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The Carousel Stitch crochet pattern is a wonderful stitch pattern featuring a variety of textured crochet stitches.
If you enjoyed working our Gridlock Stitch crochet pattern last week, you’ll want to try this modification! Instead of working a row of yarn over slip stitches we have swapped them out for some fun bobble stitches. The pattern is therefore just a little more thick and dense. You will want to take this into consideration when using it in a project, opting for one that doesn’t require a lot of drape.
In the pattern I use two colours and when the colours are not in use, instead of fastening off at the end of each row, I gently carry them up the side. If you are adding a border or working on a project where the edging will not be seen, this is a good option.
To change colour, in the final stitch at the end of each row, before I draw my yarn through the top two loops to complete the stitch, I will drop the colour that is in use, pick up the next colour and draw it through. I demonstrate this in the free video tutorial below.
The Materials:
For this tutorial today, I will be using a small amount of Heatherly by KnitPicks and WeCrochet in two colours labelled A and B. You will alternate between these colours throughout the project. In the video tutorial below I will carry my yarn up the side so that I do not have to fasten off after each colour change. But depending on your project, you may have to fasten off and weave in the ends if there is no other way to hide them such as under an edging.
Along with my worsted weight yarn, I will also be working with a 5 mm (H/8) crochet hook.
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Carousel Stitch Crochet Pattern:
Blo – Back Loop Only
Bobble – Bobble Stitch ([Yo, insert your hook into the indicated st, yo and draw up a loop, yo and draw through 2 loops] 3 times. Yo and draw through all the loops on your hook. Bobble Stitch Made.)
Ch – Chain Stitch
CL – Cluster Stitch ([yo, insert your hook into the indicated st, yo and draw up a loop, yo and draw through two loops on your hook] twice. Yo and draw through all the loops on your hook. Cluster Stitch made.)
Dc – Double Crochet Stitch
Flo – Front Loop Only
Rpt – Repeat
Sc – Single Crochet
Sl St – Slip Stitch
Tr – Triple/Treble Stitch
Yo – Yarn Over
Pattern 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 labelled A and B.
This pattern is written in American crochet terms.
To begin, with colour A, make a slip knot and make a foundation chain. For this stitch, you will need an even number of stitches for your foundation chain.
For example, with colour A, ch 30.
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, *bobble (See “Stitches and Abbreviations” above) in the next st, sc in the next st; *Rpt from * across. Ch 1, turn.
Row Three:
Sc in the 1st st and in each st across. Ch 1, turn.
Row Four:
Working under the Flo, sc in the 1st st and in each st across. Change to colour B. Ch 1, turn.
Row Five:
Sc in the 1st st, *dc in the flo of the next st 2 rows below, sc in the next st of the previous row; Rpt from * across. Ch 1, turn.
Row Six:
Sc in the 1st st and in each st across. Change to colour A. Ch 1, turn.
Row Seven:
Sc in each of the 1st 2 sts, *tr in the flo of the next st 4 rows below pulling the tr up to the height of your sc st, sc in the next st; Rpt from * across, sc in each of the final 2 sts. Ch 1, turn.
And that’s it!
For the rest of the pattern, simply repeat rows 2-7. Fasten off, weave in your ends.
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