Comments on: How to Crochet: Star Stitch

By: Sherri

Sherri — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:33:37 +0000

I did the star stitch years ago but lost my pattern and had been looking for a new one for a long time, love the stitch. I am like the one person said I used to couldn’t read instructions when first learned to crochet so would look at a pattern and follow but after alot of practice taught myself to read the instructions and now would not do without them but is nice to have both instructions and a pattern. Now that have found will one day again make something with the star stitch is so pretty. I found out that the way to keep something from curling when you are working is that when you begin use a hook a cuople of sizes larger than the size you use for the body of the pattern and it will lay flat and no curl on you. I alway had trouble with things curling till tried doing like I said.

By: Rachel Choi

Rachel Choi — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:01:10 +0000

Hi Carol! When you work row 1, try to put a stitch marker (scarp of yarn, safety pin, paper clip, etc.) in the ch 1′s immediately after you make it. That way when you get to row 2 you’ll be able to see where to make the hdc stitches. Once you get the hang of where the ch 1′s are at you probably won’t need to use stitch markers, but they are really helpful when first getting started.

By: carol

carol — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:56:17 +0000

i got the 1st row, but row 2 confuses me ? i know how to crochet but the 3 hdc in ch 1 . i can’t find the ch 1 & the stitches look to straight not nice like the 1st row.not like a fan .HELP??? . I really like the stitch.

By: Sev

Sev — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 05:59:04 +0000

Ps: learning thanks to you, in France!

By: Sev

Sev — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 05:58:22 +0000

Thank you!
I’m a beginner but this is my favorite stitch and I would very much like to try it.
Do y ou think there might be any chance you could post pictures for row 2 and row 3 please, just as you did for row 1? I can’t read patterns, and it would really help.
Thanks!

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:30:10 +0000

Thank you so much I made a few change purses out of this you helped me out so much

By: Faith

Faith — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:52:16 +0000

Thank you for this, your pattern is the only one that explains how to continue on to the next row.

By: Rachel Choi

Rachel Choi — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:40:19 +0000

Hi Jenny, you don’t have to make a chain 3, instead you’re going to “pull up loops in the 2nd and 3rd ch of turning ch-3″ meaning the loops you are pulling up are the 2nd and 3rd chain of the chain 3 you already made. Also, you’re not doing 3 more hdc, the “pull up loops in the 2nd and 3rd ch of turning ch-3 and in the next 3 hdc” means to pull up loops in the next 3 hdc as well.

There does seems to be a typo in row 3 though. After the “pull up loops in the 2nd and 3rd ch of turning ch-3 and in the next 3 hdc” there should be a “yarn over and pull through all 6 loops on hook, ch 1 to close star” in order to finish the first star. I’ll go ahead and edit Erin’s tutorial to show this change.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:34:13 +0000

I’m a crochet beginner, I managed to figure out row 1 and 2, but you completely lost me on row 3. I pulled up loops in the 2nd and 3rd chain, then I was like “how am I suposed to chain 3 now? So i chained 3 in the loop i pulled up on the 3rd chain and then i got even more confused! “how am i supposed to hdc 3 now, and into what? lol, i’m so confused.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:16:28 +0000

Thanks so much, I have been looking for simple instructions for a star stitch for over a year now, and although some of the You Tube videos have been helpful, they are not so easy to follow. Also, I have never seen 3 HDC at the beginning of a row before, and the ends are what I have such trouble with! Your photos explain it well. I would be interested to know how to do increases/decreases. Thanks again!