The Griddle Stitch a super easy stitch to work. It’s alternating single crochets and double crochets, and then you work doubles over single and singles over doubles. 

This stitch creates a wonderfully dense fabric without becoming rigid. It’s suitable for color work and loads of different projects. 

Single Crochet (SC) – Insert your hook, YO pull up a loop, YO and pull through 2 loops.

Double Crochet (DC) – YO, Insert your hook, YO pull up a loop, YO, pull through 2 loops, YO, pull through remaining two loops.

CHAIN: ODD

ROW 1

Starting in the 2nd chain from hook, *work 1 SC. In the next stitch, work 1 DC. Repeat from * across the row. The last stitch made will be a DC. CH 1. Turn

ROW 2

Starting in the first stitch, *work 1 SC into the top of the DC of the previous row. 1 DC into the top of the next SC. Repeat from * across the row. The last stitch will be a DC. (Always DC into SC. Always SC into DC.) CH 1 and turn.

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