In this step-by-step crochet tutorial I show how to make the forked cluster crochet stitch. For this stitch you should know how to make a single crochet, a double crochet. It is a repeat of two rows. The fabric turns our quite dense.
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Photo instructions for the forked cluster crochet stitch
Row 1
1. Start by chaining any number of chains. You will start working in the fourth chain from your hook.
2. You will make a forked cluster stitch. So, yarn over.
3. Insert your hook in the fourth chain from your hook.
4. Yarn over.
5. Pull the yarn through. Now you have three loops on your hook.
6. Yarn over.
7. Then insert your hook in the next stitch.
8. Yarn over.
9. Pull the yarn through. Now you have five loops on your hook.
10. Yarn over.
11. Pull the yarn through the first three loops on your hook.
12. Yarn over.
13. Pull the yarn through all three loops on your hook. You have just made a forked cluster stitch! Next you will make another forked cluster stitch. You will work in the same stitch where you have just worked in and the next stitch.
14. So, yarn over.
15. Insert your hook in the same stitch where you have just worked in.
16. Yarn over.
17. Pull the yarn through. Now you have three loops on your hook.
18. Yarn over.
19. Insert your hook in the next stitch.
20. Yarn over.
21. Pull the yarn through. Now you have five loops on your hook.
22. Yarn over.
23. Pull the yarn through the first three loops on your hook.
24. Yarn over.
25. Pull the yarn through all three loops.
26. For the next stitch, work in the same stitch where you have just worked in and in the next one.
27. Continue working in the same way until the end of the row.
28. At the end of the row, make an additional double crochet in the last stitch of the row where you have just worked in.
29. Then chain one.
Row 2
30. Turn your work around. You will start working in the very first stitch.
31. So, make a single crochet in the very first stitch.
32. Continue making single crochets in every stitch until the end of the row. The last single crochet should be made in the forked cluster stitch of the previous row, don’t make a single crochet in the turning chain.
33. Chain three.
Row 3
34. Turn your work around. You will make a forked cluster stitch in the very first stitch and the second stitch.
35. So, make a forked cluster stitch working in the very first stitch and the second one.
36. Then make another one in the same way as before.
37. Continue working in the same way until the end of the row.
38. At the end of the row, make an additional double crochet in the last stitch of the row where you have just worked in. For the rest of the pattern repeat rows 2-3.
Finished forked cluster crochet stitch
39. Done!
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