How to Crochet the Crocodile Stitch Free Pattern

How to Crochet the Crocodile Stitch Free Pattern
by Kristin Omdahl

This is a unique and highly textured stitch pattern that is a lot of fun to learn. It creates a dense and bulky fabric. It only uses chain, single crochet and double crochet, but it is the placement of the stitches that makes this quite tricky to learn! Once you get the hang of it, I think you will enjoy adding this to your repertoire of crochet skills! Just by learning this technique below, and working until you run out of yarn, you will make a striking scarf! There are also 3 tutorial videos you can watch along to help you with this technique: right hand crochet, left hand crochet, and slower for beginners.

What you will need:
1 ball Be So Sporty Yarn shown in Harbor Fog
G/6 (4mm) crochet hook

Instructions:
Ch22 (mult 6 + 4)
Row 1: Dc in 4th ch from hook, *ch1, skip 2 chs, dc in next ch, ch1, skip 2 chs, 2dc in next ch. Rep from * across. — 6 ch2 sps

Row 2: ch1, *working sideways around post, work 5dc in first st, ch3, working sideways around post, work 5dc in next st**, skip ch1 sp, sc in next dc, skip ch1 sp. Rep from * across, on last rep end at **. — 4 crocodile stitches

Row 3: Slst into center of first crocodile, ch4 (counts as dc, ch1), *2dcs in next sc, ch1, dc in center of next crocodile st, ch1. Rep from * across, on last repeat omit last ch1. — 6 ch1 sps

Row 4: ch1, sc in first dc, *skip ch1 sp, working sideways around post, work 5dc in next dc, ch3, working sideways around post, work 5dc in next st**, skip ch1 sp, sc in next dc. Rep from * across. — 3 crocodile stitches

Row 5: ch3 (counts as dc), dc in same st, *ch1, dc in center of next crocodile st, ch1, 2dc in next sc. Rep from * across, but on last rep the 2dc are worked into the last st. — 6 ch1 sps

Row 6: rep row 2. — 4 crocodile sts

Row 7: rep row 3. — 6 ch1 sps

Row 8: rep row 4. — 3 crocodile sts

Row 9: rep row 5. — 6 ch1 sps

Row 10: rep row 2. — 4 crocodile stitches

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