SWATCH 11: STEP STITCH
This stitch uses front and back post dc’s to create a
diagonal step design in the fabric.
Ch 16 (Multiple of 6 plus 2, plus 2 turning chains)
Row 1: Dc in 4th ch from hook and in each ch across. Turn.
Row 2:
Ch 2, (fpdc in next 3 sts, bpdc in next 3 sts) twice, hdc in top of
turning ch.
Row 3: Ch 2, (fpdc in next 2 sts, bpdc
in next 3 sts, fpdc in next st) twice, hdc in top of turning ch. Turn.
Row 4: Ch 2, (bpdc in next 2 sts, fpdc
in next 3 sts, bpdc in next st) twice, hdc in top of turning ch. Turn.
Row 5: Ch 2, (bpdc in next 3
sts, fpdc in next 3 sts) twice, hdc in top of turning ch. Turn.
Row 6: Ch 2, (fpdc in next st, bpdc in
next 3 sts, fpdc in next 2 sts) twice, hdc in top of turning ch. Turn.
Row 7: Ch 2, (bpdc in next st, fpdc in
next 3 sts, bpdc in next 2 sts) twice, hdc in top of turning ch. Turn.
Row 8:
Rep Row 2.
Row 9:
Rep Row 3. Break off; weave in
ends.
Abbreviations:
ch chain dc
double crochet fpdc front post double crochet bpdc
back post double crochet
st(s) stitch(es) pdc
post double crochet hdc half double crochet Rep
repeat yo yarn over hook
To work a hdc: Yo hook, insert into
st, yo and draw loop through st, yo and draw through all 3 loops.
Step Stitch Pro Tips:
- · Note that the stitch pattern has groups of 3 fpdc’s and 3 bpdc’s for the body of the fabric. The only place this is different is at the edges, where the diagonal lines come up against the straight selvedge edge. So after you have worked any partial groups (1 or 2 pdc’s) at the right edge, you can happily work along in groups of 3 until you get close to the left edge. My instructions were written to make the swatch easy to work; but if you are working a larger fabric, it may be easier to think in terms of the 3 pdc groups.
- · These instructions could be alternatively written using asterisks, instead of the repeated parentheses sections. If they were written that way, Row 3 might have been written as follows:
bpdc in next 3 sts, fpdc in next st, hdc in last st. This way of writing the instructions shows
the
3-pdc repeat really well, but would have been awkward, as there would only
have been one
repeat.
- · See Swatch 10 instructions for how to work fpdc and bpdc sts.
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