Yarn Under Cluster Stitch | How to Crochet

The Yarn Under Cluster Stitch is a unique looking stitch pattern that you will want to try in your next crochet project!

Most of the time when I work a crochet stitch, I will wrap the yarn over my hook before pulling it through or drawing up a loop. In this cluster stitch pattern we will instead wrap the yarn under our hook before drawing it through.

This motion gives our stitch pattern a slightly different look and feel that I absolutely love!

The Yarn Under Cluster stitch is worked simply by alternating rows of yarn under single crochet stitches with our yarn under cluster stitches. A little more texture is added by working in either the front or back loops only.

The resulting fabric is solid, pretty on both sides although they are different, and quite stretchy as well! The fabric has a beautiful drape to it, which would make it beautiful for garments.

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.

The Yarn Under Cluster Stitch Pattern:

Stitches and Abbreviations:

Blo – Back Loop Only
Ch – Chain
Dc – Double Crochet
Flo – Front Loop Only
Rpt – Repeat
Sc – Single Crochet
Sk – Skip
Sl st – Slip stitch
Sp – Space
Yo – Yarn over
YU CL – Yarn Under Cluster Stitch (Yarn over, insert your hook into the same st as the previous st, yarn UNDER and draw up a loop, insert your hook into the next st, yarn UNDER and draw up a loop. Yarn over and draw through all the loops on your hook.)
YU sc – Yarn Under Single Crochet (Insert your hook into the next st, yarn UNDER and draw up a loop, yarn OVER and draw through the 2 loops on your hook.)

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 a single colour.

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 an odd number of stitches for your foundation chain.

For example, ch 31.

Row One:

YU sc in the 2nd ch from your hook, yu sc in each st across, Ch 2, turn.

Row Two:

Working in the blo all the way across, YU CL beginning in the 1st st, YU CL all the way across. Ch 1, turn.

Row Three:

Working in the flo all the way across, yu sc in the 1st st and in each across, ending with working the final st in the turning ch-2 sp. Ch 2, turn.

And that’s it!

For the rest of the pattern simply repeat rows 2 and 3. Fasten off, weave in your ends.

Video Tutorial:

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