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Strawberry Stitch Tutorial

The inspiration came from Bloggang Strawberry tunisian crochet when the blogger posted her pic and pattern diagram in Thai to an FB group. Everybody wanted to make it  but nobody knew how to read Thai. I didn't know either, and neither do I know Tunisian crochet so, I came up with traditional Tapestry Crochet instead, and loo, the result is stunning, with the perfect choice of color! Looks so suave!

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SKILL LEVEL : Medium

FINISHED SIZE

9 inches in diameter

MATERIALS

Balinese Cotton Yarn (fine/sports ) weight yarn (100g per ball), can be substituted with mercerized cotton

Green : 1 ball

Red : 1 ball

Size F/2.5 mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge

Yarn needle

GAUGE

7 scs = 1 inch

ABBREVIATIONS

Ch = Chain

SlSt = Slip Stitch

Sc = Single Crochet

Dc = Double Crochet

Sc4tog = Single Crochet 5 stitches together

Note: Traditional tapestry crochet technique is used in this pattern. Crochet the next several stitches as usual, with colors not in use laid flat inside your stitches. You should not be able to see  these colors in your work at this point. This is known as carrying the unused color  to achieve a neat final piece. Weave in loose ends as work progresses.

Strawberry Stitch Crochet Pattern Revised Version.

Starting with the green cotton ch 18. Increase  or decrease in multiple of 4 ch sts at this point to make a wider swatch.

Row 1: Insert the hook into the 3rd ch from hook, dc 2; *{pull red cotton while there are still 2 loops on hook, dc 5 in the next same st, remove hook from last loop and insert the hook from the first dc and pass through the last loop, pull the green cotton through the last and first loops, ch 1 to secure the stitches (you’ve just created a 5dc popcorn stitch which will form the berry); sc4tog on the five dcs to create strawberry petals, ch 1 to secure the stitches; dc in next 3 sts}; repeat from * till the last chain ending with 3dc in green color; 4 strawberries and 4 3-dc spaces, turn.

Row 2: Ch 1, sc in dcs of the previous row including the stiches on the petals; 16 scs.

Row 3-5: Repeat row 1-2. 

Fasten off.

Your Creative Creations
One of the Crochet & More viewers made this headband for her daughter using the above stitches. Isn't she gorgeous? 

Strawberry Block available for purchase at Ravelry.

Strawberry Pot Holder available for purchase at Ravelry

I have been neglecting my 5DM2 for so long because of my illness last year. Nearly a year I did not touch it and when I opened the camera bag the other day I was just grateful I did it then and not later because the fungus has already started to grow on the camera strap. I went testing it and fiuwhh it is still functioning as the last time I used it. Here is one of the pictures I recently took: a crochet purse I just made using the strawberry crochet stitches. I use double strands size 8 cotton for the white, and similar size of rayon for the green and fuchsia (because I don't have the cotton in green and fuchsia color), and make a slip stitch cord to tighten the purse.