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If you are looking for a stitch that loves to show off colour in your next project, you will love the thick and beautiful texture in this Spiked V stitch crochet pattern!
Crochet spike stitches are a great way to create depth and texture in a crochet pattern. Not only do they add to create thickness in a pattern, but when worked in multiple colours they can create layers in a project.
In a crochet pattern a spiked stitch is simply a stitch that is worked over and around the stitch in the previous row and into a space 2 or more rows below. In our Spiked V stitch pattern today, single crochet stitches are worked over the previous row and into a space under a stitch two rows below.
By alternating colours every few rows, the spiked v stitches really start to pop and create a mesmerizing design.
One thing to note with this stitch when you are using it in a project that it is quite thick and dense which some may find makes their project stiff.
The Materials:
For this tutorial today, I will be using a small amount of Heatherly by KnitPicks and WeCrochet in a single colour. It is a medium/worsted weight yarn that is a wool blend. Along with my worsted weight yarn, I will also be working with a 5 mm (H/8) crochet hook.
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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 colour A and colour B.
This pattern is written in American crochet terms.
To begin, make a slip knot and make a foundation chain. For this stitch, you will need a multiple of three stitches for your foundation chain.
For example, ch 30.
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Stitches and Abbreviations:
Ch – Chain
Dc – Double Crochet
Rpt – Repeat
Sc – Single Crochet
Sk – Skip
Sl st – Slip stitch
Sp – Space
Yo – Yarn over
Row One:
With colour A, 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 st. Ch 1, turn.
Row Three:
With colour B, sc in the 1st st, *sk the next st, spike st in the next st 2 rows below, sc in the next st of the previous row, spike stitch in the previous st 2 rows below (this is the same st as your previous spike st); Rpt from * across ending with an sc in the top of the final st. Ch 1, turn.
Row Four:
Sc in the 1st st and in each st across. Switch to colour A in the final st. Ch 1, turn.
Row Five:
With colour A, sc in the 1st st, *sk the next st, spike st under the next st 2 rows below, sc in the next st of the previous row, spike stitch in the previous st 2 rows below (this is the same st as your previous spike st); Rpt from * across ending with an sc in the top of the final st. 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.
And that’s it!
For the rest of the pattern simply repeat rows 5-6 for pattern switching colours after every 2 rows (For example, in the next repeat of row five you will work in colour B then switch back to colour A at the end of row six and so on). Fasten off, weave in your ends.
