how to crochet | hoosier stitch

The Hoosier Stitch is a well-loved traditional stitch pattern that results in a solid fabric with a lot of textured interest and a nice waved, almost shelled, edged. Thismeans that it would work well as a blanket stitch or for any pattern that requires density, or that you don’t want to edge.

I used the Hoosier Stitch for my Chunky Teal Cowl pattern, which featured in Love Crochet Magazine back in 2016. I wear this cowl for dog walking whenever it is too cold for my face to work properly and just cover my face up rather like a very bulky (and bright) balaclava. Hurrah!

Over Christmas somebody had asked that I do a tutorial for this stitch and so here I am, working it up in an aran weight yarn (Cascade 220) and a 5mm hook.

The original stitch pattern is from Anne Raybun Ough’s classic book, New Directions in Crochet but I have slightly modified the pattern to take into account that I use a turning chain of 3ch for working with treble crochet and she uses 2ch which doesn’t work out so well for me.

The reason I like the hoosier stitch so much is that it is a simple one row repeat and yet looks really effective, especially that wavey edge.

PATTERN INSTRUCTIONS

You can use any weight yarn you like for this pattern, ensuring that you use the correct corresponding hook size. Standard abbreviations apply.

UK version

Chain (ch) in multiples of 3 and add 1.

Row 1. 1tr in 4th ch from hook, (ch2, 1dc) in same chain, *skip 2ch, (2tr, 2ch, 1dc) in next ch, repeat from * to end working last group in last ch, turn.

Row 2. ch3, (1tr, 2ch, 1dc) in first 2ch space, (2tr, 2ch, 1dc) in each 2ch space to end, turn.

Repeat Row 2 for pattern.

US version

Chain (ch) in multiples of 3 and add 1.

Row 1. 1dc in 4th ch from hook, (ch2, 1sc) in same chain, *skip 2ch, (2dc, 2ch, 1sc) in next ch, repeat from * to end working last group in last ch, turn.

Row 2. ch3, (1dc, 2ch, 1sc) in first 2ch space, (2dc, 2ch, 1sc) in each 2ch space to end, turn.

Repeat Row 2 for pattern.

I hope you enjoy the stitch pattern, happy hooking.