Welcome to another crochet tutorial with creations by Courtney for the modified raised diagonals
Get your hook and yarn. Let's get started. This is a stitch that I found in one of my books and I always have to change things up because that's just fun for me
So we're going to be working with bulky weight yarn and number five and a furrows L, which is the 7mm
And honestly, when I measure this, this is actually an 8. So that's okay because the L and most other yarn, I mean crochet hooks are typically an 8 millimeter
So we're going to get started by making our slip knot. And if you've been following me for a while and if not, your new to the channel, welcome
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a multiple of four plus three. So I like to start with a foundation stitch. Yes, we can do a chain
but why do that? And if you do prefer to do a chain, just do a multiple of four. So, um
and if you do the chain, a multiple of four and then you'll single crochet in each stitch across
starting in the second one. So we're gonna do 19 foundation single crochets
So this is one. And again when making the foundation stitch, always wanna work under both loops of the chain
of the previous stitch. Yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through one
yarn over, pull through one, yarn over pull through two. So do that until you have 19 stitches. All right. So you should have
19 foundation stitches. So let's count. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen
16, 17, 18, 19. Wonderful. So this is going to be our right side row
And now we're just going to turn our work and do double crochet in each stitch
So I like to do a chainless starting double crochet, pull up a loop, yarn over, insert through the stitch
yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through two, yarn over, pull through two
of a pull through two. If you don't know that stitch you can always just do a chain
three but double crochet and each stitch across. And row two is the beginning of the
repeat. Now this is a eight row repeat. And know so much but really once you get going it's really easy to follow in the
first row of post stitches are the trickiest and I modified them because I
don't like the gaps on the back now that we're at the end
we're going to turn our work okay so we have our first two rows the foundation single
crochet or if you started with the chain and then major single crochets and then one row of
double crochets all right so we've turned our work after completing the first two rows and we're going to do a starting a chain with starting double crochet
I'm just going to call it double crochet it's such a mouthful especially since I'm getting my
voice back and now we're going to double crochet in the next two stitches okay so we now have
three double crochet now we're going to make a front post extended treble so we're going to
yarn over twice and we're going to work around the third stitch two rows below
So you start your hook from front to back to front, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over
pull through one and this is what makes it extended and now yarn over pull through two yarn over pull through two And this is where I modified the stitch because it makes more sense when we have more rows
why this is going to be so tall. But we're going to yarn over and search your hook into the
stitch that is normally skipped when doing post stitches, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through
two. So this counts as a half double crochet and then yarn over and pull through three
So this is the modified stitch. So normally we would skip that but technically it's going to lean and it's going to be right
on top of that so it doesn't create a gap in the back
And now we're just going to make three double crochet or one double crochet in the next
three stitches. And now we're going to do another front post extended treble
So yarn over twice and we're going to continue to work two rows below
So we're going to skip three so that's one, two, three that we skip from the last one
and we're going to work around this stitch here. So go around that single crochet, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through one, yarn over
pull through two, yarn over, pull through two, yarn over, and set your hook into the stitch
behind it, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through two, yarn over, pull through three
And honestly, I think that's the trickiest part. Once you get this row set, it's really easy to follow where to put your post stitches
So we'll make three more double crochet like so. And now we'll make the next front post double crochet
Yarn over twice. Skip three stitches. So work around this one. Search your hook for front to back to front. Yarn over. Pull up a loop. Yarn over pull through one. Yarn over pull through two. Yarn over pull through two. Yarn over. Work in this stitch that's normally skipped. Pull up a loop. Yon over pull through two. Yon over pull through three
And now repeat double crochet in the next three stitches
Front post extended treble stitch. Remember you're skipping three to work around the next stitch, two rows below
Pull through one, pull through two, pull through two, make a half
double crochet, yarn over pull through three. And then we'll just double crochet in the last
three stitches. So, we've now completed row three. So set that down and again, it does
look straight. But I'm promise you it will start to lean as we do more rows
It really, really will. So it's a slight lean. Now in the original pattern it does lean more because there's shorter stitches in between
the rows with the front post and double crochet. So turn your work and work double crochets in each stitch and I'll see you back at the start
of row five. All right, so we've completed the next row of double crochet
And so again, that was the same as row two. And we've also done it for row four
So now we're going to turn our work and we're going to double crochet in the first four stitches
Okay, so we have our four
four double crochet excuse me now we're going to do our first front post extended
treble around the post two rows below so yarn over twice insert your hook
around the post so that's the top part not the half double crochet yarn
over pull up a loop yarn over pull through one yarn over pull through two
yarn over pulled through two make your half double crochet in the stitch behind it right just pull through two yarn over pull through three And so this is why it extended So you see how if we didn it could pull and make the fabric pucker
But in doing that extended stitch and using double crochets, we don't have to worry about the fabric scrunching
So double crochet in the next three stitches. All right, front post extended treble around this post two rows below
Don't forget to make that half the little crochet behind it
I mean you could do it without, it's just you will get the typical gap. gap at the back of the fabric and this modification allows you to create a solid
fabric so double crochet in the next three stitches front post extended
treble around the post two rows below again making that half dough crochet
pull through don't crochet next three definitely head over to creations by
Courtney.com if you would like the written instructions to refer to while also
watching the video so front post extended treble around the post two rows below
And do you see how this is going to come together? And we will double crochet in the last two stitches
Alright, let's take a look. You like how it's starting
And so one thing to note is that this fabric will lean
lean because of the post stitches. The edges are straight, but they will appear to not be straight
So don't worry that if you make a huge swatch or that you're following along a pattern like the winding vest
it is totally normal that the fabric will lean. It's due to the modification of these stitches
So do you see it starting to lean? Again, the hook is straight
You see how that's leaning. All right, so turn your work and do a row of double crochet and then we will come back together
for row seven. All right
So now that we have two rows of post stitches and you look at the fabric, we don't have the gap at the back
That's because of the modification, right? So as you see, it pulls in a little bit, but that's okay
Especially because I'm using wool of the Andes, which is 100% wool
This can be blocked in order to straighten out the edges. So, okay. So now we're going to start row seven with a double crochet
And we're literally going to work around this stitch two rows below
So make your front post extended around the first single crochet, double crochet
Yarn over, pull up a loop, pull through one, yarn over, pull through two
pull through two, make your half double crochet, pull through all three
Now just make three double crochet because we always work three double crochet between
the front post extended treble stitches. Again working around the post two rows below
And now make your three double crochet
I want to do that board. Now make your next front post extended treble around the post two rows below And just continue until you get
to the end. Okay. So now that we're at the end we have two stitches left
We are going to make the next front post extended. And then double crochet into the last stitch
So if you're keeping up the pattern, that does mean we could stop here
but we're actually going to after we make the next row row eight and then come back for nine
we're actually going to work on that edge yep working on the edges so
I'll see you back after you make your row of double crochet for the start of row
nine okay so we've now finished row eight and we're going to turn our work
we're going to do a chain with starting double crochet
just like so we're going to do another double crochet
okay and we're going to work around this post with a front post extended
trouble. Make your half double crochet, finish this stitch
and then double crocheting the next three stitches. So continue in pattern
and I will meet you at the end of this row. Okay
So we are down to the last four stitches. We will make our double crochet
It's all right. Yarns going everywhere. So typically we would not make a post stitch because there's nothing to attach it to
There's no additional stitch to work into. But this is where the modification comes in hand
So we're going to work around the post two rows below. And we're going to make our half double crochet into the top of that last stitch
And voila. Get to work a postage all the way to the edge
So really, that's the pattern. right is that we started here worked across
It's one stitch over each row, right? So once you get the foundation rows, this is so easy to follow
So again, you'll make double crochet going back around, and then you'll be back to having
your starting double crochet and then two double crochet, just like we did here, right
Because we have two, and then you'll have two more, and then the postage will be above
this one and not directly above the last one it'll be slightly over so that you'll work around this
post just like we did here with row three and so on and so on and then once you have a bigger piece
you'll see this amazing winding look so i'll show you the bigger staple that i have of that
stitch has all kinds of yarn pieces so that when you make a bigger fabric and again the back is nice and smooth just look at that
and then when you flip it over look at how those post stitches come out isn't that lean
amazing and again it is so worth working along the edge to get such a lovely piece of
fabric. So remember from this to this. And that's all there is to the modified raised diagonals
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