Tipsy Lemon Stitch Photo Tutorial



A good friend and crochet mentor has two stitch loves in her life.  She adores the herringbone stitch (double or half double) and lemon peel stitch.


Being in a creative mood, I decided to see what combining the two might bring and was very pleased with the results.  Based on the traditional lemon peel stitch pattern, it alternates herringbone double crochet with single crochet.


The name Tipsy Lemon came from the fact that the herringbone stitch gives a slight tilt to the left to the lemon peel pattern, as though the crochet stitches had over imbibed just a little.


For instructions on the herringbone double crochet stitch, follow this link:

https://www.knitcrate.com/blogs/tumblr/crochet-stitch-herringbone-double-crochet



Instructions

Chain an uneven number of stitches as this pattern is worked in a 2 stitch repeat.


Single crochet (SC) into second chain and across to form foundation row, chain 1 and turn.



Half double crochet (HDC) first stitch, then herringbone double crochet (HBDC) into next stitch.



Single crochet into next stitch to complete the lemon peel stitch.



Repeat HBDC and SC across to second to last stitch and finish with HDC. Chain 1 and turn.



Repeat the row above for desired height.  Using a 2 row repeat will ensure an even finish to the top of of the work..



Completed swatch looks like this, creating suble texture to your work.



Working in the round gives a pretty texture.  This baby hat is worked from top down. It has the added advantage of hiding the slip stitch joins very well into the fabric of your work.



The pattern for this beanie can be found on my blog, by following this link:

https://kyliecrochets.blogspot.com/2020/05/tipsy-lemon-stitch-baby-hat.html?m=1


I hope you enjoy exploring and getting creative with this stitch.  As far as I could determine, from extensive internet searches, this stitch hasn’t been published elsewhere.  But if you’ve seen it before with a different name, please let me know in the comments. And I’d love to see pictures of any projects you make with the Tipsy Lemon Stitch.


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