Welcome to the next post in our Craft Smarter in the New Year series on Color Blending!
How Color Blending is Different in Crochet
Crochet is perfect for color blending because of its natural ability to change the height of rows. This lets you alter where the stitch starts in the row. See how the colors zigzag in the above swatch?
Yarn and Hook
I’m using Valley Yarns Northampton (a worsted weight yarn) and a G hook. The image below shows knitting, but the colors are the same!
From light to dark (bottom to top), I’m using:
CC1: Raspberry Heather (26)
CC2: Dahlia (21)
CC3: Merlot Heather (27)
CC4: Amethyst (19)
What it’s Also Called
The Lemon Peel stitch is also called the Griddle Stitch (and I’d guess several other as well). This stitch (whatever we call it) consist of alternating SC and DC stitches.
How to Work the Lemon Peel Stitch
Step 1: Chain an odd number of stitches. We chained 25 sts. Change colors.
Step 2: *SC, dc, rep from * until row in complete (change colors when pulling through the last set of loops in that final dc). Ch 1 using the new color.
Repeat Step 2 until you’re done.
Chart
We’re using new charting software and the feedback has been great so far! So, here’s the chart for the Lemon Peel Stitch.
How Many Rows?
Work either 1 row or another odd number of rows (3, 5, 7, etc.). If you change colors after having worked an even number of rows, the row will be straight so you’ll just get the texture of the Lemon Peel Stitch. Still pretty and somewhat useful, but work an odd number of rows in each color for the full effect.
The Back Side
The other side of Lemon Peel Stitch looks extremely similar (and just as good) as the front-side. Given that, take care when you weave in ends so they don’t poke out.
Craft Smarter in the New Year
This post is part of our Craft Smarter in the New Year Series. We’re covering both knitting and crochet, and here are the posts we have in mind:
- Purl Stitch (knitting)
- Linen Stitch (crochet)
- Slipped Stitches (knitting)
- Spike Stitch (crochet)
- Garter Stitch (knitting)
- Shell Stitch (crochet)
- Color Introduction (knitting)
- Lemon Peel Stitch (crochet)
- Holding 2 Colors Together (both knitting and crochet)
We also kicked off this series with a post on color choices and included a bunch of different resources for you to get the juices flowing!
Our Sponsor
And of course, a special thanks to our yarn sponsor, Webs, for donating the yarn for this series. We couldn’t have done it without you – plus their Valley Yarns Line is FABULOUS. I highly recommend them.
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