Staggered Berry Stitch | How to Crochet

Hello everyone, I'm Sarah of Rich Textures Crochet and welcome. Today we're going to learn how to crochet this staggered berry stitch. This is a beautiful stitch pattern. The texture is quite solid, quite dense and it's all to the front side of your fabric. These little berry stitches are just mini cluster stitches and they have a really neat look to them. They're not full double crochet clusters as you will see, but they're just little and quite dainty. Creates a great fabric. Today for the tutorial we're going to be using a little bit of a medium or worsted weight yarn. This is the Heather Lee yarn by Wee Crochet and Knit Picks. We'll also be using a five millimeter or an H8 crochet hook. Links to these items can be found in the description of this video. Also down in the description you'll find a direct link to the free written instructions which are free to follow on richtexturescrochet.com. You'll also find a direct link to my Amazon shop where you can find just a few of my crochet books, a couple crochet pattern books, as well as an intermediate crochet stitches if you enjoy learning stitches and again it's linked in the description of this video. So thank you so much for joining me. While you're here I invite you to take a look around. Don't forget to subscribe. 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. You're going to begin by making a slip knot and you're then going to work a foundation chain. Your foundation chain today will need to be an even number of stitches. So today I'm going to go ahead and chain 22. Once you have that foundation chain worked you're going to begin row one by working a row of single crochet stitches. So we're going to single crochet into the second chain from our hook and then single crochet into each stitch all the way across. Your chain one at the start does not count as a stitch. At the end of row one you're going to chain one and turn your work. Now for row two we're going to begin by working one slip stitch into our first stitch. Next work a cluster stitch into your next. To work your cluster stitch you're going to yarn over, insert your hook into the next stitch, yarn over, draw up a loop and draw that loop through one loop on your hook. You're then going to yarn over, insert your hook into the same stitch, yarn over, draw up a loop. You'll have four loops on your hook. Yarn over and pull through all four loops. This is your cluster stitch. You're then going to slip stitch into the next stitch. We're going to repeat this all the way across. Cluster stitch into the next stitch followed by a slip stitch into the next all the way across and you'll finish off with one slip stitch in your final stitch. I am here at the end of row two. I'm going to slip stitch into my final stitch, chain one and turn your work. You should now see the texture of those cluster stitches there on your front side. Now for row three we're simply going to single crochet into that first stitch which is a slip stitch and then single crochet into the next stitch. You're going to repeat that all the way across. A single crochet into each slip stitch and each cluster stitch all the way across for your row three. At the end of row three, chain one and turn your work. We're now going to work some cluster stitches but we want to begin working them in between these cluster stitches down below. So to do so we're going to start off our row four with a slip stitch into each of the first two stitches. So there's one and two. You're then going to work your cluster stitch into your next slip stitch into the next stitch and cluster stitch into the next. You're going to repeat this all the way across and finish off with one final slip stitch into your final stitch. Now here at the end of row four and we're finishing off with one slip stitch in each of the final two stitches here. Chain one, turn your work. You should now see these staggered berry stitches worked in between your berry stitches down below. Now for row five we're going to single crochet into the first stitch and then single crochet into each stitch all the way across. Now for the pattern that is it as far as the repeat is concerned. From now on you're going to repeat rows two, three, four, and five for as long as you would like then fasten off and weave in your ends and that's all there is to working this staggered berry stitch. So thank you so much for joining me. Once again while you're here I invite you to subscribe, take a look around and I look forward to seeing you again soon. Until then, happy crocheting. Bye!