Crochet Tutorial: Beautiful Crown Stitch

Crown stitch belongs to very attractive and spectacular, visually looks like a never-ending top of the crown, so you can see it thanks to color changing. Learn how to work this gorgeous crochet crown stitch that actually looks like a crown! Keep reading for tips on how to master the technique of crocheting this seemingly intricate pattern.

Techniques used in this pattern (British term / American term):

Chain Stitch – ch

Double crochet / single crochet – dc / sc

Treble / double crochet – tr / dc

Half treble / half double crochet – htr / hdc

Double treble / Triple crochet – dtr / tr

Long loop stitch with 4dc/sc on top – llp

Stitch – st

Foundation Chain: Multiples of 21 + 2

Row 1: Skip 1ch, * 1dc/sc in next ch, 4ch, skip 3ch, 1dc/sc in next ch, 2ch, skip 2ch, 1dc/sc in next, 1htr/hdc in next, 1tr/dc in each of next 4ch, 1ht/hdc in next ch, 1dc/sc in next ch, 2ch, skip 2ch, 1dc/sc in next, 4ch, skip 3ch; rep from *, 1dc/sc in last ch, turn.

Row 2: make 5ch, * 1dc/sc in next space of 4ch, 2ch, work 1llp over dc/sc and htr/hdc below:

Yarn over hook, insert hook into first st (dc/sc) below and draw up a loop. Repeat one more time. Yarn over

hook, insert hook into second st (htr/hdc) below and draw up a loop. Repeat one more time.

Yarn over and draw through first 8 loops, yarn over and draw through remaining 2 loops on hook. Insert hook into middle space of long loop stitch and work 4dc/sc.

Make 1ch, [1llp + 1ch over next 2st below] – work 3 times, 1ch, 1dc/sc in space of 4ch, 4ch; rep from *, 1dc/sc in next space of 4ch, 2ch, [1llp + 1ch over next 2st below] – work 4 times, 1ch, 1dc/sc in space of 4ch, 2ch, 1tr/dc in last dc/sc below, turn.

Row 3: make 5ch, 4dtr/tr in space of 2ch, * 2ch, 1dc/sc in space of 1ch (between first and second llp stitches), 4ch, 1dc/sc in next space of 1ch, 4ch, 1dc/sc in last space of 1ch, 2ch, 7dtr/tr in space of 4ch below; rep from *, 2ch, 1dc/sc in space of 1ch (between first and second llp stitches), 4ch, 1dc/sc in next space of 1ch, 4ch, 1dc/sc in last space of 1ch, 2ch, 4dtr/tr in space of 5ch, 1dtr/tr in third ch, turn.

Row 4: make 5ch and skip first dtr/tr, [1llp + 1ch over next 2st below] – work 2 times (over shell of 4dtr/tr), 1ch, * 1dc/sc in space of 4ch, 4ch, 1dc/sc in next space of 4ch, 2ch, [1llp + 1ch over next 2st below] – work 4 times (over shell), 1ch; rep from *, 1dc/sc in space of 4ch, 4ch, 1dc/sc in next space of 4ch, 2ch, [1llp + 1ch over next 2st below] – work 2 times (over shell of 4dtr/tr), 1dtr/tr in fifth ch, turn.

Row 5: make 1ch and 1dc/sc in dtr/tr below, 4ch, 1dc/sc in next space of 1ch, * 2ch, 7dtr/tr in space of 4ch, 2ch, 1dc/sc in space of 1ch (between first and second llp stitches), 4ch, 1dc/sc in next space of 1ch, 4ch, 1dc/sc in last space of 1ch; rep from*, 2ch, 7dtr/tr in space of 4ch, 2ch, 1dc/sc in space of 1ch (between first and second llp stitches), 4ch, 1dc/sc in fifth ch, turn.

Row 6: make 5ch, * 1dc/sc in next space of 4ch, 2ch, [1llp + 1ch over next 2st below] – work 4 times (over shell), 1ch, 1dc/sc in space of 4ch, 4ch; rep from *, 1dc/sc in next space of 4ch, 2ch, [1llp + 1ch over next 2st below] – work 4 times (over shell), 1ch, 1dc/sc in space of 4ch, 2ch, 1tr/dc in last dc/sc, turn.

Repeat rows 3 - 6 until you have reached your desired length.