In this step-by-step crochet tutorial I show how to make this beautiful light crochet stitch. I am not sure about the name of the this stitch, but I call it the seaweed stitch. This stitch consists of chains, as well as single and treble crochets. The seaweed crochet stitch is a repeat of four rows and it looks slightly different on each side. This stitch is not complicated to make and works up quite fast.
For this tutorial I use Soft FRAYA Cotton 8/4 100% Organic cotton 50g – 180 m yarn, color: blue agave, and a 2.0 mm hook.
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Photo instructions for the seaweed crochet stitch
Row 1
1. Start by chaining a multiple of eight plus five. You will start working in the fifth chain from your hook.
2. You will make a treble crochet. So, yarn over twice.
3. Insert your hook in the fifth chain from your hook.
4. Yarn over.
5. Pull the yarn through. Now you have four loops on your hook.
6. Yarn over.
7. Pull the yarn through the first two loops on your hook. Now you have three loops on your hook.
8. Yarn over.
9. Pull the yarn through the first two loops on your hook. Now you have two loops on your hook.
10. Yarn over.
11. Pull the yarn through both loops on your hook. You have just made a treble crochet!
12. Then make another treble crochet in the same stitch.
13. Chain two.
14. Skip three stitches and make a single crochet in the next stitch.
15. Chain two.
16. Then skip three stitches and make five treble crochets in the next stitch.
17. Chain two.
18. Skip three stitches and make a single crochet.
19. Continue working in the same way until the end of the row: chain two, skip three stitches, make five treble crochets in the next stitch, chain two, skip three stitches and make a single crochet in the next stitch.
20. At the end of the row, when you have four stitches left, chain two.
21. Then skip three stitches and make three treble crochets in the last stitch.
22. Chain one.
Row 2
23. Turn your work around. Chain one does not count as a stitch, so you will start working in the very first stitch.
24. Make a single crochet in the very first stitch.
25. Then chain four.
26. Make a single crochet in the single crochet of the previous row.
27. Chain four.
28. Then make a single crochet in the middle treble crochet of the previous row.
29. Chain four.
30. Make a single crochet in the single crochet of the previous row.
31. Continue working in the same way until the end of the row. At the end of the row, make a single crochet in the last single crochet of the previous row and chain four.
32. Then make a single crochet in the turning chain of the previous row.
33. Chain one.
Row 3
34. Turn your work around. Chain one does not count as a stitch, so you will start working in the very first stitch.
35. Make a single crochet in the first stitch.
36. Then chain two.
37. Skip chain four and make five treble crochets in the single crochet of the previous row.
38. Then chain two.
39. Skip chain four and make a single crochet in the next single crochet of the previous row.
40. Continue working in the same way until the end of the row: chain two, skip chain four, make five treble crochets in the next single crochet of the previous row, chain two and make a single crochet in the next single crochet of the previous row.
41. At the end of the row, when you have five stitches left, chain two.
42. Then make a single crochet in the last single crochet of the previous row.
Row 4
43. Chain one and turn your work around. Chain one does not count as a stitch, so you will start working in the very first stitch.
44. Make a single crochet in the first stitch.
45. Chain four.
46. Make a single crochet in the middle treble crochet of the previous row.
47. Chain four.
48. Make a single crochet in the single crochet of the previous row.
49. Continue working in the same way until the end of the row: chain four, make a single crochet in the middle treble crochet of the previous row, chain four, make a single crochet in the single crochet of the previous row.
50. When you have five stitches left, chain four.
51. Make a single crochet in the last single crochet of the previous row.
52. Chain four.
Row 5
53. Turn your work around. Chain four counts as a treble crochet, but you will start working in the very first stitch.
54. Make two more treble crochets in the very first stitch.
55. Chain two.
56. Then skip chain four and make a single crochet in the single crochet of the previous row.
57. Chain two.
58. Skip chain four and make five treble crochets in the next single crochet of the previous row.
59. Chain two.
60. Then make a single crochet in the next single crochet of the previous row.
61. Continue working in the same way until the end of the row: chain two, skip chain four, make five treble crochets in the next single crochet of the previous row, chain two and make a single crochet in the next single crochet of the previous row.
62. When you have five stitches left, chain two, skip chain four and make three treble crochets in the last single crochet of the previous row. For the rest of the pattern repeat rows 2-5.
Finished seaweed crochet stitch
63. Done!
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