Fleece Crochet Stitch

“FLEECE CROCHET STITCH” – BY HILARIA FINA

STITCHES AND TECHNIQUES USED

CHAIN (abbrev. ch)
YO and pull through the loop on hook.

SINGLE CROCHET (abbrev. sc)
Insert hook in stitch, YO and pull up loop (2 loops on your hook), YO again and pull through both loops on hook.

EXTENDED SINGLE CROCHET (abbrev. esc)
Insert hook in stitch, YO and pull loop through the stitch (2 loops on hook) YO and pull through first loop only, forming a chain stitch (2 loops on hook), YO and pull through both loops on hook.

CROCHETING INTO THE BACK BUMP OF A CHAIN
When you turn your chain, you’ll see a small ‘bump’ on the wrong side of each stitch.

THROUGH FRONT LOOP (abbrev. tfl)
The front loop is the loop closest to you.

START CROCHETING | FLEECE STITCH

• Turning chain at the beginning of row does not count as a stitch.
• Number of rows in pattern repeat : 2

TO BEGIN | chain any number of chains + 1 turning chain.

R1 | Starting in 2nd ch through back bumps, 1 esc to end.

R2 | 1 ch, turn, 1 sc-tfl, [6 ch, 1 sc-tfl in next st] to end.

R3 | 1 ch, turn, 1 esc through the unworked loop of the extended single crochet 2 rows below repeat to last stitch.

Repeat R2 & R3 until you reach desired size.

  You can get shorter or longer loops by varying the number of air chains in row 2.

CHART | STITCH FLEECE

You can check the symbols used in the chart in the post “Crochet Symbols”.

VIDEOTUTORIAL | HILARIA FINA

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