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How to Crochet The Mini Bean Stitch (Elizabeth Stitch)

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March 14, 2018 Ashlea 9 Comments

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Have you had the chance to fall in love with the Mini Bean stitch? This stitch is also called the Elizabeth stitch and is the stitch we use in our NEW aptly named Crochet Along – The Elizabeth Cardigan. This Mini Bean tutorial will teach you everything you need to know about this fun, beautiful stitch.

How to crochet the Elizabeth Stitch

Mini Bean Stitch Tutorial

Scroll down to see the VIDEO tutorial of this stitch.

To start a new project with the Mini Bean, you’ll want to make a chain using a multiple of TWO plus one. Each two chains will make up one Mini Bean. So… if you chain 20+1, you’ll end up with 10 Mini Bean stitches and if you chain 60+1 you’ll end up with 30. The “plus one” accounts for the side of the first stitch of the first row.

For the first/foundation row, insert your hook into the third chain from the hook. Pull up a loop. Yarn over, insert hook into same space, pull up a loop. You should now have four loops on your hook. Yarn over, pull through all four loops, then chain one to close the stitch. Skip the next chain, insert hook into the next chain, pull up a loop. Yarn over, insert hook into same space and pull up a loop. With four loops on your hook, yarn over and pull through all four loops and chain one to close the stitch. Repeat this process until you reach the end of the chain. To start a new row, chain one and turn. (It will look like you have two chains: one to close the last stitch and one to start the new row.) This is better explained in the video below.

How to make a Mini Bean Stitch

To make a Mini Bean:

1. Insert hook into the side of the next stitch (as pointed to with hook below).

Elizabeth Crochet Stitch Tutorial

2. Pull up a loop so that you have two loops on your hook.

How to make an Elizabeth Stitch

How to Crochet the Mini Bean Crochet Stitch
3. Yarn over, insert hook into the same stitch, pull up a loop so that you have four loops on your hook.

How to crochet the Elizabeth Crochet Stitch
4. Yarn over and pull through all four loops.

How to crochet the Elizabeth Stitch
5. Chain one to close the stitch. Stitch made!

Mini bean crochet stitch tutorial

If you are more of a visual person, there is a brand NEW video tutorial for this stitch below.

Video tutorial for Mini Bean or Elizabeth Stitch

When stacked together the Mini Bean stitch is just beautiful. Don’t you love the slanted little “beans”? This is the stitch we’ll use in Heart Hook Home’s NEW crochet pattern, The Elizabeth Cardigan, my very first crochet along! Get ready for part one on March 15th, 2018!

How to Crochet the Mini Bean - or Elizabeth - Crochet Stitch

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Comments

  1. Sara White says

    April 29, 2020 at 11:26 pm

    I am trying to make a throw using this stitch but the row is taking a curved shape like I have too many stitches. What should I do to correct this?
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  2. Melissa says

    January 8, 2019 at 1:02 pm

    I am dying to try to make this cardigan, but I'm having some difficulty. After I have 4 loops on the hook and yarn over, I can't get my hook back through the 4 loops without snagging some of the loop yarn or having it not come through at all. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!
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    • Heart Hook Home says

      January 11, 2019 at 8:45 am

      Hi Melissa! I find it helpful to turn the hook so that the actual hook part is facing downward when pulling through...this can help keep the hook from snagging on the loops. You can also pull through just a couple of loops first, then pulling through the rest...it may be easier than trying to pull through all of them at once. Hope this helps!
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  3. Joanie says

    January 5, 2019 at 11:17 am

    I’ve made a couple of scarves with this Mini Bean Stitch.......makes a nice squishy Warm scarf !!! Looks nice Too!!! Thankx ! Joanie in Texas
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  4. Annette Specht says

    March 15, 2018 at 9:37 pm

    I loved the stitch,,, last year i came across it on youtube, and made a baby blanket
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    • Sally says

      February 29, 2020 at 3:29 pm

      How big did you make the baby blanket, and how may skeins did bbn it take?
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  5. Theresa says

    March 15, 2018 at 10:02 am

    ~ Wowser Ashlea, That was awesome I just watched the minight bean st. Video love it, now I just learned an Ahhmmzzzzinly Awesome New st. Thank you,always looking forward to your awesome creative pretties! Looking forward to this CAL ♡♡♡♡
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  6. Jerusha says

    March 14, 2018 at 6:20 pm

    I watched the tutorial for the Elizabeth stitch and couldn’t really tell where you inserted the hook on the last stitch in a row.
    Reply

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