A friend of mine recently had a baby girl and to celebrate I made a classic C2C crochet baby blanket in white, and topped it off with this gorgeous reverse shell stitch.
How to Crochet the Reverse Shell Stitch (Tutorial with Photos)
To start. Attach the yarn where you would like to start your border. I am doing a baby blanket with corners, and this pattern goes in a three stitch repeat. I started mine so that center of the shell that lands on the corner then straddles the corner. Because of the three stitch repeat, I started in the second stitch from the corner where I wanted to end.
To reverse shell
1. Chain 3 to begin your first shell. Then, dc in same stitch and in the next two stitches so that you have 3dc in a row. Next, chain three. (see photo)
2. Flip the work to the left so that you are looking at the BACK of the dcs you just created. You’ll slip stitch to the TOP of the ch-3 you made in the very beginning. Then, chain-1 and flip the work back over. (see photo)
3. You have created a ch-3 that you will now work 7 dcs AROUND to create the shell. (see photo)
4. For the next shell, you’ll dc in the next 3 stitches, then chain-3 and flip your work to see the back, and anchor to the post of the previous shell. (see photo)
Continue along…
For each individual shell, you’re just going to continue making three dcs, then make a chain-3, flip work over so that you can anchor to the post of the previous shell, flip back to front and work the new shell around the ch-3. Once you get the hang of it, it is a breeze!
Isn’t that a beautiful technique?! Just LOVE this! You could add this to blankets, I thought it would make a cute top edging for a little girl’s crown or the trim on a dress… the possibilities are endless!
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