Turtle Crochet Stitch

“TURTLE CROCHET STITCH” – FREE TUTORIAL

PATTERN INFORMATION

Stitches & 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 hook), YO again and pull through both loops on hook.

HALF DOUBLE CROCHET (abbrev. hdc)
YO, insert hook in stitch, YO and pull up loop (3 loops on hook), YO and pull through all 3 loops on the hook.

DOUBLE CROCHET (abbrev. dc)
YO, insert hook in stitch, YO and pull up loop (3 loops on hook), YO and pull through the first 2 loops on hook (2 loops on hook), YO again and pull through the remaining 2 loops on hook.

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

STEP BY STEP PATTERN

Start crocheting

Number of rows in pattern repeat : 2

TO BEGIN: multiple of 2 +  1 + 1 turning chain.

R1 | Starting in 2nd back bump of the ch, 1 sc to end of row.

R2 | 1 ch, turn, [1 sc, (1 dc, 1 hdc) closed together] repeat until last stitch, 1 sc in last st. 

R3 | 1 ch, turn, 1 sc to end of row.

Repeat R2 & R3 until you reach desired size. 

Chart

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

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