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The Marching Ants Stitch is a lacy stitch with chains and clusters that remind me of marching ants!
The lacy cluster and chain stitches are set up in a grid like appearance. While the pattern has several rows when it comes to the repeat, it is easy to work and has an interesting design. It would look wonderful in a crochet shawl!
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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 in a single colour. 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, even experiment with colour!
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Marching Ants Crochet Stitch:
Abbreviations:
Ch – Chain
Cluster – Cluster 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. Cluster Stitch made.)
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 a solid colour.
To begin, make a slip knot and then chain your desired number of chains. For this stitch pattern you will need a multiple of 16 stitches plus eight stitches for your foundation chain (multiples of 16+8).
For example, ch 40.
Row One:
Dc in 6th ch from your hook, *ch 1, sk the next ch, dc in the next st; rpt from * across, ch 4 and turn.
Row Two:
Sk the 1st ch-1 sp, dc in the next dc, ch 1, sk the ch-1 sp, dc in the next dc, *ch 5, sk the next 2 dc, cluster in the next dc, ch 5, sk the next 2 dc sts, dc in the next dc, [ch 1, sk the next ch-1 sp, dc in the next dc] twice ; rpt from * across, ch 1, sk the ch-1 sp, dc in the next dc, ch 1, sk the ch st, dc in the next ch, ch 3 (Counts as a dc), turn.
Row Three:
[Dc in the next ch-1 sp, dc in the next dc] twice, *ch 4, sk the next 4 chs, sc in the next ch, sk the next cluster, sc in the next ch, ch 4, sk the next 4 chs, dc in the next dc, [Dc in the next ch-1 sp, dc in the next dc] twice; rpt from * across ending with a dc in the final ch-4 sp, dc in the 3rd ch of the starting ch-4, ch 3 (counts as a dc), turn.
Row Four:
Dc in each of the next 4 sts, *ch 4, sk the next 3 chs, sc in the next ch, sc in the sp between the next 2 sc, sc in the next ch, sk the next 3 chs, dc in each of the next 5 dc; rpt from * across, ch 4, turn.
Row Five:
Sk the next st, dc in the next dc, ch 1, sk the next st, dc in the next dc, *ch 5, sk the next ch-4 and sc, cluster in the next sc, ch 5, sk the next sc and ch-4, dc in the next dc, [ch 1, sk the next st, dc in the next dc] twice ; rpt from * across, ch 1, sk the next st, dc in the next dc, ch 1, sk the next dc, dc in the next st, ch 4, turn.
Row Six:
[Sk the next ch-1 sp, dc in the next st] twice, *[ch 1, sk the next ch, dc in the next ch] twice, ch 1, sk the next ch, dc in the top of the cluster st, [ch 1, sk the next ch, dc in the next ch] twice, [ch 1, sk the next ch-1 sp, dc in the next st] three times; rpt from * across, ch 4 and turn.
And that’s it!
For the rest of the pattern, repeat rows 2-6. Fasten off, weave in your ends and block if desired.
Video Tutorial:
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