I’ve been working on creating C2C crochet pieces using many kinds of crochet stitches for a bit now and I have to say this variation is one of the simplest changes et it provides such a different look. It’s very springy and stretchy. (A bit of a side note: it resembles the Waffle stitch to me, which is probably the closest I’m going to get to translating the Waffle stitch into C2C crochet.)
I have a downloadble pdf version of this tutorial available on ravelry here.
A note on the materials used in the tutorial: the yarn is Knit Picks’ Dishie, color Blush and the hook is size I.
Materials needed:
Any kind of yarn
A crochet hook in a size appropriate for the yarn used
Yarn needle for weaving in ends
Pattern Abbreviations (in US terms):
ch: chain stitch
dc: double crochet
sl st: slip stitch
* *: repeat instructions in between asterisks as often as indicated
Making the Cable Stitch
A Cable stitch is made over the space of four stitches. To start, you skip the first stitch, make 1 dc across the next 3 stitches, then move your crochet hook back to the first stitch and make a dc. When you insert your hook into the stitch for the fourth dc, make sure to draw up a loop longer than you did for the other dcs. Otherwise, the Cable stitch is going to be too tight.
For the Cable stitches made in the ch-3 spaces, make 3 dc, then insert your hook before the first dc (the part of the ch-3 space that’s between the first dc and the sl st) and make the fourth dc.
Starting the C2C Cable Stitch:
Just like a regular C2C stitch, you’re going to start a row by making a Cable stitch across chain stitches and then work the Cable stitches in the ch-3 spaces made in the previous row.
Row 1: ch 7, make a dc in the 5th ch from the hook and in the next 2 stitches. Go back to the 4th ch from the hook (the ch before the first dc made) and make a dc.
This shows the order of the 4 dcs that are made after chaining 6.
Row 2: ch 7 and make a Cable stitch across the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th* chains from the hook. Insert your hook into the ch-3 space from the previous row and make a sl st. Ch 3 and make a Cable stitch.
(*The order of the chains being worked would be: 5th, 6th, 7th, then go back to the 4th.)
Row 3+: For each row after this, you repeat Row 2. Start your rows with an increase made by chaining 7 and working a Cable stitch across the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th chains from the hook. Then in every ch-3 space of the previous row, do the following: sl st, ch 3 and make a Cable stitch.
Decreasing the C2C Cable stitch:
When you get to the size you want, you’ll decrease in the same manner as you would a regular C2C project.
Decrease Row 1: ch 1 and make a sl st in each of the 4 dcs and the ch-3 space of the previous row. In the ch-3 space, ch 3 and make a Cable stitch. Move to the next ch-3 space and sl st, ch 3, and make a Cable stitch. Repeat * * for the rest of the ch-3 spaces of the previous row until you reach the last ch-3 space. In the last ch-3 space, you only make a sl st. Then turn your work and repeat Decrease Row 1.
You’ll finish your C2C square when you have one set of a ch-3 and Cable stitch.
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