Long Loop Shell Stitch Crochet Tutorial

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

Chain stitch – ch

Double crochet / Single crochet – dc/sc

Double treble – Treble – d.tr / tr

Stitch – st

Long treble / long double crochet – L.tr/L.dc: yarn over, insert the hook into the stitch, yarn over, draw up a long loop. The loop should be roughly the same size as 5 chains.

Then yarn over, and draw through the 2 loops on the hook, repeat preceding step.

Instructions

Foundation Chain: Multiples of 12 + 2

Row 1: Skip 2 ch, * 1dc/sc in next, skip 4ch, 11 L.tr/L.dc in next, skip 4ch, 1dc/sc in each of the next 2ch; rep from*, turn.

Row 2: Make 2ch and work 1dc/sc in each of the next st below, 1dc/sc in 2nd ch, turn.

Row 3: Make 5ch and 5 L.dc/L.tr in 1st dc/sc below, * skip 5 dc/sc below, 1dc/sc in each of the next 3 st below, skip 5dc/sc, 11 L.tr/L.dc in next st; rep from*, skip 5 dc/sc below, 1dc/sc in each of the next 3 st below, 5 L.tr/L.dc in + 1d.tr/tr in 2nd ch, turn.

Row 4: Make 2ch and work 1dc/sc in each of the next st below, 1dc/sc in 2nd ch, turn.

Row 5: Make 2ch, * 1dc/sc in next st, skip 5dc/sc below, 11 L.tr/L.dc in next st, skip 5dc/sc, 1dc/sc in each of the next 2 st below; rep from*, work last dc/sc in 2nd ch at the end of the row and turn.

Repeat rows 2 - 5 until you have reached your desired length.