HOW TO CROCHET STAR STITCH

STITCH TUTORIAL

A beautiful crochet stitch pattern made of loops, the star stitch goes by other names, Marguerite, Spike Cluster or Daisy Stitch. Learn how to crochet the Star Stitch to use in your projects!

MATERIALS

MEDIUM WEIGHT YARN
5 MM HOOK
SCISSORS
DARNING NEEDLE

MEDIUM / WORSTED WEIGHT YARN

5 MM CROCHET HOOK

SCISSORS

DARNING NEEDLE

STITCH MARKERS

For the swatch, begin by chaining 21.

1. Insert your hook in the 2nd chain from the hook, draw up a loop. Insert hook in the next chain and draw up a loop. Insert your hook in the next chain and draw up a loop. Repeat 2 more times until you have 6 loops in your hook,

yarn over and draw your hook through all 6 loops and chain 1. One star stitch made.

The center made from the 6 loops and chain 1, shall be referred to as the eye of the star stitch.

Insert your hook in the eye just made, yarn over and pull up a loop. Insert your hook in the last leg of the last stitch just made, yarn over and pull up a loop. You now have 3 loops on your hook.

Insert your hook in the next 3 chains, yarn over and draw up a loop (6 loops on hook), yarn over and draw through all 6 loops.

Another star stitch made. Repeat until end of the row. Half double crochet (HDC), on the last chain of the row.

2. Chain 2, 2 half double crochet in the eye of the first star. 2 half double crochet into the eye of the next star

across until the end of the row. Half double crochet in the last stitch.Turn your work.

3. Chain 3, insert hook into the 2nd chain from the hook, yarn over and pull up a loop. Insert hook into the 3rd chain from the hook, yarn over and pull up a loop. Insert hook into the next stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop.

Repeat two more times until you have 6 loops on your hook. Yarn over and pull through all 6 loops.

Chain 1, insert hook into the eye, yarn over and pull up a loop. Insert hook into the same stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop.

Insert hook into the last leg of the previous star, yarn over and pull up a loop. Insert hook into the next stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop.

Repeat 2 more times, yarn over and pull through all 6 loops. Repeat across to the last stitch. Half double crochet into the top of the beginning chain.