Year of the Stitches – Week 4 Moss Stitch

The Moss Stitch

Well this week seems to have utterly flown by. I swear it was only just the weekend. I’ve been concentrating on my slipper sock pattern this week, so hopefully that will be ready to go for you guys soon. This week I would like to dedicate my colour to a little excited girl that we had on our hands last Sunday. Wow, she was sooooo excited!! So my daughter has started collecting the little Lol Dolls. It’s a new doll that comes in a little surprise ball. It’s wrapped in 7 different layers, so each layer you find a little accessory for the doll. It’s pretty cool. I know I would have loved it when I was her age. So there’s 35 to collect, but there’s one ultra rare one called Luxe. She’s only got two so far, but has studied the collection till the cows come home!!! So we gave her another one to open, as she had been so good. Well she only went an opened the ultra rare one! I mean – how did that happen!! Crazy!!! She couldn’t believe her luck. The little ball it comes in, is the dolls home.

It’s a beautiful dusty pink with a hint of gold. So I couldn’t resist choosing that colour for my blanket. It’s from the sublime range again. Oh I just love that yarn!!!

Ok, so this week I’d like to introduce you to the moss stitch. It’s such a fab stitch and gives a nice little textured bump!! It’s quite a tight stitch, so keep checking your stitch count so that you don’t loose any stitches along the way. My mum made my daughter a little tunic in the a knitted version of this stitch, which is utterly gorgeous.

Supplies –

So again you need to choose a double knit yarn of any kind. You roughly need about 30g. Don’t forget your scissors and blunt ended tapestry needle.

Stitches –

Chain (ch) – To make a chain stitch, make a slip knot on your hook and then place the yarn over your hook and pull through the loop. Repeat this action to make a row of stitches.

Slip Stitch (ss)  – This is where there is no height to the stitch. It’s usually used to join rounds. So insert the hook into the front of the stitch you are joining to. This is usually the first stitch you made in that round/row. So yarn over hook and pull through that first stitch then also through the loop on your hook.

Moss Stitch – This is actually a combination of a half treble crochet in the first stitch and then a slip stitch in the second stitch.

Half Treble (htr) – A half treble crochet is basically one less movement than a treble. So yarn over hook, insert through space/stitch, yarn over hook, pull back through space/stitch. There should be 3 loops on your hook. Then yarn over hook and pull through all 3 loops.

Ok so here we go …

1 – So first of all, insert your hook into the first stitch and pull the new yarn through, then chain 2.

Then work 1htr into the same stitch. Now miss a stitch and slip stitch into the first chain one space.

Now work 1htr into the next stitch. *Miss a stitch again and slip stitch into the chain one space then work 1htr into the next stitch.* Repeat ** across the row.

In the last stitch, work 1htr and then in the last space between the ps and tr work a slip stitch. (202)

2 – Now turn your work and chain 2.

Then work 1htr into the same stitch. (The chain 2 and htr act as 1 stitch.)

Now *slip stitch into the next htr stitch, then htr into the next slip stitch.* Repeat ** across the row. Then slip stitch into the last stitch. (202)

3 – Repeat row 2, 4 more times. This will make 6 rows in total. (202)

And there you have it – 6 lovely rows of moss stitch. Once you have finished the last stitch, fasten off and sew in both your ends. Hope you have enjoyed this weeks Moss Stitch. Please post any pics if you have any. Can’t wait to see how everyone’s blankets are turning out. Hope you all have a super week.

Happy hooking everyone.

🌈Xx