How to Crochet the Iris Stitch Photo Tutorial

The Iris Stitch is an easy and beautiful crochet stitch that creates a draping fabric that makes great garments, hats and scarves.
The beautiful stitch has a floral look and is made with basic stitches. That means it’s a beginner friendly stitch pattern!
Learn how to crochet the Iris Stitch with this photo tutorial.
Materials
- #4 medium worsted weight yarn.
- 5mm (H) Clover Amour hook
- scissors
- yarn needle
Abbreviations
- ch(s) - chain(s)
- dc(s) - double crochet(s)
- rep - repeat
- sts - stitches
Notes
- The stitch multiple is 4, plus 3 for your foundation chain.
- To adjust the width of your swatch, you can add or subtract to my starting chain in 4s.
- Length is adjustable by repeating more or less rows.
Instructions
For the foundation row, chain a stitch multiple of 4, plus 3 for your starting chain. Here I chain 15, to adjust this number you can add or subtract in 4s to your chain stitches.
First row: All in the 5th chain from your hook place (2dc, ch 1 2dc),
*Skip the next 3 chains, all in the next ch place (2dc, ch 1, 2dc),
rep from * across until the last two sts, then skip 1 ch and dc in the last ch, turn.
Row 2: Ch 3,
Skip the next two dcs, all in the next ch 1 space: place (2dc, ch 1, 2dc),
Skip next 4 dcs, *all in the next ch 1 space: place (2dc, ch 1, 2dc) skip next 4 dcs
Rep from * until the last 2 dcs, skip 2 dcs and dc in 3rd ch, turn.
Row 3: Ch 3, skip the next two dcs, *all in the next ch 1 space: place (2dc, ch 1, 2dc), skip next 4 dcs, rep from * until the last 2 dcs, skip 2 dcs and dc in 3rd ch, turn.
Continue to repeat Row 3 for the desired length.