Crochet Spotlight Stitches Tips & Tricks
May 5th, 2019
Spotlight Stitch: Tulips in a Row
Tulips in a Row is our new fave stitch for Spring! In this post we will walk you through how to work up this unique stitch. It’s a lot easier than it looks so give it a try and let me know what you think!
Materials:
Yarn: I used Red Heart Super Saver but you can swap out for whatever yarn you’re currently working with.
You will need 3 distinct colours A, B, C (this is the tulip colour)
Stitch Guide:
Shell: (DC, ch 1, DC) in st
Cluster (CL): (YO, insert hook in specified st and draw up a loop to hight of DC) 4 times, YO and draw through all 9 loops on hook
Pattern:
Being with chain in colour A
Row 1 (right side): with A, sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each remaining ch, ch 1, turn
Row 2: Sc in each sc, at end of row, finish off colour A
Row 3 (right side): with right side facing, join B with sl st in first sc at right; ch 4 (counts as a dc an ch-1 sp), sk next sc, shell in next sc, *sk next 2 sc, shell in next sc, rep from * to last 2 sc, sk next sc, dc in last sc. Finish off B, do not turn
Row 4 (right side): with right side facing, join C with sl st in 3rd ch of ch-4 at right, ch4 (counts as a dc and ch-1 sp), *CL in ch-1 sp of next shell, ch 2, rep from * across to last shell, CL in last shell, ch1, dc in dc. Finish off C, do not turn
Row 5 (right side): with right side facing, join A in 3rd ch of ch-4 at right, ch 1, sc in same st, sc in next ch-1 sp; *sc in CL, 2 sc in ch-2 sp, rep from * across to last CL, sc in CL, sc in ch-1 sp, sc in dc, ch 1, turn
Row 6: rep row 2
Repeat rows 3-6 for pattern.
