This crochet pattern in the image is a striped stitch pattern — likely the crochet waistcoat stitch or knit stitch, worked in alternating white and red rows. It gives a woven, knit-like texture.
Here’s how to make it step-by-step:
🧶 What You’ll Need
- Yarn: Two contrasting colors (example: red + white)
- Hook: Use one size larger than recommended for your yarn (to make inserting easier)
- Scissors & Yarn needle for finishing
🪡 Step-by-Step Tutorial
🔹 Step 1: Make the Foundation Chain
- Using Color A (red), make a slip knot.
- Chain any even number (for example, 20 chains for a small sample).
- Add 1 extra chain (this will be your turning chain).
👉 Example: Chain 21 (20 + 1 for turning).
🔹 Step 2: First Row (Base Row)
- Insert hook into second chain from hook.
- Single crochet (sc) across the entire row.
- On the last stitch, do not finish the final yarn over with red.
- Instead, change to Color B (white) by:
- Dropping the red yarn.
- Picking up the white yarn.
- Yarn over with white and pull through both loops to finish that stitch.
🧵 Now white is your working yarn.
- Chain 1 with white and turn your work.
🔹 Step 3: Start the Waistcoat Stitch (White Row)
- Look at the “V” of each single crochet from the previous row.
- Normally, we insert the hook under the top loops.
- But for this stitch, insert your hook between the legs of the “V” — this is the key step!
- Yarn over (with white), pull up a loop, yarn over again, and pull through both loops.
- Continue this waistcoat stitch across the row.
- On the final stitch, change color back to red (as before).
- Chain 1 with red and turn your work.
🧶 Tip: Keep your tension loose, or inserting the hook between the “V”s will be difficult.
🔹 Step 4: Next Row (Red Row)
- Insert the hook between the “V”s of the previous white row.
- Make a waistcoat stitch (same as before) across.
- Change color to white at the last stitch.
- Chain 1, turn.
🔹 Step 5: Repeat for Pattern
- Continue alternating colors every row.
- Each row is made of waistcoat stitches worked into the center of the “V” of the previous row.
💡 Color Changing Tip (for Neat Edges)
To keep your edges clean:
- Always switch colors on the last yarn-over of the last stitch in each row.
- Do not cut the yarn after each color change — instead, carry the unused color up along the edge of your work.
When you finish, you can crochet a border to hide the carried yarn.
🧺 Finishing
When your piece reaches the desired length:
- Cut yarn (leave a 6-inch tail).
- Pull the tail through the final loop to secure.
- Weave in all yarn ends using a yarn needle.
✨ Optional Variation
You can also:
- Work two rows per color instead of one (for thicker stripes).
- Try three colors for a more dynamic look.
- Use this pattern for scarves, blankets, potholders, or coasters — it’s very flexible.
