I search and searched for a free pattern learn how to do the Crocodile Stitch. I found youtube video's showing, how to create the stitch. The video's were confusing at times and very confusing when showing how to add the second row. I had to stop and start the video several times to get the gist of the stitch. After messing around with this stitch on my own, I figured out an easier way to add the second and third row's and so on. So, I wanted to share with everyone who wants to learn how to do the Crocodile Stitch.
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RE: Video
I'm having a hard time making the Croc Stitch video! I can't edit the video once I have downloaded it from my camera. This has been driving me nuts. I just now found out that the camera's I have will only allow editing on an Apple program run on a Mac Computer.
AAAAAARRRRGGGGG!!!!!
I am determined!!!!!
Wish me luck!
To Be continued
If you follow me via email you will be one of the first to know when the video is posted. I would really love it if you would also become a member of Lost & Found Lane too. That would make me so happy.
:0)
RE: Video
I'm having a hard time making the Croc Stitch video! I can't edit the video once I have downloaded it from my camera. This has been driving me nuts. I just now found out that the camera's I have will only allow editing on an Apple program run on a Mac Computer.
AAAAAARRRRGGGGG!!!!!
I am determined!!!!!
Wish me luck!
To Be continued
98 comments:
Thank you for a great tutorial! I featured it at So Very Creative. Feel free to grab a button if you would like!
http://soverycreative.blogspot.com/2011/11/crocodile-stitch-easy-way.html
This is such an awesome technique! The pictures are great, but I'd also love a video! :)
thanks so much for this great tutorial, what are you using the stitch for? love it!
Thank you Sara, I haven't made anything so far with the Croc Stitch. I have seen the things that other people have made and there is a book with Crocodile Stitch Fashion you can buy at Annie's Attic. I've posted a link to the book at the end of the tutorial. I'm just too thrifty to buy the book so I figured it out on my own. I now can create my own patterns using the stitch that I will be posting after my move. Thank you so much for your question.
WOW!!! Thank-You for this tutorial!! I wanted to learn this stitch too and coulndn't find any info either,I think I saw the same video!! You have made this soooo easy,thank-you again!!
I'm new to crocheting, but I'm gonna give it a try !! Great tutorial !!! Definitely going to keep checking in ! Thank-you !
Beautiful! I can't wait to try this! I found you on Fabric Bows and More. Thanks for sharing!
I have never seen this stitch before and you have done a very great job of explaining it! Can't wait to try it myself!
mare
Thanks so much for the direction of making croc stitch. I was thinking I may do 3 rows as a border to an afghan. Will have to practice 1st.
Thanks again.
Thank you to both Anonymous comments. I try really hard to make tutorial very easy to understand and follow. I'm in the middle of a fast and dirty move to my new apartment. I'm trying to fit in a video, I have watched several that I could find and none of them are very easy to follow or see what they are doing. I also just received a original pattern for a Crocodile stitch hood and noticed the style is different. I will be adding a tutorial on how to do her style but not the pattern. I will add a link to her shop to get one tho.
What a great stitch! I could so see using it for bird feathers, dragon scales, crocodile scales, roof shingles, petticoats, skirts...oh, look what you've started...where's my hook? lol Will definitely be bookmarking your great tutorial and figuring out something that needs scales, feathers or ruffles. Could also see two rows as a great trim.
hey! i found this via pinterest. i've been wanting to learn this for a while, thank you for posting a tutorial! i've linked to it on my blog today! http://eef-etc.com
Thank you eef!!! I just checked out your blog, Love it!!!
I have looked all overto find this pattern, as you said, all there is is videos! Everyone had a different method! I am proud to say, yours makes the most sense!
You might not believe it but I'm only 12 and
I love crotchet, this is my new fav. stitch!
(I also love knitting, sewing,embroidering,friendship bracelets...etc. etc. etc. yeah, I'm very crafty!)
Thank you so much Anonymous 12 year old. I am so happy to hear that someone so young is interested in needle crafts. I would love to see some of your work, Keep on crafting!
holy carp. 12? at 12 I was doing half double crochet and thats it...and I thought it was a double crochet. thanks! I think I'm gonna make a blanket out of it...
I'm so happy to have been of help to you! If you have any questions about any stitches not just the Croc stitch I would love to help!
I think this is the prettiest pattern I have seen in a long time. It can be used in alot of differt ways,and with different finger yarns and in alot of colors
EXCELLENT! Thank you!
Thank you!!!!!
Thank you so much
Thank you, very nice tutorial can't wait to give this a try! I'm pinning it too.
Thank you Debbie and Jennifer. I'm working on turning this page into a pdf file for easier download, it should be a pdf in a few day's.
I have just about gone nuts trying to do it following the video I found......then found your photos and step by step photos..suddenly it all made sense......thank you so much.....I think I am going to be able to do it finally.
I'm so happy to hear that I was able to help you with your crocheting. :0)
Thanks for sharing this stitch tutorial. I love the look of it and was hoping to make a blanket with this stitch. Keep posting. Love it!
This is what I did! I took 2 patterns and a video and came up with this same pattern. I call it the dragon stitch. I made a neck warmer. I need more things to make with this beautiful stitch!
Candace
You have made my day.Been searching for days, saw the video didn't help.Thank you.
Ellie
This is awesome. Thank you. Good luck with the video. Pinned and stumbled this too.
Thanks for making and posting this! You are great :)
great tutorial!!!!never seen such a lucid style tute that anybody can follow..will try soon..thank you..
Thank you so much! I like tutorials with a lot of pics, personally, so that was my goal I'm happy to hear I met that goal. Yay!!!
It was very easy to understand! Thanks a million!
Wow.... don't have words to thank you enough... This tutorial is great....
Regards,
Thank you so much, I'm glad you like it!
Thank you!
Thank you, I hope I was able to help.
Thank you so much. Still trying to come up with the money to get a better camera for videoing.
Thank you! you are great too :0)
Thank you so much for this detailed picture tutorial. It really shows the crocodile stitch in a clear step-by-step picture tutorial. I have been wanting to try this stitch but didn't have a clear idea until now how it was done.
This is great, love the step by step pix. Can print it out and not sit at the computer.
Awesome!!! I have been wondering how it was done. I have seen so many projects made using this stitch...... now that I have seen your tutorial.... it all makes sense.... and I can now head into creating projects of my own. I love your step by step tutorial and have sent the link to another friend who also loves crochet and has been curious how it was created. Thanks again for such a great tutorial. Chris G.
I cant seem to figure this out. A lefty version would be much appreciated :)
Happy Crocheting! I would love to see your crocheting!
Is the starting chain any multiple of three?
That is a very good question! Yes it is, any multiple of three?
I sure wish I could do a lefty version but I'm not sure hope I could do that.
Loving this and just tried it out,your instructions are so easy to follow and I will be using this on future projects thank you so much LBF x
I also have never seen this stitch BUt gonna try it.. NOW that I see it and YOU really make the directions very easy to follow,,, I have crochet for years and very hard for me to follow patters they just make them so hard when as you proved it can be very simple to follow,, tks so much and lookin forward to seein more of your easy directions on other things,, Janet in Kansas
You are an excellent teacher. I am off and running on this stitch. Thanks
Yay!!!!
Thank you so much!!!
Thank you!!!! I just got a better webcam yesterday and started filming, I will also be doing more step-by-step pic's on other stitches too.
Super fabuloustutorial, I wasabke to mimmic the stitch perfectly thank YOU!! I wish the back was closed more for stuffing, I'll have to figure something out as a work around. Thanks, again!!
This was such an easy tutorial to follow. I had JUST finished a cocoon using this stitch and it is really a lot of work, but OH SO WORTH IT when it is finished. My granddaughter loved it and we can hardly wait for the baby so pictures can be taken with her in it. I found you on pinterest, but too late to help with the cocoon. I think I found that pattern on All Free Crochet. Just do a search for cocoon and crocodile stitch. It is really beautiful. Thanks for sharing this with us.
I did find the pattern for the cocoon on allfreecrochet.com. It is so cute! I would love to see a photo of your finished cocoon! I'm so glad that you liked my tutorial.
I put a cotton fabric lining on a pair of mittins because of that. Maybe, lining your project some how would work?
Thank you so much Chris!!!
I've not seen this stitch before, but it's lovely. I like the idea of a whole blanket of it, it would look wonderful, and be very warm, but I imagine it would take a LOT of wool! But I'm in the process of making a blanket for an upcoming baby, and it's a patchwork of as many stitches as I can manage, so I shall definitely do a square of this to try it out. Very clear tutorial, I can't see how a video would improve on it.
This is such an awesome pattern and so easy to follow. Thanks
Do you think you could do a full throw in this stich? Or would it it be over bearing?
Thank you so much for saying so!
Melayahm, thank you, I would love to see a photo of your finished baby blanket with all the different stitches. I would love to post an example of work done with help from my tutorial.
A throw would be great, I think anything bigger than that would be to much. It would take a lot of yarn and be very heavy for a blanket. I would love to try a blanket with the stitch as a boarder, maybe five rows of the scales all the way around.
Love it l have just shared it on my blog you can find it here
http://madwestdesigns.blogspot.com.au/
Marie
Thank you! Been doing the internet search too and really didn't want to have to pay to learn this pattern and I don't crochet at my computer so the videos wouldn't work and be portable! This is a great tutorial!
If you could figure out how to do this as a border on a blanket, I would love to know! I've been trying to figure it out for a baby blanket I'm making and everywhere I've found says you have to make it separately.. I'd be thrilled if someone could figure out how to just stitch it on to the blanket as an end product. Not quite good enough myself to figure it out..
Hi Meg,
Adding a Croc Stitch boarder to a baby blanket would be really simple. I can see it in my mind, all I would need is the blanket pattern that you are working on to figure out the number of stitch's needed and the correct spacing.
Can you email me a copy of the pattern or a link if you got the pattern off the internet. I can work the pattern and then I will post a downloadable PDF file on my blog.
I have been wanting to do a free Croc stitch pattern to post on my blog for a while but haven't thought of anything good enough. I really like your idea and would love the challenge.
Have A Great Day
I'm just making one with a really simple sc,dc in same c, skip one type of pattern, it looks kind of like a shell, but not as defined, but I think it would look stunning with this border. You think I could just work up that first row along the edges? But what's really baffling me is the corners. I can't even begin to figure it out.
Thanks for getting back to me!
Yes! you have he right idea! Once you have the blanket the size you want it, then work a row all the way around the edge with the first base row. Either use the ladder stitch I use or the V-stitch for the base. Either one will work. When you get to the corners you will want at least three Croc stitch's to turn the corner. I will work on figuring that out today and get back to you by tonight, and I will post just the corner part that you need to get around the corner. I need to work the stitch a bit to make sure it wont pucker the corner.
Not a problem what so ever!
I think you may have left a similar comment a while back, but there was an email address in the comment. I can't remove anything within a comment, I wont publish someone's email address. I tried to return the email that was left but it was returned "un-deliverable".
Hello again Meg!
I apologize for taking so long to get back to you about the corner thing. All the other people are correct. The croc stitch shell strips have to be made separately and then sewn on to a blanket. I worked on what you wanted and the shells face in, instead of out. Unless that is the look you are going for?
Best Regards
Ginger
This is the most awesome and easiest way to crochet the crocodile stitch I have ever come across and I can follow the tutorial better than the other videos I've seen. I've been racking my brains trying different methods and so far yours is the best. Congratulations and a big thank you, you've found a friend in me for sure.
I just found this stitch by way of someone posting this on Pinterest, me doing a search for more of this,and then your simple explaination. Thank you for doing this. I've bookmarked your page and hope to try this sometime in the future.
Great tutorial!!!
Thanks a lot for sharing it!
Love it, live it, love it! I say this on STUMBLE UPON. Have not tried it yet, this way, but all the other tutorials, well just did not do it for me. Thanks a bunch. How can I follow you? Also, I would like your opinion on pricing forbaby cocoons, hats and head bands. I thought 45$ was good for the cocoon sets. 5 to 15 for hats alone. Head bands 5 to 15. Don't want to under charge for great handmade work..thanks
Hello Cynthia, my tutorial can be used with a "V" stitch base instead of the ladder like stitch. Because of copyright I couldn't use the "V" stitch in my tutorial. There isn't any difference how the scales look.
I wouldn't be able to even guess how much to charge for your crochet. You could go to Etsy.com and look at what other people are charging to get an ideal of what similar crochet is going for.
Nice job! Not to be picky, but you may want to correct your punctuation throughout. A word that is plural is not possessive. For example, it should be "shells", not "shell's", and so on. You only need an apostrophe when showing ownership.
Thank-you so very,very much for this easy to follow diagram.
I have been looking everywhere for a easier crocodile stitch diagram&I've found it.
This one I can actually wrap my head around&understand it.
Dear Ginger, Thank you very much for let me share your tutorial in Facebook. Of course, the pictures are exactly as you posted, so everyone can see your blog address.
Thanks again,
Gina
What a terrific way to learn this stitch! Thank you for taking the time to do this tutorial.
What a wonderful way to learn this stitch! Thank you for taking the time to post this tutorial...it really helps having the step by step picture instructions as one is working it.
Hi, I am currently trying to make a bag with this crocodile stitch and have managed to get about 20 rows of it done. I'm using the 'V' version but must say that your tutorial on it does make it much more simple to understand. I'm going to line my bag once finished and I'm just making it up as I go along, so hopefully it will turn out ok! Lol
It's very easy to follow your directions, so well done! Found you via Pinterest.
Sal xx
Love this look, I also learn from You tube and took me a few times to get it. Then I crocheted a huge blanket for Great nephew.
This looks Easy enough and easy for new learners to crochet the Crocodile Stitch.--
Terry Devine
aka
sunnywolfgar
Don't you love blogs? The gift that keeps on giving. I found you in 2013 :) Thank you for the instructions!!
Wish i found your tute when i first learned this stitch but the youtube vidoe i ended up finding was a big help. His name is Mikey. From the crochet crowd. But if i was still first learning your tute would of been such a great help also! I just finished a scarf with this stitch and thinking of doing a dog sweater and finger less gloves.
I am a learner so apologies for the question but when you say double stitch do you mean the US way of yarn over first or straight into the stitch? Many thanks for any help, i just want to get it right.
The Double Crochet stitch is a Yarn over, then insert, then yarn over, then pull threw, then yarn over,then pull threw first 2 loops on hook, then yarn over, then pull threw last 2 loops on hook.
I'm going to do a quick video and post it tonight for you.
Thank you for your question and I hope I was some sort of help.
Ginger
Shirl13,
I uploaded a video of the Double Crochet stitch you can find it by clicking on my Tutorial tab, plus it will be a post today.
Thank you again
Ginger
This is an Excellent tutorial, I have tried so many in the last few days and just didn't understand them. Yours is excellent and I had NO problems at all. Thank you so very much.
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I have watched videos and other instructions and got lost so much. Yours made it come together. Thanks. Love your blog.
Love your blog. This tutorial was great. The crocodile stitch finally makes sense. Great job.
I was trying to make a square of the crocodile stitch last night but got stuckat end of 1st set of scales. Then I saw your tutorial with lovely pics and instructions and realized that only a chain 3 and a dc were what I needed to continue the next row of foundation stitches. Lol Your pics tutorials are the easiest and greatest to understand that I have seen. Thank you.
This was wonderful and so easy. Thankyou!
Thank you so much for your wonderful tutorial! After trying several other sets of instructions with no luck and lots of frustration, I found you on Pinterest and decided to give this stitch one more try. Success! I just finished making my granddaughter a cuff bracelet using metallic cotton and it's beautiful. Thank you again for sharing your expertise! I now have another wonderful stitch to add to my "collection".
I'm so happy that I was able to help you! It's so nice to hear success story's like you and everyone else this Tutorial has helped. My most favorite thing in this world to do is help someone else learn to create something new.
Thank You again
Happy Crocheting!!
I have just discovered this stitch via a co-worker and have been Googleing everything about it. Yours has by far been the easiest to understand! thank you so much. Cristal.
TY so very much for simplifying this amazing stitch. Much appreciated.
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