Blended Mesh Stitch | How to Crochet

[Music] Hello everyone. I'm Sarah of Rich Textures Crochet and welcome. Today we're going to learn how to crochet a blended mesh stitch. This is a mesh stitch pattern that's worked with a couple of very easy, very basic crochet stitches, your half double crochet and your single crochet. And uh it just creates a wonderful pattern. It's similar on the front as it is on the back. Today for the tutorial, I'm going to be using a little bit of a worsted weight yarn. I'm using the Heatherly yarn by W Crochet as well as a 5 mm or an H8 crochet hook. Down in the description of this video, you'll find a direct link to the free written instructions which are on my website at richtextures crochet.com. And on my website, they're there free to follow. So, thank you so much for joining me. While you're here, I invite you to subscribe. Take a look around. This channel is updated every single week with free crochet patterns and stitch tutorials. Let's grab our hooks and yarn and get started. Now, our stitch today is worked in rows. We're going to start by making a slip knot. You're then going to work a foundation chain. And your foundation chain today is going to be an odd number of stitches. Today, I'm going to start by chaining 21. Once you have worked your foundation chain, you're going to begin row one by working a single crochet into the second chain from your hook and then single crochet into each stitch all the way across. At the end of row one, you're going to chain one and turn your work. For row two, you're going to work a half double crochet into the first stitch. Your chain one does not count as a stitch. You're then going to skip the next stitch and work two half double crochets into your next stitch. Repeat that all the way across. Skip the next stitch and work two half double crochets into your next stitch. Skip the next stitch. Work two half double crochets into your next. You're going to repeat that all the way across until you have one stitch remaining. When you come all the way across and have one stitch remaining, work one half double crochet into your final stitch. Chain one and turn your work. Now for row two, we're going to switch it up a little bit and work some more single crochet stitches. You're going to begin by working one single crochet into the top of your first stitch. You're then going to work a single crochet in the space between the first two stitches. So just working in the space between the two first single or first half double crochet and the next half double crochet, work one single crochet. Skip the next two stitches and work two single crochets into the next space between your next two stitches. So one and two. Skip the next two stitches and repeat. Work two single crochet stitches in the next space. Skip the next two stitches and work two single crochets into the next space all the way across until you come to the final space and final stitch. When you come across to the final space and final stitch, you're going to work one single crochet into the final space and then one single crochet into the top of the final stitch. Chain one and turn your work. Now for row four, we're going to work one half double crochet into the first stitch. Then two half double crochets into the next. Skip the next stitch and work two half double crochets into the next. Repeat that all the way across. Skip the next stitch. Work two half double crochets into the next all the way across until you have two stitches remaining. At the end of row four, you have two stitches remaining. You're going to skip the next stitch and work one half double crochet into the top of your final stitch. chain one and turn. Now for row five, we're essentially going to repeat our row three. Work a single crochet into the top of the first stitch and then a single crochet in the next space between the first two stitches. Skip the next two half double crochet and work two single crochet stitches into the next space. Skip the next two half double crochets. single work two single crochets into the next space. You're going to repeat this all the way across until you come to that final space and final stitch. When you come to the final space and final stitch, you're going to work skip those next two stitches, work one single crochet into the final space, and then single crochet into the top of the final stitch. Chain one and turn your work. Now, for the rest of the pattern, you're simply going to repeat your row two, which began with the half double crochet in the first stitch, skip the next stitch, and then work two half double crochets into the next. That was your row two. So, you're going to repeat rows two, 3, four, and five for as long as you would like. Then, fasten off and weave in your ends. That is how you work this blended mesh stitch. So, thank you so much for joining me. Once again, I invite you to subscribe. Check out that crochet stitches playlist that you'll find here on my channel if you're interested in learning more new crochet stitches. And then until next time, happy crocheting. Bye. [Music]