Aligned Easy Spike Stitch | How to Crochet

The Aligned Easy Spike Stitch is worked in a similar way to the Easy Spike Stitch | How to Crochet, however, by lining up the easy spike stitches, you create a blocked pattern.

This aligned easy spike stitch is easy to work and it looks wonderful when worked in multiple colours.  I will work it in two colours in this tutorial.

The final fabric is a solid design and features rows of boxes.  These boxes are created by the placement of the spike stitches.

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Materials for this Tutorial:

For this tutorial today I will be using a small amount of Pima Cotton Yarn by Lion Brand Yarn. It is a worsted weight yarn. The hook shown in the video below is a 5 mm birchwood crochet hook by Rowan Yarns.  However you may use any hook and yarn combination you choose.

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The Easy Crochet Spike Stitch:

Abbreviations:

Ch – Chain

Dc – Double Crochet

Hdc – Half Double Crochet

Rpt – Repeat

Sc – Single Crochet

Sk – Skip

Sl St – Slip Stitch

Yo – Yarn Over

Notes:

This stitch is worked in rows in this tutorial.  You may work the stitch in one colour or many.  I will be working the design in two colours: A, B.

To begin, make a slip knot and then chain your desired number of chains.  For this stitch pattern you will need an even number of stitches for your foundation chain.

For example, with colour A, ch 22.

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 and in each st across.  Switch to colour B in the final stitch.  With colour B, ch 1, turn.  (Do not fasten off colour A, but instead carry the yarn up the side until it is picked up again.)

Row Three:

With Colour B, sc in the 1st st and in each st across.  Ch 1, turn.

Row Four:

Sc in the 1st st and in each st across.  Switch to colour A in the final stitch.  With colour A, ch 1, turn.  (Do not fasten off colour B, but instead carry the yarn up the side until it is picked up again.)

Row Five:

With colour A, sc in the 1st st, *sc working over top of the next st and into the st 3 rows below (spike st made), sc in the next st; rpt from * across.  Ch 1, turn.

Row Six:

Sc in the 1st st and in each st across.  Switch to colour B in the final st.  Ch 1, turn.

Row Seven:

With Colour B, sc in the 1st st and in each st across.  Ch 1, turn.

Row Eight:

Sc in the 1st st and in each st across.  Switch to colour A in the final st.  Ch 1, turn.

Row Nine:

With colour A, sc in the 1st st, *sc working over top of the next st and into the st 3 rows below (spike st made), sc in the next st; rpt from * across.  Ch 1, turn.

 

And that’s it!

For the rest of the pattern, repeat rows 6-9 until you’ve reached the desired length.  Fasten off and weave in your ends.

Video Tutorial:

 

 

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