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Monday, April 13, 2015

Larksfoot Crochet Stitch Pattern (or the Icicle Stitch) Demistified

Ever since I posted an image I found on the internet showing the larksfoot crochet pattern (or also known as the icicle
stitch) the traffic I receive due to that image is mind-boggling and I've received so many mails from people asking for
the pattern so I decided it is fair I post the pattern for it.

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Since this post was prepared long before I started my travels, I forgot to note down the size of the sample block so I
will update this once I return home.

For the sample block I used sport acrylic yarn and 3mm hook. The pattern uses multiples of 4.

Let's begin:

Foundation: for the sample block I chained (7 x 4) 28 + 1

Row 1: dc 1 in 4th st from hook (makes the 2nd dc), then 1dc, ch 1, sk 1, 3dc.

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Here's the first row finished. As you can there are 7 sets of 3dcs + 1 skipped stitch = (4 sts), which is 7x4 = 28 sts.

Row 2: repeat row 1

To start it, chain 3 (counts as the 1st dc) and 2dc in the next two sts.

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Row 3: Ch 4 (counts as 1 dc and 1 ch), sk 1, 1dc (over the 3rd dc in the row below), 1 elongated dc (encompassing the
space of this and the row below it), 1 dc in the next stitch. This is the pattern for this row.

To divide it in steps it looks like this:

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How to make that elongated dc:

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Continue working the pattern to the end

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For my sample block I ended by making the first dc of the larksfoot stitch (look closely at the picture). So whatever
stitch number you choose (for the foundation) do not get confused if it ends differently (and it certainly will) - you just
follow the pattern and be fine wherever it ends.
Mind the next row, though.

From now on you repeat rows 2 and 3.

Row 4: repeat row 2 (mind how you finished). As you can see from the picture, I chained 4 and repeated row 2 across.

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Row 5: repeat row 3 (the larksfoot stitch)

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Row 6: repeat row 2​

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The pattern is great for blankets and scarves. I made a scarf for myself but I'll show it in another post.
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I hope you put this to good use!

You can find my blanket patterns here.

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