Special Stitches in Crochet: Shell and V-Stitch Instructions

Special Stitches

Shell - [(dc, ch 1) 3 times, dc] in st indicated.

V-Stitch (v-st) - [dc, ch 1, dc] in st indicated.

The quantity of stitches is a multiple of 8 + 2.

Row Instructions

1st Row (RS)

sc in 2nd ch from hook, *ch 1, skip 3ch, shell in next ch, ch 1, skip 3 ch, sc in next ch; rep from * across to end, turn;

2nd Row

ch 3 (counts as dc), dc in same sc, *ch 2, skip 2 ch 1 spaces, [sc, ch 1, sc] in next ch 1 sp, ch 2, skip next 2 ch 1 spaces, v-st in next sc; rep from * across to last sc, 2dc in last sc, turn;

3rd Row

ch 3 (counts as dc), [dc, ch 1, dc] in 1st dc, ch 1, *skip ch 2 sp, sc in next ch 1 sp, ch 1, skip ch 2 sp, shell in next ch 1 sp, ch 1; rep from * across to last ch 1 sp, sc in last ch 1 sp, ch 1, skip ch 2 sp, [dc, ch 1, 2dc] in top of tch, turn;

4th Row

ch 1, 2sc in 1st dc, *ch 2, skip ch 2 spaces, v-st in next sc, skip 2 ch 1 spaces, ch 2, [sc, ch 1, sc] in next ch 1 sp; rep from * across to last shell, ch 2, skip 2 ch 1 spaces, v-st in last sc, skip 2 ch 1 spaces, ch 2, 2sc in top of tch, turn;

5th Row

ch 1, sc in 1st sc, *ch 1, skip ch 2 sp, shell in next ch 1 sp, ch 1, skip ch 2 sp, sc in next ch 1 sp; rep from * across to last sc, sc in last sc, turn.

Repeat 2nd-5th rows, finishing with the 2nd row.