 Hi everyone, Tasha from Start of School Crochet. I really love this cornflower stitch. This is going to be our Saturday Stitch Explorer tutorial today. It's a really great stitch. It has these really nice little holes that would be great for a summer project, a pillow even. It might look pretty for a pillow. So we're going to get started and grab your hook and your yarn. Today I'm going to use a J-hook with actually home deck yarn because it's a little bit easier to see the stitches than the 24-7 cotton that I used for this sample. But I really like using the smaller yarn and a smaller hook size for this because it creates, you can kind of see the pattern a little bit better and it's a little finer. It actually would be pretty in using a smaller hook and even maybe a three weight yarn. Alright, let's get started. So to start I'm going to do a foundation single crochet row and to do that you create a slip knot and then you're going to chain two. You go ahead and insert your hook into the first chain, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through one and then yarn over and pull through two. In the second stitch you're going to put your hook through the bottom two loops of the first chain you created, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through one which is considered a chain one, yarn over and pull through two. So you've created two foundation single crochet and I'm going to go ahead and speed this up. This pattern works in multiples of ten plus one. So for this tutorial I'm going to do a foundation single crochet of twenty and then add one more so I'll have twenty one by the end of it and here I'm going to speed it up now. Okay, so you may need to grab your coffee for this one guys because it's a four row repeat starting at row three. Right now we're going to work on row two and for row two you chain one then you turn and we're going to skip one, two, three and four and then we're going to work a double crochet, chain one and double crochet into the same stitch. Then we're going to chain one into the next stitch work a double crochet, chain one and do another double crochet, chain one, double crochet cluster and those little clusters create a fan, a fan look to it. Alright so there we have our double crochets with chain ones in between each of our double crochets and we have one, two, three, four, five over three stitches. So what we're going to do next is we're going to skip three and work a single crochet into the next then we skip three and in the fourth one this is where our repeat starts. Double crochet, chain one, double crochet into the same stitch, chain one, double crochet in the next stitch, chain one, double crochet, chain one and double crochet into the same stitch. So you can see it's creating kind of these little fans. This is just for row one and it gets a little bit more complicated for the other rows but it's a really great stitch to learn and the written pattern will be on my blog. So after that we skip three and then we do one single crochet into the last foundation single crochet and so there you have our first row or our second row actually because I consider the foundation row row one so that will be in the written pattern. So for row three we're going to go ahead and chain four, so we've got one, two, three and four. Turn your work then you're going to double crochet into the single crochet that's right here at the base of your chain. So we have one double crochet there then we're going to chain one. We're going to skip the double crochet, the chain one and the other double crochet and then we're going to work a single crochet into the next three stitches and when you work into the chain one spaces or the chains we're going to go around into the chain one space. So you do one single crochet in the chain one, a single crochet in the top of the double crochet and then a single crochet into the chain one and then we're going to go ahead and chain one and that's pretty much our repeat there. So we double crochet one, actually that's not where our repeat ends I'm sorry. So now we're going to double crochet one, chain three and double crochet one into the next single crochet. So we'll be skipping the double crochet, chain one, double crochet and working into that single crochet. So you're going to do a double crochet here, a chain three and this is what makes the big holes in the center and then double crochet into the same single crochet. That's what creates the big holes that you'll be working, that create the kind of fan pattern. Okay so after this we do a chain one, this is where the repeat starts. Chain one and then we're going to skip double crochet, chain one and that double crochet work into the chain one space, single crochet into the next and single crochet into the next. So you've got three single crochets and we're at the end here so our repeat is going to actually end with our chain one and then we're going to do a double crochet, a chain one and a double crochet in the chain one. So we're going to skip all of these, go over to our chain one which is right here and we're going to work one double crochet, a chain one and a double crochet. Can you see the pattern emerging with the chain ones and the double crochets? Alright so there we have our end and we have our row three. So for row four you need a deep breath or take a break, you can press pause. Row four we're going to chain four, turn and we're doing a double crochet, chain one and a double crochet into the first chain space. That's the chain space created from the stitch we just did. So do double crochet, chain one, double crochet. So we're going to skip this double crochet, a chain one and a single crochet and do a single crochet into the next stitch, the next single crochet. And here we're going to do a double crochet one and a chain one four times into the chain three space. So we do a double crochet, chain one, double crochet, chain one, double crochet, chain one, double crochet, chain one and then we work one more double crochet into that chain space. So you have five double crochets and four chain one spaces. There you go, so you got one, two, three, four, five plus my chain ones. Okay so after that we're going to repeat that from the skipping the stitch or skipping the double crochet, the chain one and the single crochet. So we're going to work another single crochet into the center of that next single crochet. See how I mean this can be a little confusing but it takes a bit of practice. So now that we're at the end we're going to end our repeat at a single crochet in the next single crochet which is this one. So after we get to the end here then we're going to double crochet one, chain one, two times and then one more double crochet into the fourth chain of the chain four. So we've already reached the end here and we're going to go straight into that chain four, the top of the chain four which would be right about there and into that we're going to work a double crochet one, chain one, two times and then one more. So you're really doing three double crochets with chain ones in between them. Let's see if I can get into that stitch. Okay so we've got a double crochet one, chain one, another double crochet, chain one and one more double crochet and then that finishes out the end of the row. See how it's starting to come out? So for row five we do a chain one, we turn, we're going to skip the first double crochet which is right here, then we're going to single crochet one into the chain space and chain one after that, then we're going to double crochet one, chain three and double crochet one into the next single crochet which is right here. So we do a double crochet one, chain three and double crochet one into that same single crochet stitch and then we're going to chain one after that. We're going to skip the double crochet, the chain one space and the next double crochet and then do the single crochets like we did in the previous row, the first one starting into the chain space, the second is into the top of the double crochet and the third is in the chain space. So we do three single crochets and then we chain one after that and then we begin our repeat again by doing a double crochet, chain three and double crochet one into the single crochet, chain one, chain three, I'm sorry, two, three, double crochet, then we're going to end our repeat after we do our chain one right here. So that's where our repeat ends because we're coming here up at the end and then after the repeat we're going to single crochet one in each of the next two chains from the chain four from this previous row. So let's find our chains, we've got one there, one there, I'm going to go into the hump first because it makes it just a little bit easier and then I'm going to twist it back around. So we've got one single crochet, I can get it, I'll just do it in one, so there we have our two single crochets into the two chains from chain four. So you're ready for row six, there's our rows one through five, so we're going to chain one, we're going to turn, we're going to double crochet one and chain one four times into the chain three space right here. So we're skipping all of these stitches right here and going straight into the chain three space. So we do a double crochet, chain one, double crochet, chain one, we do that four times and then we do one last one into there and that gives us our five double crochets and four chain ones. All right, so then we're going to skip the double crochet, we're going to skip the chain and one of the single crochets, so we get our double, our chain and one and then we're going to work a single crochet into the next, then we're going to start back at the beginning and do another one of these fans straight into the chain three. So we've got one plus chain, double crochet, chain one, don't forget those chain ones in between, I've done that a few times. All right, so there's our next fan and then we're going to end our repeat here because we're right at the end of the row and then we do a single crochet into the last single crochet. So we remember we have two or here we've got a double crochet, a chain and a single crochet. So we're going to do one single crochet into the last. All right, you guys, you survived. This is your repeat and actually I mean I used thirty for this swatch. This is twenty so you can see of course the more repeats or the more multiples you use the prettier it looks but there you go. So here from here on out you're going to repeat rows three, four, five and six and keep going up until you reach your desired height. I hope that wasn't too hard for you guys and always you can slow the video down or do what you need to do and I hope you enjoyed it. Let me know if you have any questions, leave it below. If you have any tips and tricks or if you've created another stitch you'd like me to do a tutorial for. 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