Crochet Tutorial – Feather Stitch

I came across the Feather Stitch recently and when I tried it, I loved how it works up! The stitch is very dense so the fabric it builds is very thick and sturdy and is perfect for making dishcloths and baskets!

Video Tutorials

I have right and left handed video tutorials for this on my Youtube channel.

Right handed

Left handed

Abbreviations

ch – chain

sp – space

hdc – Half Double Crochet – yo, insert hook into next stitch, yo, pull up a loop on the hook (3 loops on hook), yo, pull through all 3 loops on hook.

fs-beg – Feather Stitch at the beginning – yo, insert hook into the next ch sp, yo, pull up a loop on the hook (3 loops on hook), yo, insert hook into skipped stitch or ch sp right below the current ch sp, yo, pull up a loop on the hook (5 loops on hook), yo, insert hook into the next ch sp, yo, pull up a loop on the hook (7 loops on hook), yo, pull through all 7 loops on hook.

fs – Feather Stitch – yo, insert hook into the same ch sp where the last leg of the previous feather was made, yo, pull up a loop on the hook (3 loops on hook), yo, insert hook into skipped stitch or ch sp right below the current chain sp, yo, pull up a loop on the hook (5 loops on hook), yo, insert hook into the next ch sp, yo, pull up a loop on the hook (7 loops on hook), yo, pull through all 7 loops on hook.

Written Instructions

All instructions in this stitch pattern are written in US terms.

Row 1: Make a row of Foundation Half Double Crochet stitches. There must be odd number of stitches in this row (multiples of 2 plus 1). 

Row 2: ch1, hdc in first stitch, * ch1, skip next stitch, hdc in the next stitch; repeat from * until the end of the row, turn.

Row 3: ch1, hdc in first stitch, ch1, fs-beg, ch1, * fs, ch1; repeat from * until the end of the row, hdc in the last stitch, turn.

Repeat Row 3 until you reach the desired height.

Last row: ch1, hdc in first stitch, * hdc in ch sp, hdc in the feather stitch; repeat from * until the end of the row, hdc in ch sp, hdc in last stitch. Fasten off and weave in ends.

Patterns you can make with this stitch

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