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    Home » Tutorials » Surface Crochet

    Surface Crochet

    Published: May 18, 2019 · Modified: Apr 1, 2022 by Elissa Jenkins · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads

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    Surface Crochet Tutorial

    Surface crochet is a fun and easy way to add embellishments to your projects. This could be amigurumi, household items (such as pillows or dishcloths), and even garments! 

    This technique gives you a lot of flexibility in terms of what designs you can make. You are not limited to rows and columns like with charted colorwork. One stitch at a time, you can move in any direction you'd like while still maintaining a neat appearance. Let's look at how!

    Difficulty:

    Intermediate

    Step-by-step:

    1. Pick the stitch you want to start at and inset the hook
    2. Pull the yarn from the wrong side of the piece, to the right side
    3. Insert hook into the next stitch
    4. Yarn over
    5. Pull through the loop on the hook

    Repeat steps 3 - 5

    Insert hook through fabric
    1. Insert your hook
    Grab the yarn from the wrong side
    2. Pull the yarn from the wrong side
    Pull through to right side
    3. Insert hook into the next stitch
    One chain per single crochet stitch
    4. Yarn over (from the front side)
    Showing wrong side
    4. Yarn over (from the back)
    Surface crochet on right side
    5. Pull through
    Keep tension with fabric
    Repeat step 3-5

    You are not limited to moving in any one direction! I did this for the tutorial so that you guys could see the progression of stitches more clearly. When moving in different directions, just keep your tension so that the fabric lies flat and doesn't pucker. There's a lot of creative potential in this embellishment stitch.

    I hope you found this tutorial to helpful!

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