Create plaid the easy way! Woven surface crochet creates a beautiful fabric with a woven appearance perfect for creating plaid without having to do any colorwork changes mid-row or sewing! Instead, you are weaving surface crochet in and out of your fabric. This technique is not just for plaid either. It can be used for other color-striped patterns as well. Learn the stitch combination below and have fun using it creatively.
How to Crochet: Woven Surface CrochetStitch Pattern
Tip: Work woven surface crochet loosely to avoid gathering rows too tightly and warping the finished fabric.
Woven Surface Crochet:
Join yarn using a woven surface crochet join, [top surface crochet, chain 2, bottom surface crochet, chain 1] repeat along the length of the fabric. Fasten off yarn and weave in ends. When working stripes of woven surface crochet next to each other, alternate whether you start with a top surface crochet or a bottom surface crochet.
Woven surface crochet join:
Insert hook in space between indicated stitches at bottom of piece, from back to front, yarn over and pull up a loop, chain 2.
Top surface crochet:
Insert hook in space between next set of stitches from front to back, bring hook to front in space between next stitches, yarn over and pull through all loops on hook.
Bottom surface crochet:
Remove hook from working loop, skip 1 space between stitches, insert hook in next space between stitches from top to bottom, front to back, bring hook to front in skipped space, place working loop back on hook and pull through.
