The Spike Half Double Crochet, is a crochet stitch combination I’m sure you’re going to love.
It’s a stitch I can’t wait to use for a crochet pattern, I especially imagine it looking good on bags, afghans & cardigans.
The stitch is characterized by the spike stitches, creating an interesting look over the otherwise ordinary half double crochet stitches.
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What is the spike half double crochet stitch?
The spike half double crochet stitch is a two color crochet stitch that features spike half double crochet stitches.
The stitches you will need to know is chains, half double crochet stitches and single crochet stitches.
The pattern is a stitch multiple of 2 stitches and it is a 4 row repeat.
Stitch Exploration CAL
This crochet stitch pattern is released together with 29 other stitch pattern during the Stitch Exploration CAL.
All stitches are created to challenge you to test new stitch patterns, either in our patterns or you can make them as squares & join together as a blanket.
Find the list of stitch patterns here.
Materials Needed
To crochet the spike half double crochet you can use any crochet hook size and weight yarn. If you’re following a crochet pattern, use the crochet hook and yarn suggested to get the correct gauge.
For this tutorial I used:
- Crochet hook: 6 mm / US: J – 10 / UK: 4
- 4 Medium Yarn
- Lion Brand Yarn – 24/7 Cotton in 2 colors
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Crochet Abbreviations
- CA = color A
- CB = color B
- ch – chain
- hdc – half double crochet
- sc – single crochet
- sk – skip
- st – stitch(es)
We try our best to include all crochet abbreviations in the list above for the crochet stitch pattern, but sometimes we may forget one or two.
Learn more about crochet abbreviations & find a complete list on our Crochet Abbreviations & Terms post.
TO MAKE A 15 cm x 15 cm / 6 x 6 INCH SQUARE
With the hook & yarn give, I crocheted:
- Ch 22 st, for a total of 21 stitches per row.
- 22 rows.
Crochet a blanket!
Use this crochet stitch pattern to crochet a blanket! Learn more about crochet blanket sizes & making one with any size crochet hook & yarn:
Spike Half Double Crochet – Crochet Stitch Tutorial
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Instructions
- Ch a multiple of 2 + 1 for base chain. Base row: Sc 1 in 3rd ch from hook, sc 1 in each ch from previous row.You should now have crocheted an even number of single crochet stitches.
- Row 1 (with CA): Hdc 1 in 1st st (no ch), hdc 1 in each st across, turn.
- Row 2-3 (with CA): Repeat row 1.Row 3 almost finished. Notice the last step isn’t finished, because we’re changing colors.
- Row 4 (with CB): Hdc 1 in 1st st (no ch), *hdc 1 in st 3 rows below, hdc 1 in next st*, repeat from *to* until you have 1 st left, hdc 1 in last st, turn.Last step finished using new color.
- Yarn over and pull up loop from stitch 3 rows below.
- Spike half double crochet finished and the next hdc crocheted.
- Second spike half double crochet finished.
- Row 4 finished.Repeat row 1-4 until project is desired size.
- Optional: End with 1 row of single crochet stitches.
Notes
Crochet Patterns Using This Stitch
Want the Printable Version?
If you like the spike half double crochet – crochet stitch tutorial, I’m sure you’re going to love the other 29 stitches me & two of my blogger friends, Knitting with Chopsticks & E’Claire Makery have made as well.
We’ve gathered the collection of 30 crochet stitch tutorials in a super affordable e-book.
