The Crab Stitch is a creative stitch to decorate an edging. The Crab Stitch is unique because you don’t work it from right to left, but from left to right. This creates an almost twisted-looking single crochet, a robust finishing for every project.
Crab stitch stitch repeat
There's no stitch repeat for this stitch. As a modified single crochet, you work 1 crab stitch in every stitch. So it works with any number of stitches!
How to crochet the crab stitch
I made a small sample for this tutorial to show the stitches clearly, but in the Rainbow Sampler Blanket, you’ll start in the top left corner.
Join your colour with a slip stitch in the first stitch. Work a sc in the same stitch (photo 1), insert your hook in the stitch on the right side of your sc (photo 2), yarn over, and pull up a loop (photo 3). You’ll create a weird little roll - that’s how it’s supposed to look like. Yarn over again, and pull through the loops on hook. This is your first Crab Stitch (photo 4). The Crab Stitch rolls over itself!
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Crochet Crab stitches in the corners
Continue with the instructions above, working Crab Stitches on the right side of your previous stitch (photo 5). When you reach a corner, work a Crab Stitch, two chains and a Crab Stitch in the corner chain space (photo 6). Once you’ve reached the first stitch, cut yarn and fasten off. It's that easy!
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