How to Crochet the Star Stitch Photo Tutorial

Don’t you just love beautiful crochet stitches that look harder to make than they actually are?

The Star Stitch is a perfect example.

This gorgeous crochet stitch is a two row repeat that is really quite simple when you break it down.

Learn how to crochet the Star Stitch with this photo tutorial.

Materials

• worsted weight yarn
• crochet hook

Instructions

1. Chain any ODD number of chains. In this tutorial I am starting with 17 chains to get 6 Star stitches.

2. Pull up a loop in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th chains from the hook (6 loops on hook). YO (Yarn Over), pull through all 6 loops, chain one to close the stitch. Star Stitch made!

3. To create subsequent Star Stitches… Pull up a loop in the “eye” of the previous Star stitch, in the left leg/spoke of the previous Star stitch, in the same base chain as the previous Star stitch, and in each of the next two chains (6 loops total on hook). YO, pull through all 6 loops, chain one to close the stitch.

Repeat step 3 until only one chain remains.

4. Make a Linked Half Double Crochet (Lhdc) using the “eye” of the last Star stitch and the final chain.

Star stitch row complete!

We will alternate the row of Star stitches with a row of Half Double Crochet to complete the top half of the “stars”…

5. Chain one and turn, Half Double Crochet in the first stitch.

6. Make TWO Half Double Crochet stitches in each “eye” across.

7. When you get to the end, place one half double crochet in the final stitch.

Alternating row complete!

To start a new row of Star stitches…

8. Chain three, pull up a loop in the 2nd ch and 3rd ch from the hook. Pull up a loop in each of the first 3 sts of the row (6 loops on hook). YO, pull through all 6 loops, chain one to close the stitch.

Repeat step 3 across, ending with a step 4.

Alternate these two rows until the piece is as tall as you like, ending with a row of the Half Double Crochet stitches.