Special Stitches Guide for Crochet Enthusiasts

Special Stitches

Beginning Feather Stitch: Yarn over, insert hook into last ch-1 space of previous row, yarn over and pull up a loop in line with loops on the hook (3 loops on hook), yarn over, insert hook into ch-1 space one row below or skipped stitch just worked, yarn over and pull up a loop in line with loops on the hook (5 loops on hook), yarn over, insert hook in next ch-1 space, yarn over and pull up a loop in line with loops on the hook, yarn over and pull through all 7 loops on the hook.

Feather Stitch: Yarn over, insert hook into same ch-1 space as last feather, yarn over and pull up a loop in line with loops on hook (3 loops on hook), yarn over, insert hook into skipped stitch or ch-1 space one row below the same space, yarn over and pull up a loop in line with loops on hook (5 loops on hook), yarn over, insert hook in next ch-1 space, yarn over and pull up a loop in line with the loops on the hook, yarn over and pull through all 7 loops on the hook.

Foundation Row

Using the Foundation Half Treble method. Work in multiples of 2 + 1.

First Row

Ch 1, htr in 1st stitch, *ch 1, skip next stitch, htr in next stitch, repeat from * to the end, turn.

Second Row

Ch 1, htr in 1st stitch, ch 1, work a beginning feather stitch, ch 1, *work feather stitch, ch 1, repeat from * to last stitch, htr in remaining stitch, turn.

Repeat the second row.

Final Row

Ch 1, htr in 1st stitch, *htr in ch-1 space, har in feather stitch: repeat from * to end, htr in last stitch. Fasten off.