The lemon peel stitch, also called the griddle stitch, alternates single and double crochet for a nubby, woven-looking texture. This tutorial is part of our Craft Smarter color blending series.
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.
From light to dark (bottom to top), I’m using:
CC1: Raspberry Heather (26)
CC2: Dahlia (21)
CC3: Merlot Heather (27)
CC4: Amethyst (19)
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 the 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
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 to (and just as good as) the front-side. Given that, take care when you weave in ends so they don’t poke out.
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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