Stitch Swatch Sampler Swatch 10: Basket Weave Stitch

SWATCH 10:  BASKET WEAVE STITCH

This stitch pattern uses post stitches (which are worked around the shaft of the stitch of the row below, instead of into its “head”) to create a ribbed effect.  The fabric is very textural, and creates a woven look.  See Pro Tips for instructions on how to do the fpdc and bpdc.

Basket Weave Stitch

Chain 16 (multiple of 4 plus 2, plus 2 turning chains).

Row 1:  Dc in 4^th ch from hook and in each ch across.  14 sts.

Row 2:  Ch 2 (counts as 1 st), fpdc around post of next st of row below, (bpdc over next 2 sts, fpdc over next 2 sts) 3 times.   Turn work.

Row 3:  Rep Row 2.

Row 4:  Ch 2, bpdc over next st, (fpdc over next 2 sts,  bpdc over next 2 sts) 3 times.  Turn work.

Row 5:  Rep Row 4.

Row 6:  Rep Row 2.

Row 7:  Rep Row 2.

Row 8:  Rep Row 4.

Row 9:  Rep Row 4.

At end of Row 9, break off.  Weave in ends.

Basket Weave Stitch Pro Tips:

• ·         To work a fpdc:  Yo hook; insert the hook from the front, behind the shaft or post of the stitch from right to left and out at the front.  Yo and draw a loop behind the post and back to the front again; this takes the place of drawing up a loop in the stitch of the row below.  (Yo and draw through 2 loops) twice.

Insert hook under shaft of st from front

Yo hook, draw loop around shaft of st

(Yo and draw through 2 loops) twice...the completed fpdc 

• ·         To work a bpdc:  Yo hook; starting from back of work, insert hook around the shaft or post of the st of the previous row from back, to front, and to the back again; yo and draw this loop back to the back of the work, (yo and draw through 2 loops) twice.

Insert hook around shaft of st from back

Yo hook, draw loop around shaft of st

(Yo, draw through 2 loops) twice...the completed bpdc

•  ·         This stitch can be a little confusing to work.  Keep in mind that each time you work a row a second time ( in our swatch, this would be rows 3, 5, 7 and 9), you will be working your post stitches opposite to the way they were worked on the row below.  This is because you are working on the opposite side of the fabric.  So on these rows, you will work a fpdc over each bpdc, and a bpdc over each fpdc.  In other words, you will work one row (rows 2, 4, 6 and 8) working fpdc’s over fpdc’s, and bpdc’s over bpdc’s, and the next row working fpdc’s over bpdc’s, and bpdc’s over fpdc’s.

Abbreviations:  ch  chain  dc  double crochet  st(s)  stitch(es)  fpdc  front post double crochet
                           bpdc  back post dc  rep  repeat  yo  yarn over