O Eyelets Crochet Stitch Photo Tutorial

The O eyelets stitch is an easy crochet stitch combining texture and open stitches. Crossing double crochets create texture and bending the eyelets in a round shape.

It’s a great stitch for cozy garments, shawls and other projects.

Size

The pattern is written for a 15cm by 15cm / 6” by 6” square. You can easily adapt the size to your desired project size with the stitch multiple info below.

Stitch Multiple

The open crochet stitch pattern needs a multiple of 4 + 3 number of stitches; your starting chain will be a multiple of 4 + 5 for an extra turning chain.

Gauge

The gauge for this pattern is 15.5 st by 6 rows in stitch pattern for a 10 cm by 10 cm square (4” by 4”).

Abbreviations

st = stitch

ch = chain

dc = double crochet

skip = miss

The O Eyelets Crochet Stitch Tutorial

With your 5mm / US H- 8 hook ch 25,

Row 1: Dc in 3rd ch from hook, dc across, turn. <23 st>

Row 2: Ch 2, skip 2, dc, working behind st just made work dc in first skipped st, [ch 2, skip 3, dc, dc in 1st skipped st from the back] across, turn.

Row 3: Ch 2, [dc in dc below, dc in space before next dc, dc in the next dc below, dc in the ch-2 space] across, turn.

Repeat Row 2 and 3 until you reach 15 cm / 6″.