In this step-by-step crochet tutorial I show how to make the granny spike crochet stitch. This stitch is not complicated to make as it is a repeat of one row. It is reversible and looks the same on both sides. For this stitch it is a good idea to use two or more colors. You can change yarn color every two rows, like in this tutorial, or every three or four rows, whatever works best for your design.
For this tutorial I use Soft FRAYA Cotton 8/4 100% Organic cotton 50g – 180 m yarn, colors: curry and eucalyptus, and a 2.0 mm hook.
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Photo instructions for the granny spike crochet stitch
Row 1
1. Start by chaining multiples of four plus one.
2. In the fifth chain from your hook make a double crochet.
3. Then make two more double crochets in the same stitch.
4. Chain one. Then skip three stitches.
5. Make three double crochets in the fourth stitch.
6. Chain one.
7. Skip three stitches and make three double crochets in the next stitch.
8. Continue working in the same way until the end of the row. At the end of the row, when you have four stitches left, chain one.
9. Then skip three stitches and make two double crochets in the last stitch.
10. Chain two.
Row 2
11. Turn your work around. Next you will work in the chain one space of the previous row.
12. So, make a double crochet in the chain one space. Next you will make a long double crochet (or a spike stitch) in the foundation chain (the middle chain out of three chains that you skipped in row 1).
13. So, yarn over.
14. Insert your hook in the middle chain.
15. Yarn over.
16. Pull the yarn through. Make sure to make a tall loop. Now you have three loops on your hook.
17. Yarn over.
18. Pull the yarn through the first two loops on your hook. Now you have two loops on your hook.
19. Yarn over.
20. Pull the yarn through both loops on your hook. You have just made a long double crochet.
21. Then make a double crochet in the same chain one space (between the long double crochet you have just made and three double crochets in the first row).
22. Chain one.
23. Make a double crochet in the next chain one space.
24. Then make a long double crochet in the middle chain of the foundation chain.
25. Make a double crochet in the same chain one space.
26. Continue working in the same way until the end of the row. At the end of the row, when you have four stitches left, chain one.
27. Then make two double crochets in the space between three double crochets and the turning chain in the previous row.
28. For row 3 you have to change yarn color. So, take the second color yarn and chain one.
29. Pull the end of the first color yarn to tighten and secure the second color yarn. Now your second color yarn is ready to use.
30. Chain two.
Row 3
31. Turn your work around. Next your will work in the chain one space.
32. So, make a double crochet in the chain one space. Next you will make a long double crochet in the middle double crochet two rows below (row 1).
33. So, make a long double crochet.
34. Make a double crochet in the same chain one space.
35. Then chain one.
36. In the next chain one space make a double crochet, then make a long double crochet in the middle double crochet two rows below, and another double crochet in the same chain one space.
37. Continue working in the same way until the end of the row until you have four stitches left.
38. Chain one and make two double crochets in the space between a double crochet and the turning chain in the previous row. For the rest of the pattern repeat row 3 changing colors every two rows.
Row 4
39. So, make row 4 with the second color yarn.
Row 5
40. For row 5 change yarn color to the first one.
Row 6
41. Make row 6 with the first color yarn and so on.
Finished granny spike crochet stitch
42. Done!
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