Crunch stitch
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Crunch stitch

In this tutorial I show how to make this simple crunch stitch which has a very nice texture. The crunch stitch is beginner friendly and only requires to know how to make a chain, a slip stitch (sl st) and a half double crochet (hdc). To make this stitch, you just need to alternate slip stitches and half double crochets. It cannot be more simple! 🙂

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Good luck!

Photo instructions for the crunch stitch

Row 1

1. Start with an even number of chains. You will start working in the second chain from your hook like it is shown in the picture.

2. So, make a slip stitch (sl st) in the second chain from your hook.

3. Then make a half double crochet in the next stitch.

4. After that make a sl st in the next st.

5. And then make a half double crochet in the next stitch.

6. Keep making sl stitches and a half double crochets until the end of the row. The last st of the row will be a sl st.

Row 2

7. Chain two and turn around your work. Ch2 counts as a half double crochet. Now skip the very first st and make a sl st in the second st of the row like it is shown in the picture. (For the crunch stitch you always make a half double crochet in the sl st of the previous row, and a sl st in the half double crochet of the previous row.)

8. Next you will have to make a half double crochet in the next st. Notice that some stitches of the previous row are “upward sloping” (the sl st of the previous row) and some are “downward sloping” (the half double crochet of the previous row). Always make a half double crochet in the “upward sloping” stitch and a sl st in the “downward sloping” stitch.

9. So, you have just made a half double crochet. Now make a sl st in the next st which is “downward sloping”. Keep making half double crochets and slip stitches until the end of the row. Notice that if you start the row with a sl st, you end it with a sl st too. And vice versa, if you start the row by chaining two (which counts as a half double crochet), you will end it with a half double crochet.

Row 3

10. For the third row chain one and make a sl st in the very first stitch of the row like it is shown in the picture.

11. Then make a half double crochet in the next st.

12. Keep working in the same way. Done!

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Crunch stitch

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