Starting from the beginning, make chains in the multiple of 3 + 4
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Row 1: We're going to immediately start making Clustered V STs: Yarn over your hook 1 time
Insert your hook into the 5th CH from your hook
Yarn over your hook 1 time
Take that yarn through 2 loops on your hook
So if you're familiar with the Cluster ST, Cluster Stitches are made up of the bottoms of DC Stitches clustered together. So this is 1 DC bottom made.
We are going to make another DC bottom, yarn over your hook 1 time, insert your hook back into that same CH we are working in, grab that yarn and pull up 1 loop on your hook
Yarn over your hook 1 time
Take that yarn through only 2 loops on your hook, making that 2nd DC bottom
We're now going to cluster those 2 together, yarn over your hook 1 time
Take that yarn through all 3 loops on your hook, so that's only 1 half of the Clustered V ST
Make 1 CH
We're going to make the other side of the Clustered V ST now, Yarn over your hook 1 time
Insert your hook back into the same CH we are working into, grab that yarn you're working with and pull up 1 loop
Yarn over your hook 1 time
Take through only 2 loops on your hook, making the 1st DC bottom on this side
Yarn over your hook 1 time
Insert your hook back into the same CH we are working into, grab that yarn you're working with and pull up 1 loop
Yarn over 1 time
Take that yarn through only 2 loops on your hook, creating that 2nd DC bottom
We're now going to cluster those 2 DC bottoms together, Yarn over your hook 1 time
Take that yarn through all 3 loops on your hook, completing that Clustered V ST
So that's 2 DC bottoms clustered together, CH 1, 2 DC bottoms clustered together all in the same CH/ST
Skip 2 CHs, going through the steps above...make 1 Clustered V ST into the next CH
*Skip 2 CHs, going through the steps above...make 1 Clustered V ST into the next CH
Repeat the step above from * until you have 2 CHs left in your row
Skip 1 CH, make 1 DC into the last CH to complete Row 1
Row 2: Make 3 CHs
Skip to 1st previous Clustered V CH 1 space, make 1 Clustered V ST in that space using the same steps from row 1
Skip to next previous Clustered V ST CH 1 space, make 1 Clustered V ST in that space using the same steps from row 1
*Skip to next previous Clustered V ST CH 1 space, make 1 Clustered V ST in that space using the same steps from row 1
Repeat the step above from * until you reach the last ST in your row
Make 1 DC into the last ST of row 2
Repeat Row 2 for however long you want your project
This is what the Clustered V Stitch looks like when completed!
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