Grate Stitch | How to Crochet

[Music] hello everyone I'm Sarah Rich textures crochet and welcome today we're going to learn how to crochet a great Stitch now this Stitch here you can see in front of you is uh a little bit of open work it's definitely not a solid fabric by any means but it is the same on the front as it is on the back and it's quite pretty you'll also want to note that you can see here my sides are a little bit wonky I have not blocked this piece so if you're working this in a uh garment in another type of accessory You may wish to do some blocking along the edges just to make sure that the stitches uh light evenly and with that nice clean Edge today for the tutorial I'm going to be using a little bit of a worsted or a medium weight yarn this is the Heatherly yarn by nitpicks and we crochet I'll also be using a 5mm or an h8 crochet hook links to these items can be found in the description of this video also down in the description you'll find a direct link to the free written instructions which are on Rich textures crochet.com and uh thank you so much for joining me while you're here I invite you to subscribe take a look around this channel is updated every single week with free crochet patterns and Stitch tutorials now our Stitch today is worked in rows we're going to start by making a slip knot and then by working a foundation chain and our foundation chain today is going to be an even number of stitches so I'm going to go ahead and chain 24 once you have that even number of stitches chained so your multiple of two you're going to begin Row one by working a single crochet into the second chain from your hook and then single crochet into each Stitch all the way across at the end of Row one you're going to chain two and turn your work now for Row three uh row two we're going to work a half double crochet into the second chain from our hook so not at the base of your turning chain but into the second chain work one half double double crochet chain one skip the next Stitch and work a half double crochet into the next you're going to repeat that all the way across chain one skip one half double crochet in the next chain one skip one half double crochet into the next all the way across until one stitch remains when you come all the way across and one stitch remains you're going to finish off the row with one half double crochet into that final Stitch chain one which does not count as a stitch and turn your work now for Row three we're going to begin by working two single crochet stitches into the first Stitch so just at the base of your turning chain into the top the final half double crochet work two single crochet stitches your you're then going to skip the next half double crochet and into your next chain stitch work two single crochet stitches you're going to repeat this all the way across skip the next half double crochet into your next chain stitch work two single crochet skip the next half double crochet into your next chain stitch work two single crochet stitches all the way across when you come all the way across you work two single crochets into that final chain stitch skip the next half double crochet and then finish off the row with one single crochet into the top of your turning chain two then chain two and turn your work now for the repeat in your p pattern that is it for the rest of the pattern you're going to repeat your rows two and three your row two begin with the half double crochet in the next Stitch chain one skip one half double crochet all the way across to your final two stitches half double crochet into each of the final two stitches chain one turn your work and then work your row of single crochet stitches and that's all there is to working this great Stitch so thank you so much for joining me if you happen to make something with this Stitch and share it on social media do be sure to tag Rich textures crochet I do love to come by and admire your work until next time happy crocheting bye [Music]