Where else can you stick your crochet hook for corner-to-corner and still make it fun and easy, while giving a different approach to your stitches? I wondered the same thing.
I tried crocheting spiked stitches using different layers of the posts shown below when creating each box. The downloadable file includes visuals, and the crochet tutorial below also has step-by-step instructions to show you how.
Let loose on your crochet hook with just one ball of Red Heart Super Saver Bitty Stripes with a 5.5 / I/9 crochet hook. It will create a 78" long x 6" wide scarf. Once you understand how it works, you can put the pattern down and enjoy TV time.
Materials
Red Heart Super Saver Bitty Stripes, 283 g/10 oz, 471 meters/515 yards
A - Love Bug - 1 Ball
Hook: 5.5 mm / I/9
Gauge: 13 sc and 14 rows = 4” [10 cm]
Size: 78” x 6”
Abbreviations
The downloadable pattern has visuals and a crochet diagram to better explain the Spike Stitches shown below.
- Beg = Beginning
- Ch(s) = Chain(s)
- Dc = Double crochet
- Prev = Previous
- Rep = Repeat
- RS = Right side
- Sk = Skip
- Sl st = Slip stitch
- Spike 2 St = Wrap hook and go in between the 2nd and 3rd posts through the project. Wrap the hook and pull the loop through to the proper height. (Yarn over and pull through two loops) twice.
- Spike 3 st = Wrap hook and go in between the 3rd and 4th posts through the project. Wrap the hook and pull the loop through to the proper height. (Yarn over and pull through two loops) twice.
- St(s) = Stitch(es)
- Sp(s) = Space(es)
Instructions
Ch 6.
1st row: RS. 1 dc in 4th ch from hook and in next 2 ch. Turn. 1 block made.
2nd row: Ch 6. 1 dc in 4th ch from hook and in next 2 ch. (sl st, ch 3, spike 3 st, spike 2 st) in ch-3 sp of prev row, 1 dc in turning chain to anchor stitch. Turn. 2 blocks made.
3rd row: Ch 6. 1 dc in 4th ch from hook and in next 2 ch. (sl st, ch 3, spike 3 st, spike 2 st, dc) in ch-3 sp of prev row. (sl st, ch 3, spike 3 st, spike 2 st) in ch-3 sp of prev row, 1 dc in turning chain to anchor stitch. Turn. 3 blocks made.
4th row: Ch 6. 1 dc in 4th ch from hook and in next 2 ch. [(sl st, ch 3, spike 3 st, spike 2 st, dc) in ch-3 sp of prev row] 2 times. (sl st, ch 3, spike 3 st, spike 2 st) in ch-3 sp of prev row, 1 dc in turning chain to anchor stitch. Turn. 4 blocks made.
5th row: Ch 6. 1 dc in 4th ch from hook and in next 2 ch. [(sl st, ch 3, spike 3 st, spike 2 st, dc) in ch-3 sp of prev row] 3 times. (sl st, ch 3, spike 3 st, spike 2 st) in ch-3 sp of prev row, 1 dc in turning chain to anchor stitch. Turn. 5 blocks made.
6th row: Ch 6. 1 dc in 4th ch from hook and in next 2 ch. [(sl st, ch 3, spike 3 st, spike 2 st, dc) in ch-3 sp of prev row] 4 times. (sl st, ch 3, spike 3 st, spike 2 st) in ch-3 sp of prev row, 1 dc in turning chain to anchor stitch. Turn. 6 blocks made.
7th row: Ch 6. 1 dc in 4th ch from hook and in next 2 ch. [(sl st, ch 3, spike 3 st, spike 2 st, dc) in ch-3 sp of prev row] 5 times. (sl st, ch 3, spike 3 st, spike 2 st) in ch-3 sp of prev row, 1 dc in turning chain to anchor stitch. Turn. 7 blocks made.
Let's Grow the Length of the Scarf
8th row (make new beginning box, don’t do last box): Ch 6, dc in 4th ch from hook and in next 2 ch, [(sl st, ch 3, spike 3 st, spike 2 st, dc) in ch-3 sp of prev row]. Slip stitch into the last chain; turn. Do NOT make a block in the last space. Turn. 7 blocks across.
9th row (don’t make new beginning box, make new last box): Slip st across of the top of the stitches to the top of the ch-3, Ch 3. (spike 3 st, spike 2 st, dc). [(sl st, ch 3, spike 3 st, spike 2 st, dc) in ch-3 sp of prev row] Rep from [ ] across. Last box, (sl st, ch 3, spike 3 st, spike 2 st) in ch-3 sp of prev row, 1 dc in turning chain to anchor stitch. Turn. 7 blocks across.
Rep 8th and 9th rows until you have 91 blocks in the length.
Last rows (no new boxes on either side: Slip st across of the top of the stitches to the top of the ch-3, Ch 3. (spike 3 st, spike 2 st, dc). [(sl st, ch 3, spike 3 st, spike 2 st, dc) in ch-3 sp of prev row] Rep from [ ] across. Last box, (sl st, ch 3, spike 3 st, spike 2 st) in ch-3 sp of prev row, 1 dc in turning chain to anchor stitch. Turn. 6 blocks across.
Keep repeating the last row until you reach corner. Fasten off.
DOWNLOAD PATTERN
The download includes crochet diagrams for both regular corner-to-corner and spiked-stitch corner-to-corner for comparison.
How To Do This Stitch
A square and a rectangle are shown in the tutorial to illustrate how.
Have you completed this project. Show me!