Spiked Knotted Half Double Crochet Photo Tutorial

With the Spiked Knotted Half Double Crochet you are going to create a thick, double sided texture that is great for those thicker projects that don’t require too much drape!

Over the past few days I have published two variations of the Knotted Half Double Crochet stitch pattern. The first used half double crochet two together stitches that are worked beginning in the same stitch as the previous and the second pattern replaced them with yarn over slip stitches that resulted in a fabric that was a little less thick with a slightly different look.

In the Spiked Knotted Half double crochet we are going to take the first pattern and work some of those stitches as spike stitches to create even more texture!

Learn how to crochet the Spiked Knotted Half Double Crochet with this photo tutorial.

Materials

• medium/worsted weight yarn
• 5 mm (H/8) crochet hook

Abbreviations

• Ch – Chain
• Hdc – Half Double Crochet
• Rpt – Repeat
• Sc – Single Crochet
• Sk – Skip
• Sl st – Slip stitch
• Sp – Space
• Spiked Hdc2tog – Half Double Crochet Two Stitches Together
• Yo – Yarn over

Special Stitches

Half Double Crochet Two Stitches Together - Yo, working over the sc stitches in the previous row, insert your hook under the indicated st, yo and draw up a loop, yo, working over the sc in the previous row insert your hook under the next st, yo and draw up a loop. Yo and draw through all the loops on your hook. Spiked hdc2tog made.

Notes

This stitch is worked in rows in this tutorial and it may be worked in one colour or many. I will be working this pattern in a single colour.

Instructions

To begin, make a slip knot and make a foundation chain. For this stitch, you may use any number of stitches for your foundation chain.

For example, ch 21.

Row One:

Sc in the 2nd ch from your hook and in each st across. Ch 1, turn.

Row Two:

Sc in the 1st st, sc in each st across. Ch 1, turn.

Row Three:

Sc in the first st, spiked hdc2tog over the next 2 sts, *spiked hdc2tog starting in same as the last st; Rpt from * across until no sts remaining, hdc in the final st (which is the same as the last), ch 1 turn.

Row Four:

Sc in the 1st st and in each st across. Ch 1, turn.

And that’s it!

For the remainder of the pattern simply repeat rows two and three. Fasten off, weave in your ends.