Photo Tutorial – How To Crochet: The Side Saddle Cluster Stitch!

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Thanks for visiting my page! Here is a written tutorial with photos on how to make my Side Saddle Cluster Stitch!

First, with any project you'll need a crochet hook and yarn. Any yarn or hook will do for learning this stitch

For this tutorial you'll need to know how to make Chains (CH), I have a tutorial here! How to make the Single Crochet Stitch (SC) tutorial here! How to make the Double Crochet Stitch (DC), tutorial here! And how to make the Cluster Stitch, tutorial here!

Starting from the beginning make CHs in the multiple of 5 + 1

 

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Row 1: Make 1 SC into the 2nd CH from your hook

Make 3 CHs

*Yarn over your hook 1 time

Insert your hook into the next CH, bring that yarn through, yarn over, take that yarn through 2 loop on your hook

Insert your hook into the next CH, bring that yarn through, yarn over, take that yarn through 2 loop on your hook

Insert your hook into the next CH, bring that yarn through, yarn over, take that yarn through 2 loop on your hook

Insert your hook into the next CH, bring that yarn through, yarn over, take that yarn through 2 loop on your hook

So that's 5 loops on your hook total

Yarn over your hook 1 time

Take that yarn through all 5 loops on your hook

This is one Sidle Saddle Cluster ST made

Make 1 CH to secure it all together

Make 1 SC into the next CH

Make 3 CHs

Repeat the steps above from * for the rest of Row 1

Row 2: Make 5 CHs

Make 1 SC into the top of the previous Side Saddle Cluster ST, in the CH on top

*This is where the sequence will start repeating

Make 3 CHs

This is where you repeat the Side Saddle Cluster ST into the previous CH 3 space

*Yarn over your hook 1 time

Insert your hook into the next CH, bring that yarn through, yarn over, take that yarn through 2 loop on your hook
Insert your hook into the next CH, bring that yarn through, yarn over, take that yarn through 2 loop on your hook
Insert your hook into the next CH, bring that yarn through, yarn over, take that yarn through 2 loop on your hook
Insert your hook into the next CH, bring that yarn through, yarn over, take that yarn through 2 loop on your hook
So that's 5 loops on your hook total
Yarn over your hook 1 time
Take that yarn through all 5 loops on your hook

Make 1 CH to secure it together

Make 1 SC into the top of the previous Side Saddle Cluster ST, in the CH on top

Repeat the steps above until you have 1 S left in your row

Make 1 DC into the last ST to complete Row 2

Row 3: Make 1 CH

*This is where the sequence will start repeating

Make 3 CHs

This is where you repeat the Side Saddle Cluster ST into the previous CH 3 space

*Yarn over your hook 1 time

Insert your hook into the next CH, bring that yarn through, yarn over, take that yarn through 2 loop on your hook
Insert your hook into the next CH, bring that yarn through, yarn over, take that yarn through 2 loop on your hook
Insert your hook into the next CH, bring that yarn through, yarn over, take that yarn through 2 loop on your hook
Insert your hook into the next CH, bring that yarn through, yarn over, take that yarn through 2 loop on your hook
So that's 5 loops on your hook total
Yarn over your hook 1 time
Take that yarn through all 5 loops on your hook

Make 1 CH

*Make 3 CHs

This is where you repeat the Side Saddle Cluster ST into the previous CH 3 space

*Yarn over your hook 1 time

Insert your hook into the next CH, bring that yarn through, yarn over, take that yarn through 2 loop on your hook
Insert your hook into the next CH, bring that yarn through, yarn over, take that yarn through 2 loop on your hook
Insert your hook into the next CH, bring that yarn through, yarn over, take that yarn through 2 loop on your hook
Insert your hook into the next CH, bring that yarn through, yarn over, take that yarn through 2 loop on your hook
So that's 5 loops on your hook total
Yarn over your hook 1 time
Take that yarn through all 5 loops on your hook

Make 1 CH

Repeat the steps above from * until you reach the last ST of your row

Make 1 SC into the last ST of Row 3

This is what the Side Saddle Cluster Stitch should look like when completed!

 

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