For this tutorial you will need your selected yarn I'm using Stylecraft
special DK in Aspen and Spring Green you will also need a crochet hook I'm using
a 5 millimeter you will need a pair of scissors and a darning needle to begin
your project we're going to start by making a chain so first of all you want
to create your slipknot
and insert your hook we're going to start with a foundation chain and this
foundation chain needs to be in multiples of six I'm going to chain
twenty-four but you can chain however much you need in order to get the width
of the blanket or whatever project you're working on so you want to yarn
over pull through yarn over pull through yarn over pull through yarn over pull
through yarn over pull through yarn over pull through so that is six stitches I'm
going to go ahead and chain a few more till I reach 24 and if you want to pause
the video here and come back when you've got your selected length so I've now
chained my length of 24 stitches and what you want to do is when you've got
the length you want you then want to do an additional chain two so chain two more
and this will be for turning so now going to go back along this chain
inserting our first row of our shell stitch so we're going to skip this chain here
and then work into the second chain from the hook and we're going to do a double
crochet in here so this would be called single crochet in the US so all you want
to do is insert your hook yarn over pull through yarn over pull through the other
two loops on your hook we then want to skip two chains so we're skipping this
one and this one and we're working into the third chain and we're now going to
do a treble crochet and this is called double crochet in the US so you want to
yarn over remember we're skipping the next two
chains and inserting it into the third one
so insert your hook yarn over pull through yarn over pull through two yarn
over pull through two so that is 1 treble crochet or double crochet if
you're in the US we're then going to do four more so there's going to be 5
treble crochets in this space so we'll do a second one third
fourth and fifth
so that's now five treble crochets in that one stitch were then going to skip
two chains again so one two and then do a double crochet in this third chain so
the hook goes straight in yarn over pull through yarn over pull through to the
two loops on the hook so now that is your first shell shape were then going to go
straight into the next shell so all we do is simply skip two again and we're
going to do five trebles into the third chain along so yarn over insert yarn
over pull through yarn over pull through two yarn over pull through two and then
you're going to do four more
so that is three
four
and five so that is our second shell we now just need to attach it to the chain
so we skip two spaces and then do one double crochet into the third chain so
skip skip then into here so we go straight into the chain yarn over pull
through yarn over and pull through two and we're simply going to repeat this
all the way to the end so if you want to pause the video here I'll leave the
instructions below and I shall meet you back at the end of this row okay so I'm
now at the end of my row and because I chained 24 I end up with four shell
stitches that's because one set one multiple of 6 equals one shell so at the
end you will be left with three chains and you want to just insert your hook
into the very last chain yarn over pull through yarn over pull through two now
I'm going to change colours at this point so that I've got each row as a different
colour but if you wanted to keep the same colour you can just chain one at this
point I'm actually just going to tie off so I'm just going to yarn over pull the
yarn through cut off take out the yarn and pull nice and tight and this is the
way I always change colours just because I feel that it's a lot more sturdy this
way but I realize it's not the technically correct way to do it
so that's section there where I've just tied off my yarn I'm going to insert my
hook into the space of the last chain grab my new colour and pull through
and then tie off and then grab my hook again insert it into the same space and yarn
over and pull through so we are now at the same point is what we were with the
other colour so what you want to do now is chain one and then turn your work and
we're going to do a half shell in this same space so you want to yarn over
insert yarn over pull through yarn over pull through two and yarn over pull
through two so that's one treble and we're going to do two more trebles so
that's two and that's three so that's our half shell we then want to skip 2
chain spaces so this is 1 this is 2 and this is our third one which we're going
to work in so you want to insert your hook into that space and you're working
into the top of the space so when you put your hook in it should look like you
have like it a little V on here or two two loops you want to insert your hook
yarn over pull through and yarn over pull through two that makes the dip of
our shell we're then going to skip the next two spaces so one two and then the
third space if you just pull it apart because this stitch might be a bit tighter
but this is the stitch that we're going to be working in and we're going to do
our five trebles in that stitch so it's yarn over insert and again it will look
like it's got two loops on the hook yarn over pull through yarn over
pull through two yarn over pull through two so that's our first treble
now going to do four more in that space
so one
two three and four we now need to attach this end so we're going to skip two
spaces and insert our hook into the third space yarn over pull through yarn
over pull through so this is how it should be looking at the moment we have
our full shells down at bottom we have a half shell at beginning and then we have
a full shell here we've just done our double crochet in this stitch and you
want to skip two and do five trebles into this third stitch here pause the
video and work your way all the way along and I shall meet you at the end
and I'll show how to do the third row so now I'm at the end of this row to the
point where I've just done a double crochet into this last shell we're then
going to miss two stitches and work our three treble crochets into this third
stitch along which is the very last stitch of the row so yarn over insert yarn
over pull through yarn over pull through two yarn over pull through two and you
just want to do two more of those
and to finish off this row you want to insert your hook yarn over pull through
yarn over pull through if you're staying with the same colour you would just chain
one at this point but I'm going to yarn over pull through and cut off my yarn
pull through and then get ready to change colour again so I'm back with my
aspen colour and I'm going to insert my hook into this space here wrap the yarn
and pull through and then tie off and insert my hook into that same space again
and yarn over and pull through so you now want to chain one and turn your work
and we are going to be working into this dip section here so I actually have
three chains before I get to this one here so it depends where you've inserted
your yarn into if you've got three it doesn't really matter we can just work
into this this one here so it's the the bit that attaches down into your
previous row so you want to yarn over insert your hook into that stitch yarn
over pull through yarn over pull through two yarn over pull through two and
you're going to do five trebles in total into that section so you want to go
ahead and do four more treble crochets into that same chain space so that's one
two
three and four we're going to skip two chains and then do a double into the top
of this shell skip two and then five trebles into this bottom chain here the
third chain along so I'm going to go ahead and work my way to the end of this
row again so if you want to pause the video meet me back at the end and I
shall explain what to do next so now I'm at the end of this row and
all I'm going to do is skip two chains of just a my five trebles here so skip
one skip two and insert the hook into the third chain along and I'm going to
do a double crochet in there I'm going to yarn over pull through snip off my
yarn and then I will go ahead and attach my light green colour again now this is
just a two row repeat so our next row and this will be the same whenever using
the light green colour is that I would do the half shell which consisted three
treble at the beginning and at the end of the row and exactly the same pattern
as you've been working through so you can make this as big or as small as you
want you could also use different colours on each row but it's a really pretty
pattern and it's quite simple and easy to do once you get the hang of it I
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