crazy stitches
I found these two different types of crazy stitch in a vintage stitch book, the name just tickled me so I felt it necessary to do a tutorial for both. The pink one is the small crazy stitch (cute as) and the blue one is the large crazy stitch (duh!). I love them both and think they look completely different when swatched up; the small crazy stitch is quite a dense, almost fabric stitch whilst the large crazy bitch is so leggy that she's almost lacy.
Here are the stitch patterns written out, for a video tutorial on both, see below. The pattern is taken from a vintage stitch pattern book called New Directions in Crochet.
Small Crazy Stitch - multiples of 4 plus 4.
Row 1. work your desired foundation chain then work 3tr into the 4th ch from the hook, *skip 3 sts, (1dc, ch3, 3tr) in next st; repeat from * to last four sts, miss 3 sts, 1dc in last st, turn.
Row 2. ch3, 3tr in first dc, *(1dc, ch3, 3tr) in ch3 space; repeat from * across ending with 1dc underneath turning chain, turn.
Repeat Row 2 for pattern.
Large Crazy Stitch - multiples of 4 plus 5
Row 1. work your desired foundation chain then work 3dtr in 5th ch from the hook, *skip 3 sts, (1tr, ch3, 3dtr) in next st; repeat from * to last four sts, miss 3 sts, 1tr in last st, turn.
Row 2. ch4, 3dtr in first tr, *(1tr, ch3, 3dtr) in ch3 space; repeat from * across ending with 1tr underneath turning chain, turn.
Repeat Row 2 for pattern.
Here is the video tutorial, I was originally going to do two separate videos which is why I repeat myself so darn much so huge apologies and I hope you like this one, I sure do and have already got something on the go using the large stitch! Happy crocheting YO!