In this tutorial, I will show you how to make a single crochet cross stitch Aka x single crochet, and yarn under single crochet. This is a recommended stitch to crochet professional-looking amigurumi. You will also find this stitch in many crochet top and purse patterns. I have covered tens of them myself in this blog.
This stitch has a beautiful “x” shape, but is worked in the same way as the regular single crochet. Only we modify the traditional yarn over step to yarn under. Don’t worry, I will show you how to do yarn under as well as crocheting the crossed single crochet here. It is a 1-row repeat pattern, and you will love it!
Note: Single crochet cross stitch is irreversible, so I recommend slip stitching the first and last chains so you don’t have to turn after the row. That’s why it is mostly used for crochet round projects and not flat ones!
Difference between regular sc and sc cross stitch
Based on appearance, the single crochet stitch has x-shaped stitches, while normal single crochet will have v-shaped stitches. In terms of crocheting, we need to bring yarn over the hook for normal single crochet and yarn under the hook for single crochet cross stitch.
Be sure you have enough rows and don’t turn the work (work in rounds) so that all stitches look consistent!
Crochet Cross Single Crochet: Step-by-Step Instructions
Difficulty: Beginner – Level 2
Techniques: Slip Knot and chain stitch, plus yarn under.
Instructions:
- Tie a slip knot to the crochet hook and make chain stitches in any number designated in your project. You can also slip stitch in the last chain to avoid turning the work.
- Insert the hook in the 2nd chain from the crochet hook if you did not close the ring. If you closed the ring, chain one and insert the hook in the first stitch.
- Yarn under. Bring the hook over the ball end of the yarn and now twist the hook around, going right to left (if you are right-handed) from the bottom and grab it using the grip of the hook.
- Note that in yarn over, we bring the hook down the ball end of the yarn and now twist the hook around, going right to left (if you are right-handed) from the top to bottom and grab it using the grip of the hook.
See that the middle of locked yarn is on the right side for yarn over and on the left side for the yarn under.
- Complete the single crochet by pulling up a loop on the crochet hook.
- Yarn under, again!
- Pull through both the loops on the crochet hook to make a single crochet cross stitch.
- Just repeat the above steps.
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