Crochet for Knitters - Basketweave Stitch
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
- In this Crochet for Knitters video, I show you how to work the Basketweave stitch as a dishcloth. This stitch is pretty and really fun to work! Info below on how to try it out as a dishcloth, and if you end up loving the stitch, you can easily work it into a whole blanket or throw.
Instructions for working this stitch:
Chain multiple of 6 + 3
Row 1: skip 2 chains, *double crochet in next chain, repeat from * to end, chain 2, turn work.
Rows 2 & 3: skip 1 double crochet, 1 post double crochet around the front (3 times), 1 post double crochet around the back (3 times) repeat between *s to end, 1 double crochet in turning chain, chain 2, turn work.
Rows 4 & 5: skip 1 double crochet, 1 post double crochet around the back (3 times), 1 post double crochet around the front (3 times) repeat between *s to last stitch, 1 double crochet in turning chain, chain 2, turn work.
Repeat Rows 2-5.
Information on things you'll see in this video:
The yarn I used for my dishcloths is Knit Picks Comfy Worsted, in colors Silver Sage and Fizz:
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I used a size H crochet hook, with a starting chain of 27 stitches. Each dishcloth is about 6 inches square, and used 22 grams of yarn.
The crochet hook I'm using is probably 20 years old (an old favorite, mostly for the color of it), size H, and is made by Boye.
The bamboo pins I use to demonstrate the path of the stitches can be found here:
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My silver ring is actually a knitting needle gauge, and can be found here:
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The nail polish I'm wearing is by Julep, color "Amanda".
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Thanks so much, Staci! You are not only "all things knitting", but "all things crochet". I learned to crochet as a child, but once I learned to knit, I tossed it aside. Over the years, I tried to pick it back up for 2 reasons 1) to add borders to knitting and 2) to learn to get tension with the yarn in my left hand for 2 handed fair isle knitting- but I just couldn't seem to find where to put the hook and got frustrated and everything I made looked like a messy square. Thanks to you, I have been bitten by the crochet bug and have binge watched your crochet videos, bought an awesome set of Knitters' Pride hooks and have embarked on dish cloth mania. Thanks for all you do to help us become better knitters and crocheters. You rock!
I'm using it right away on a beanie hat for my wife, thanks for the tuto, simple yet complete!!! Congrats!
Excellent! Thanks for the illustration. Easy to learn and you are a great presenter.
My mother sometimes makes scarves with this stitch, and they look absolutely beautiful!
Oooooo love this stitch!!!
nice tutorial.loved it so much!
This is one of my favourite crochet looks and have made many basketweave projects. I'm the other way - a crocheter learning to knit.
Love the basketweave look!
im so gonna try this as a newbie to crochet i like basketweave in knitting so i think i will enjoy this crochet 1 thank you for putting up
***** - it's possible that the terminology changes, but this is correct. Just to be sure, I went back and checked my favorite reference guide for all things stitcherly - "Reader's Digest Complete Guide to Needlework" (1979), and "around the front" begins with the hook coming from the back to the front, and "around the back" begins with the hook entering front-to-back.
VeryPink Knits Crazy! EVERY source I have in my books and videos on youtube say the opposite! As long as you get the effect you are looking for, go with it! :)
VeryPink Knits Staci - I believe Reader's Digest version of FPDC (1979) is outdated as their version of FPDC is the only one like it.
Crochet for Dummies describes the stitches (in quotes):
"Front post stitches are raised crochet stitches on the surface of the fabric facing you." To get this effect, you need to go in from the front and around the back of the post."Back post stitches appear to recede on the side of the crocheted fabric that's facing you." To get this effect, you need to go in from the back and around the front of the post.Every crochet instruction site I found demonstrates it the way Crochet for Dummies explains it.Hope this helps - you're my favourite! :-)
I can see how it makes sense both ways.
+VeryPink Knits Me too! :)
+VeryPink Knits Every tutorial for this stitch I've ever seen is in multiples of 8, with no extras added, and there are 4 stitches worked in a row instead of 3 as you do, and we chain 3 to go up to the next row - BUT as I see from your multiples of 6 it works fine and looks great either way. The main diff I see is the number of vertical columns.
BTW, it sure looks like any bath/dish cloth I've ever seen in my life, and I've made and used hundreds, lol! :) Great video, thx!
I shall try this stitch in miniature for may dollhouse blanket. Thank you!
Thanks a lot for you learning us an easy way
Thanks. I now have 2 different Basketweave stitches.
Loved this tutorial.....I have done the Basketweave crocheting Tunisian....and that way it looks knitted
lovely stitch ... thank you
This looks like fun!
awesome.....
I agree with Jenn Williams. The first 3 stitches that you made are back post double crochet. The second 3 are front post double crochet. There are other UA-cam videos that show the stitch with the proper name.
Louisa Grubb - - it's possible that the terminology changes, but this is correct. Just to be sure, I went back and checked my favorite reference guide for all things stitcherly - "Reader's Digest Complete Guide to Needlework" (1979), and "around the front" begins with the hook coming from the back to the front, and "around the back" begins with the hook entering front-to-back.
nicely done!
A FPDC is worked with hook inserted from front of work so that the post stitch is worked around the front of the post and therefore sits at front of work.
A BPDC is worked with hook inserted from back of work so that the post stitch is worked around the back of the post and therefore sits at the back of work.
Melkitty1000 - Thank you for the comment. I've replied to some of the other comments regarding this...I've only known these stitches the way I've taught them, and the trusted reference book I use agrees with me. It is possible that the terminology has changed since this book was published (1979), but I can see why it is confusing. An FPDC that starts with inserting the hook from the front seems logical, because you're inserting the hook from the front. But when you put the hook in from the front, then complete the stitch, the finished wrap around the post is actually around the back. So it's somewhat counter-intuitive, and I can see how the names can be flip-flopped. It doesn't make a difference in the stitch I demonstrate here, but I can see how it would be all important in other stitch patterns.
VeryPink Knits Your graciousness is a lovely thing to see on the internet, especially on UA-cam where comments and commenters can get so cruel. It would be easy for this to escalate, but not with the clear and caring tone you set. Thank you!
Melkitty1000 I have to agree because this is how I was taught and every tutorial except this one teaches it that way. Staci, you are probably right in that the terminology may have changed. I say what does it really matter as long as the pattern comes out correct. I do find it odd though.
This looks like such a fun stitch and project. I'll take a knitting break and give this a whirl. I haven't crocheted in years. By the way, I LOVE the music that introduces your videos. I always enjoy it and I thought I ought to tell you. It reminds me of TV shows from years and years ago. Is it from a specific program? How did you find it? Thank you for everything you do to help us learn!
Phyllis Winkelbauer - I believe the music is from a licence-free library available to people who use the editing software my producer uses. Thank you, I like it, too! :)
I liked it
I like it
Stacy, what you are saying is backwards. The first demo you did was a back post crochet not a front post crochet. And the second was front post.
I was wondering if you could do a tutorial on Stockinette Haruni by Emily Ross I'm a Crocheter learning how to knit and I would really like to knit this Shawl
Hi Stacy, in the pattern you write "rows 2&3" and then "rows 3&4" so I am not quite sure which one row 3 is supposed to be. Is each row supposed to be done twice before moving on to the next one?
Thanks!!
Dassi Tiefenbrunn - Oh, no! You're the first person to notice that mistake! I've corrected it. There is supposed to be a Row 5, not Row 3 twice. :)
VeryPink Knits thanks!!
your amazing
Stacy, I feel like my whole world is backwards.... I thought FPDC was worked from the front side of the piece and BPDC was worked from the back.... but you're doing FPDC from the back side. All my projects turn out looking as they should.... I'm so confused :(
Mary Craig It is, this is backwards.
Mary Craig - it's possible that the terminology changes, but this is correct. Just to be sure, I went back and checked my favorite reference guide for all things stitcherly - "Reader's Digest Complete Guide to Needlework" (1979), and "around the front" begins with the hook coming from the back to the front, and "around the back" begins with the hook entering front-to-back. Really, it makes no difference in this stitch, as long as you're alternating.
***** I'm just glad i'm not the only one. :)
VeryPink Knits Thanks for replying - I was worried i was doing something wrong. :)
Mary Craig Just watched this and I instantly thought the same thing - that it's being shown backwards. My waffle stitch project has FPDC (worked from the front side) and it came out exactly like the picture. I don't think it would have worked out if I'd worked it from the back side.
FYI that is not a dishcloth, but nonetheless very pretty!
+vulcanscorpio - why do you say it is not a dishcloth?
VeryPink Knits
Would I be able to make this stitch into a blanket?
+Brittany morris - yes, the instructions work for any width you'd like to make.
What is she talking about? It's the other way around. FPDC because you have the post in the front and BPDC because you have the post in the back.
If you read through the comments there has been much discussion on this - both terms are used for both techniques.