hey there. Are you ready to play with yarn and fun with different colours? This post is about sharing with you an eye catching stitch combination that can be turned into anything you want.

This stitch combination provides a subtle texture made from the crossed stitches which adds intricacy and sophistication. Changing colour in every row makes it even better. Crossed double crochet and single crochet stitches were one of the first stitches I was drawn to after I bought a stitch dictionary book. The crossed stitched looked elegant yet simple and I made my first design which was a scarf with it.

The stitch can be made alone or combined it with other stitches. I like the combinations more that just the crossed stitches alone and that is a tutorial for another blog in the future. I am yet to design a pattern with it and I bet it will turn out great.

How to make the stitch

In this particular tutorial, I am focusing on two colour combo to accentuates the stitches. You need multiples of two for this to work or even number of stitches. Make single crochet in the first row as your foundation then turn your work. The first stitch is a chain three which counts as a stitch throughout and the last stitch of the row is a normal double crochet stitch and then skip a stitch to make the first slant and go back to the skipped stitch to make a “X”.

Notes

• The pattern needs multiples of 2, meaning you must have even number of chains for it to work.

• The first 3 chains count as a stitch throughout.

Materials

Any yarn and a corresponding hook size. e.g. worsted weight yarn and 5mm/L hook size

Abbreviations

sc = single crochet

dc= double crochet

sk = skip

Pattern

ch 21, or any number of stitches

Row 1: sc in the ch from the hook and in each ch until the end.

Row 2: dc in the first st, sk the next st, dc in the next st, go back and dc in the skipped st. repeat until you reach the last st. dc in the last st.

Repeat the 2 rows until you reach a desired length

There are two ways to change colours here. You can cut the yarn at the end of the row and start over or carry yarn along on each row as you use another colour to avoid weaving in ends. The only thing you need to remember is that you will use a lot more yarn that way. Weaving in ends can be tedious,I have a love and hate relationship with it but doable. This is how my #ludoshawl looks before weaving in end.

You can find Ludo pattern here Website, Ravelry and Etsy

I would highly recommend you block your project so that you get to see the crosses clearly. If you want to see the eyelets more, go a hook size or two up than a recommended hook size for the yarn you are using. Notice the difference? the pictures below used the same yarn but different hook sizes. You can see “X” clearly on the first picture because I went 2 hook sizes up. The second picture used a recommended hook size for the weight of the yarn and the “X” are closed to each other.

I hope you have fun making this stitch combination.It is fun and here are some of the projects ideas you can make with this. A scarf or a blanket come to mind.

Any other projects that come to mind? Share with me in the comments

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