Seashell Stitch Crochet Pattern
Stitches and Abbreviations:
2tog – Crochet 2 stitches together ([Yo, insert your hook into the next st, yo and draw up a loop] two times, yo and draw through all the loops on your hook.)
3tog – Crochet 3 stitches together ([Yo, insert your hook into the next st, yo and draw up a loop] three times, yo and draw through all the loops on your hook.)
5tog – Crochet 5 stitches together ([Yo, insert your hook into the next st, yo and draw up a loop] five times, yo and draw through all the loops on your hook.)
Ch – Chain
Dc – Double Crochet
Rpt – Repeat
Sc – Single Crochet
Sl St – Slip Stitch
Yo – Yarn Over
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 two colours: Colour A and colour B.
To begin make a slip knot and make a foundation chain. For this stitch you will need a multiple of six chains plus two (6+2) for your foundation chain.
For example, with colour A, ch 38.
Row One:
Sc in the 2nd ch from your hook and in each st all the way across. Ch 1, turn.
Row Two:
Sc in the 1st st, *ch 2, 5tog over the next 5 sts, ch 2, sc in the next st: Rpt from * across, sc in final st. Ch 1, turn.
Row Three:
Working in the blo all the way across, sc in the 1st st and each st (including the ch sts) across. Switch to colour B in the final st, ch 3 (counts as a dc), turn.
Row Four:
With colour B, 2tog over each of the next 2 sts, *ch 2, sc in next st, ch 2, 5tog over the next 5 sts; Rpt from * across ending with a sc, ch 2, 3tog over the final 3 sts, ch 1, turn.
Row Five:
Working in the blo all the way across, sc in the 1st st and each st (including the ch sts) across. Switch to colour A in the final st, ch 3 (counts as a dc), turn.
And that’s it!
For the rest of the pattern you will repeat rows 2-5 for as long as you would like. Fasten off, weave in your ends.