For this tutorial you will need your selected yarn I'm using Paintbox yarn
in baby DK and this yarn calls for a four millimeter crochet hook so that is
what I'm using today but you can use whichever crochet hook your yarn
recommends or change it up to suit your tension you'll also need a pair of
scissors and a darning needle as always if you like my videos don't forget to
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there ok let's get started so you want to begin by creating your slipknot and
you can do this in whichever method you prefer go ahead and insert your crochet
hook and this is going to be worked in multiples of two plus one for turning so
you want to yarn over and pull through and yarn over and pull through that's two
yarn over pull through yarn over pull through that's four and then you'll keep
chaining in multiples of two until you get to the width of project that you
want so if you're making a blanket then you do it as wide as you want the
blanket to be if you're making a scarf you do it as wide as the scarfs going to
be so work your foundation row I'm going to work a swatch and then meet me back
once you're ready so I have just gone ahead and done my chain and this is a
chain of 24 so what I'm going to do now is just add one more chain for turning
so chain one and then I'm going to do a double crochet into the second chain
from the hook so I'm speaking in UK terms in the US a double crochet is
known as a single crochet so we don't count the one that's on the hook we skip
this first chain and then we're going to do a double crochet into this second
chain so insert the hook yarn over and pull through you'll have two loops on
the hook and then yarn over pull through two so
you're going to do one double crochet into each of your chains all the way
along the chain so go ahead pause the video work your double crochets into
that chain and meet me back once you are ready so we've just done our foundation
row and now we're ready to move on to the actual rows that make up the double
linen stitch so this first row is going to be classed as row one because this is
the foundation row so for row one you're going to chain one and turn your work
and then you're going to do a double crochet into this very first stitch so
the one at the base of your chain one and this row is pretty simple you're
going to chain one skip the next stitch and then do a double crochet into the
next stitch chain one skip a stitch and double crochet chain one skip a stitch
double crochet so go ahead pause the video do that all the way along to the
end of this row and meet me back once you're ready so I've just come to the end
of row one I'm now ready to move onto row two you want to chain one and turn your
work and we're going to do a double crochet into that very first stitch so
if you just look at the base of your chain one that is the stitch that we're
going into so work into that stitch we're going to chain one we're going to
skip the next chain space and then we're going to do a double crochet into the
next stitch which is just this one here so chain one skip the next chain space
and double crochet
chain 1 skip a chain space and double crochet and you're going to do that all
the way along until you get to the very end so pause the video and meet me back
once you are ready I've now just come to the end of my row
two and this is what it should be looking like we're now going to move on
to row 3 so you want to chain 1 and turn your work and we're going to do another
double crochet into that very first stitch then we're actually going to do
something slightly different we're going to work a stretch stitch or a pulled
stitch this might also be known as a spiked stitch but what that basically
means is we're working over a row so can you see those chain 1 spaces here we
have the chain one from the previous row and then the chain one from two rows
before so what we want to be doing is working into this chain one space from
those two rows before you're going to go straight into that chain one space two
rows down and then yarn over pull through like you would with a double
crochet but you're just going to pull up slightly on that stitch so that it pulls
it up to the same height that you're working to don't pull it too much and
then don't pull it too little you want to try and just pull it up to the top of
that row and then yarn over pull through and that just elongates that stitch just
there you're then go to chain one and then do it exactly the same so we're
going to skip a stitch and then work into the chain one space from two rows
down so if you just pull it apart you can see it here so straight in yarn over
pull up to the top of that row yarn over pull through chain one skip a stitch
find your space into there yarn over pull up to the top of the row and then
yarn over pull through chain one and continue so you're going to continue
that all the way to the end of the row do it until you get to your last chain
one space and then meet me back I'll show you how to finish off this row and
move on to the next so I'm now at the end of this row and
I've just done my pulled stitch into that last chain one space we don't do a
chain here we're just going to go straight into the last stitch with a
double crochet and that completes row three you want to chain one and turn
your work and we're going to do one double crochet into that first stitch
you're also going to do a double crochet into the next stitch and then you're
going to chain one skip the chain which is this one here and then double crochet
into the top of the next stitch which will be one of your pulled stitches so
chain one skip the chain space and then into the top of the next stitch chain
one skip a space into the top of the next stitch go ahead work your way until
you get to the last stitch that you're working into and I'll show you how to
finish off this row and move onto the next one so I've now come to the end of
my row I've done my last double crochet into this pulled double crochet from the
previous row and we're left with one stitch remaining so you can go ahead and
do a double crochet into that last stitch going to chain one and turn our
work am we're ready for row five so you're going to do a double crochet into
the first stitch just here and then you're going to chain one skip a stitch
and then we're going to work into the chain space from two rows below now this
can be a little bit difficult to see but what you want to look for is the chain
space just here and then just underneath is the chain space just there so once
you've found that space go ahead and do a double crochet into that space and
then you'll see that it just sits slightly diagonal from this one
just here and then this one so it sits in between the two chain
one move over find that chain one space from two rows
down and then do your double crochet chain one skip a stitch find those chain
one spaces two rows down and double crochet go ahead pause the video work
your way to the end of the row just before you get to the end and then I'll
come back and show you how to finish off the row and then how to do your repeat
so I've just come to the end of my row I actually have two stitches remaining now
one and two and you want to double crochet one into each of those stitches
one and two so now it is just a repeat so we're going to repeat rows 2 to 5
over and over until you get to your desired length so basically you're going
to chain 1 turn your work and then you will go into your row 2 so row 2 would
be a double crochet into the first stitch and then chain 1 skip a stitch
and then double crochet chain 1 skip a stitch and double crochet so please feel
free to rewind the video I'll leave the row markers in the top corner just here
so that you can see which row you can go to when you rewind I will also
leave a link in the description box of the blog post that goes alongside this
stitch if you want to get the written instructions so I'm going to go ahead
and build a few more rows so that you can start to see what it looks like so I
shall see you in just a moment ok so I have now done 3 repeats of rows 2 to 5
and this is what it is looking like I just think this is absolutely gorgeous
obviously it's called double linen stitch or pulled linen stitch just
because it's going over two rows and it's elongating those stitches but I
think it looks absolutely beautiful I'm a big fan of the
linen stitch anyway and what I really like about this is it looks beautiful on the
front but also it looks beautiful on the back it just kind of gives a completely
different look and I don't even know if I if I prefer the back than I do to the
front but I just think this would be really good for something like a blanket
because you would then have it double sided but each side would look beautiful
but slightly different as well so yeah I really hope that you have enjoyed
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