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Crochet shell stitch

Guide

Materials

Sport weight yarn, and crochet hook size 2.75 - 3.0 mm / C - D.
You may use any yarn of your choice, and a suitable hook.


Techniques used in this stitch

UK / US crochet term:

Chain stitch – ch

Slip stitch – sl.st

Double crochet / Single crochet – dc / sc

Treble / Double crochet – tr / dc

Stitch – st

Quadruple treble / Triple treble – qdr.tr / trp.tr:

yarn over the hook 4 times, insert the hook in foundation chain (or st). Yarn over the hook and pull the hook through ch (or st). You should now have 6 loops on your hook.

Yarn over the hook and draw yarn through the first 2 loops on your hook. Repeat the preceding step four more times until you have only 1 loop left on the hook.

Foundation Chain: Multiples of 14 + 4

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Row 1: skip 10ch, *work 6 times in next ch: [ 1 qdr.tr / trp.tr + 1ch]; 1 qdr.tr / trp.tr in the same ch, skip 6ch, 1tr/dc in next ch, skip 6ch; rep from *,

work 6 times in next ch: [ 1 qdr.tr / trp.tr + 1ch]; 1 qdr.tr / trp.tr in the same ch, 1tr/dc in last ch, turn.

Row 2: Work 1sl.st in each tr/dc, qdr.tr / trp.tr and in space of 1ch. At the end of the row work 1sl.st in first foundation ch, turn.

Row 3: 7ch, work 2 times in 1st foundation ch: [ 1 qdr.tr / trp.tr + 1ch]; 1 qdr.tr / trp.tr in the same ch,

* 1dc/sc in 4th qdr.tr / trp.tr below, work 6 times in tr/dc below: [ 1 qdr.tr / trp.tr + 1ch]; 1 qdr.tr / trp.tr in the same st; rep from*, 1dc/sc in 4th qdr.tr / trp.tr below, work 3 times in last tr/dc below: [ 1 qdr.tr / trp.tr + 1ch]; 1 qdr.tr / trp.tr in the same st, turn.

Row 4: Work 1sl.st in each qdr.tr / trp.tr, dc/sc and in space of 1ch. At the end of the row work 1sl.st in 6th ch, turn.

Row 5: 1ch, 1dc/sc in 6th ch below, * work 6 times in dc/sc below: [ 1 qdr.tr / trp.tr + 1ch]; 1 qdr.tr / trp.tr in the same st, 1dc/sc in 4th qdr.tr / trp.tr below; rep from*, turn.

Row 6: Work 1sl.st in each dc/sc, qdr.tr / trp.tr and in space of 1ch. Turn.

Repeat rows 3 - 6 until you have reached your desired length.

Color combination with pink, cotton + viscose

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