80 Crochet Stitches Visual Encyclopedia
Strawberry Lace
Chain spaces let the pineapples in this pattern stand out. This
delicate fabric works well for fancy scarves.Shell (sh): [(Dc, ch 1) 4 times, dc] in st indicated.V-Stitch (v-st): [Dc, ch 1, dc] in st indicated.Ch a multiple of 16 sts plus 8.Row 1 (RS): Sc in 12th ch from hk, [ch 3, sk 1 ch, sc in next ch]
4 times, ch 5, sk 3 ch, dc in next ch, *ch 5, sk 3 ch, [sc in next ch,
sk next ch, ch 3] 4 times, sc in next ch, ch 5, sk 3 ch, dc in next
ch; rep from * across, turn.Row 2: Ch 8, [sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 3] 3 times, sc in next ch-3 sp,
ch 5, *dc in next dc, ch 5, [sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 3] 3 times, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 5; rep from * across to t-ch,
dc in 6th ch of t-ch, turn.Row 3: Ch 3 (counts as dc), dc in 1st dc, *ch 5, [sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 3] twice, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 5, v-st in next
dc; rep from * across to t-ch, 2 dc in 3rd ch of t-ch, turn.Row 4: Ch 4, v-st in 1st dc, *ch 5, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 3, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 5, sh in ch-1 sp; rep from * across
to t-ch, [(dc, ch 1) twice, dc] in 3rd ch of t-ch, turn.Row 5: Ch 1, *[sc in dc, ch 3] twice, sc in next dc, ch 5, dc in ch-3 sp, ch 5, [sc in next dc, ch 3] twice; rep from
* across to t-ch, sc in 3rd ch of t-ch, turn.