In this step-by-step crochet tutorial I show how to make the leafhopper crochet stitch. This stitch is not very complicated to make. It is a repeat of four rows and it looks different on both sides. The texture of this stitch pronounced and it looks beautiful. The fabric turns out quite thick.
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Photo instructions for the leafhopper crochet stitch
Row 1
1. Start by chaining a multiple of four plus three.
2. In the fourth chain from your hook make a double crochet.
3. Continue making double crochets in every stitch until the end of the row.
4. Then chain three.
Row 2
5. Turn your work around. Chain three counts as a stitch, so you will start working in the second stitch.
6. Make a double crochet in the second stitch.
7. Next you will make a cluster stitch with two legs. The first leg you will make working around the double crochet post in the previous row that is below the double crochet you have just made. To make the second leg you will skip one double crochet in the previous row and work around the post of the next double crochet. So, yarn over.
8. Insert your hook bringing the post of the double crochet in the previous row (the one that is below the double crochet that you have just made) forward.
9. Yarn over.
10. Pull the yarn through. Now you have three loops on your hook.
11. Yarn over.
12. Insert your hook in the same stitch brining the post of the double crochet forward as before.
13. Yarn over.
14. Pull the yarn through. Now you have five loops on your hook.
15. Yarn over.
16. Pull the yarn through the first four loops on your hook. You have just completed the first leg of the cluster stitch. To make the second leg you will skip one double crochet in the previous row and work in the next one.
17. So, yarn over.
18. Skip one double crochet in the previous row and insert your hook bringing the post of the next double crochet forward.
19. Yarn over.
20. Pull the yarn through. Now you have four loops on your hook.
21. Yarn over.
22. Insert your hook bringing the post of the same double crochet forward as before.
23. Yarn over.
24. Pull the yarn through. Now you have six loops on your hook.
25. Yarn over.
26. Pull the yarn through the first four loops on your hook. Now you have three loops on your hook.
27. Yarn over.
28. Pull the yarn through all three loops. You have just made a cluster stitch!
29. Next you will skip one stitch and work in the next one (the one that is above the second leg of the cluster).
30. So, skip one stitch and make a double crochet in the next stitch.
31. Then make two more double crochets in the next two stitches. Next you will make another cluster stitch. You will work in the double crochet that is below the double crochet you have just made, skip one double crochet and work in the next one to make the second leg of the cluster stitch.
32. So, make the first leg in the double crochet that is below the double crochet you have just made in the same way as before.
33. Then skip one stitch and make the second leg in the next double crochet of the previous row in the same way as before.
34. Complete the cluster stitch by yarning over and pulling the yarn through all three loops on your hook.
35. Then skip one stitch (the one that is hiding behind the cluster stitch) and make three double crochets in the next three stitches.
36. Then make another cluster stitch.
37. Continue working in the same way until the end of the row until you have three stitches left (the turning chain counts as a stitch).
38. Then make the last cluster stitch.
39. As usually, skip one stitch. Next you will work in the last double crochet of the previous row and the turning chain.
40. So, make two double crochets in the last two stitches.
41. Chain three.
Row 3
42. Turn your work around. Chain three counts as a stitch, so you will start working in the second stitch.
43. Make a double crochet in the second stitch.
44. Continue making double crochets in every stitch until the end of the row (including the turning chain at the end of the row).
45. Then chain three.
Row 4
46. Turn your work around. Chain three counts as a stitch, so you will start working in the second stitch.
47. Make three double crochets in the next three stitches starting from the second stitch of this row. Next you will make a cluster stitch. You will make the first leg in the double crochet that is below the double crochet you have just made, then skip one stitch and make the second leg in the next double crochet in the same way as before.
48. So, make a cluster stitch.
49. Then skip one stitch and make three double crochets in the next three stitches.
50. Next make another cluster stitch.
51. Continue working in the same way until the end of the row.
52. At the end of the row, after the last cluster stitch, skip one stitch and make four double crochets in the last four stitches (including the turning chain).
Row 5
53. Then chain three and turn your around. Chain three counts as a stitch.
54. So, make a double crochet in the next stitch.
55. Continue making double crochets in every stitch until the end of the row (including the turning chain at the end of the row). For the rest of the pattern repeat rows 2-5.
Finished leafhopper crochet stitch
56. Done!
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