In this tutorial I show how to make the primrose stitch working in rows. The primrose stitch requires to know how to make a chain, a single crochet, a half double crochet and a double crochet. It is an easy stitch because you just have to repeat two rows.
For this tutorial I use Soft FRAYA Cotton 8/4 100% Organic cotton 50g – 180 m yarn, color: sand, and a 2.0 mm hook.
Join Nordic Hook Club to get access to one of the largest crochet stitch libraries! There you will find hundreds of ad-free downloadable crochet stitch tutorials that include detailed step-by-step photo instructions and member-exclusive concise written patterns and CHARTS. Plus, you can download all Nordic Hook patterns and e-books! Read more about all the membership benefits here.
If you prefer a printable version without ads, you can purchase my e-book Beautiful Crochet Stitches Volume 4 with 50 detailed tutorials. In addition to the photo instructions, the tutorials include exclusive short written stitch patterns. SAVE 40% by purchasing a BUNDLE with all six volumes of Beautiful Crochet Stitches. That’s 300 crochet stitches in total!
You can find my other free crochet stitch tutorials here.
Take a look at my free crochet patterns here.
Save this tutorial to your Pinterest crochet board here.
Good luck!
Photo instructions for the primrose crochet stitch
Row 1
1. Start by chaining a multiple of three plus two. You will start working in the third chain from your hook.
2. So, make a single crochet in the third chain from your hook.
3. Chain two.
4. Make another single crochet in the same stitch.
5. Skip two stitches and make a single crochet in the next stitch.
6. Chain two.
7. Make another single crochet in the same stitch.
8. Then repeat: skip two stitches and in the next stitch make a single crochet, chain two and another single crochet.
9. Continue working in the same way until the end of the row until you have two stitches left.
10. Then skip one stitch and make a half double crochet in the last stitch.
Row 2
11. Chain three and turn your work around. Chain three counts as a stitch.
12. Make three double crochets in the first chain two space.
13. Make three double crochets in the next chain two space.
14. Then repeat: make three double crochets in the next chain two space.
15. Continue working the same way until the end of the row.
16. At the end of the row make a double crochet in the turning chain.
Row 3
17. Chain two and turn your work around. Chain two counts as a stitch.
18. Make a single crochet in the third stitch (in the middle double crochet).
19. Chain two.
20. Make a single crochet in the same stitch.
21. Then repeat: skip two stitches and in the next stitch make a single crochet, chain two and another single crochet.
22. Continue working in the same way until the end of the row.
23. At the end of the row make a half double crochet in the turning chain. For the rest of the pattern repeat rows 2-3.
Finished primrose stitch
24. Done!
