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Granule stitch

Granule stitch is single crochet (UK double crochet) dotted with small knots. A knot is a picot single crochet: put the hook in and pull up a loop, work 3 chains in that loop, then close the stitch as usual. Knots and plain single crochets take turns along a row, a plain row follows, and the next row of knots is set one stitch to the side. Four rows repeat.

How to work it

  1. Pull up a loop, then chain 3 in it

    Two loops on the hook. The loop nearest the head, in the accent color, stands on a short chain of three small links, which rises from the next stitch of the row below. The other loop is the one that was already there. Three stitches of the new row are finished at the right.

    Put the hook into the stitch and pull up a loop, as for a single crochet. Two loops are on the hook. Now yarn over and pull through the first loop only, three times. That makes 3 chains in the loop, and two loops are still on the hook.

  2. Close the stitch

    Yarn over and pull through both loops on the hook. The 3 chains stand out as a small knot. Push the knot to the side away from you.

  3. A knot, a single crochet, in turn

    Work a plain single crochet into the next stitch, then a picot single crochet into the one after, and go on in turn. Begin and end the row with a plain single crochet. Then work one plain row of single crochet.

  4. Set the next knots between the last ones

    A diagram of the right side of granule stitch: rows of single crochet, drawn faded, with a small knot in every second place of every second row. The knots of one row stand between the knots of the row of knots before it. One knot is in the accent color.

    Begin the next row of knots with two plain single crochets, so that each knot stands between two knots of the row of knots before. Work a plain row after it, and begin again.

The stitch pattern, row by row

Multiple
Chain a multiple of 2 (8 or more).
Starting chain
The rows here are written for a chain of 20, which is 10 times the multiple of 2.
  • The ch 1 at the start of a row does not count as a stitch.
  • Row 1 is the right side.
  • The picot single crochets are made on wrong-side rows and their small knots push out to the right side.
  1. Foundation. Ch 20.
  2. Row 1 (RS). Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across (19 sc).
  3. Row 2. Ch 1, turn; sc in next st, [psc in next st, sc in next st] 9 times (10 sc, 9 psc).
  4. Row 3. Ch 1, turn; sc in each st across (19 sc).
  5. Row 4. Ch 1, turn; sc in next 2 sts, [psc in next st, sc in next st] 8 times, sc in next st (11 sc, 8 psc).
  6. Row 5. Ch 1, turn; sc in each st across (19 sc).

Repeat rows 2 to 5 for the pattern.

Symbol chart of granule stitch: 9 rows on the foundation chain, each row numbered at the side it starts from. Odd rows are drawn dark and even rows green, so that neighbors can be told apart.

What each symbol meansHow to read a chart

Abbreviations in these rows

ch
chain stitch
sc
single crochet (UK double crochet)
RS
right side
st
stitch
yo
yarn over
psc
picot single crochet: insert hook in the st, yo, pull up a loop, [yo, pull through 1 loop] 3 times, yo, pull through both loops on hook; push the small knot of chains to the side away from you.

At a glance

Used for
scarves; a firm fabric with small knots on one side
Multiple
The chain is a multiple of 2 (8 or more).
Row repeat
Rows 2 to 5.
One knot
A picot single crochet: a loop pulled up, 3 chains worked in it, then closed like a single crochet
Loops on the hook
2 after the loop is pulled up, and still 2 after the 3 chains
Knots are made on
Every second row, each row of knots one stitch to the side of the last

A picot single crochet counts as one stitch, and the plain row works into it like any other, so the count never changes. The knots are the only texture: the fabric between them is plain single crochet.

In the rows here the knots are made with the wrong side facing and pushed away from you, so that they show on the right side. Other published rows make them with the right side facing and push them forward. Either way all the knots end up on one side.

When it goes wrong

My knots are on both sides.
Push each knot to the same side as you close the stitch: in the rows here, the side away from you.
The knots line up in columns.
Every second row of knots begins with two plain single crochets, not one. That moves its knots one stitch along.
I end the picot with too many loops.
Each of the 3 chains is pulled through the first loop on the hook only. There are two loops on the hook all the way through, until the last yarn over closes both.

Left-handed

The pictures show the hook held in the right hand. For the left hand, read each picture as its mirror image.

Variations

  • Picot stitch. The picot on its own, as a trim: chains closed into a small loop.

Patterns that use it

Questions

What is the multiple for granule stitch?
For the rows here, an even number of chains, 8 or more, which gives an odd number of stitches. Other published rows give a multiple of 4 plus 2 chains.
What is a picot single crochet?
A single crochet with 3 chains worked in it: hook in, pull up a loop, pull the yarn through the first loop three times, then through both loops.
Which side is the right side?
The side the knots are on.

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