How to Crochet the Pointy Crocodile Stitch Photo Tutorial
The Pointy Crocodile Stitch looks amazing! It has an intricate textured pattern that looks different depending on what colors you use to make it. Crocheted in green, looks like leaves, crocheted in 3 shades of red, and looks like little hearts.
So what is the Pointy Crocodile Stitch? The Pointy Crocodile Stitch is a modified version of the classic crocodile stitch where we add a picot stitch in between the two halves of the tile.
It works great for baby blankets, modern afghans, shawls, and cowls as well as an accent stitch anywhere you need a bit of texture and visual interest.
Learn how to crochet the Pointy Crocodile Stitch with this photo tutorial.
Materials
- Mariner Yarns DK
- 5mm crochet hook
Abbreviations
- st(s) – stitch(es)
- ch – chain
- sk – skip
- yo - yarn over
- sl st – slip stitch
- sc – single crochet
- dc – double crochet
Special Stitches
The Pointy Leaf is crocheted around the 2 double crochet posts in the double crochet cluster. You will always crochet the leaf in the cluster, never around 2 random double crochet posts.
Step 1: First Half Of The Leaf
Place your work with the right side up, vertically with the end towards you and the hook away from you.
Make 5dc around the first dc post of the cluster.
Step 2: The Pointy Tip (Picot Stitch)
Once the first half of the leaf is crocheted, rotate your work 90 degrees to the right until it is horizontally placed in front of you with the top of the work facing you.
Ch3
Sl st in the base stitch (NOT the base chain) by inserting the hook through both loops at the base.
Step 3: The Second Half Of The Leaf
After you make the pointy tip, rotate again 90 degrees to the right until the work is vertically placed in front of you, with the end of the row away from you.
Make 5dc around the second dc post in the cluster
Step 4: Attaching The Leaf To The Lattice
We will go one extra step and attach the end of the leaf to the latticework behind it.
Turn your work around again, this time with the wrong side facing you and the top of the work pointing up.
Sl st in between the 2 double crochet stitches of the next cluster.
Your pointy leaf is complete.
Notes
- ch1 at the beginning of each row does not count as a stitch
- stitches contained within ** are the repeat section for that row
- ch4 at the beginning of the row counts as double crochet plus 1ch
- this pattern is crocheted on the right side only, meaning that we crochet the lattice rows from right to left, then we go back, from left to right, and crochet the leaves around every other double crochet cluster
- the leaves are offset from one row to another
Instructions
Starting Chain: This pattern requires you to chain multiples of 6ch plus 1. My starting chain is 25ch.
Row 1: Lattice Row
Make 2dc in 5th ch from hook, *ch1, sk2, 2dc in the following ch*, repeat from * until you have 2ch left, sk1, dc in last ch.
Row 2: Leaf Row
Ch1 (does not count as a st), turn and sc in first st.
Turn back to the right side *in the next cluster, make a leaf (as explained in the tutorial above, including the sl st in the next cluster)*, and repeat until you have one cluster and 1dc left (the dc is the ch3 you skipped on row 1)
In the last cluster make a leaf, but this time don’t sl st at the end, instead, sc in the 3rd ch of ch3 that counts as a dc (count from the bottom up).
Row 3: Lattice Row
Ch4 (counts as 1dc + 1ch).
Make 2dc in-between the 2dc of the following cluster.
*Ch2, 2dc in-between the following cluster*, repeat from * until you have crocheted in the last cluster in the row.
Ch1, dc in the sc stitch below you made at the beginning of row 2.
Row 4: Leaf Row
Ch1 (does not count as a st), turn and sc in first st, ch1, sl st in-between the 2dc of the first cluster.
Turn back to the right side *in the next cluster, make a leaf (as explained in the tutorial above, including the sl st in the next cluster)*, and repeat until you have sl st in the very last cluster.
Ch1, sc in the 3rd ch of ch3 that counts as a dc (count from the bottom up)
Row 5: Lattice Row
Ch4 (counts as 1dc + 1ch).
Make 2dc in-between the 2dc of the following cluster.
*Ch2, 2dc in-between the following cluster*, repeat from * until you have crocheted in the last cluster in the row.
Ch1, dc in the sc stitch below you made at the beginning of row 2.
Row 6: Leaf Row
Ch1 (does not count as a st), turn and sc in first st.
Turn back to the right side *in the next cluster, make a leaf (as explained in the tutorial above, including the sl st in the next cluster)*, and repeat until you have one cluster and 1dc left (the dc is the ch3 you skipped on row 1)
In the last cluster make a leaf, but this time don’t sl st at the end, instead, sc in the 3rd ch of ch3 that counts as a dc (count from the bottom up)
Repeat rows 3 - 6 until you have the required length.
