaining two loops.

These stitches will be taller and wider than regular stitches, so you may have to alter patterns to make these work. Here is a swatch to show the difference in the puffiness. You can see the fuschia-colored hat very well through the rows of regular double crochet. But see the texture and thickness of the trailer stitches? There is almost no color showing through. If you could feel it, you would love it. It almost has a spongy texture. Make sure you click on the image to get a close up. Comments and feedback would be awesome! Even if you don't like it. ;)