How to do a winged lace crochet stitch

This light and airy stitch design has lots of open spaces, making it especially suitable for warm-weather projects. Working under chain spaces rather than into individual chain stitches will make crocheting this pattern a breeze!

What you need

See below

Instructions

Chain a multiple of 10 + 4.

Foundation Row (RS): Dc in the sixth ch from the hook, *ch 1, skip the next ch, dc in the next ch; repeat from the * across, turn.

Row 1 (WS): Ch 4 (counts as dc, ch 1 here and throughout), skip the first dc and ch-1 sp, *dc in the next dc, ch 1, skip the next ch-1 sp; repeat from the * across, ending with dc in the next dc, ch 1, dc in the third ch of the turning-ch-4, turn.

Row 2: Ch 1, sc in the first dc, *ch 5, [skip the next ch-1 sp, skip the next dc] twice, working in front of the next ch-1 sp (page 134), slip st in the next ch-1 sp 2 rows below, ch 5, skip the next dc, skip the next ch-1 sp] twice, sc in the next dc in current row; repeat from the * across, ending with ch 5, [skip the next ch-1 sp, skip the next dc] twice, working in front of the next ch-1 sp, slip st in the next ch-1 sp 2 rows below, ch 5, [skip the next dc, skip the next ch-1 sp] twice, sc in the third ch of the turning-ch-4, turn.

Row 3: Ch 1, sc in the first sc, *[ch 1, skip the next ch-1 sp 2 rows below, working in front of the ch-5 loop of the previous row, dc in the next dc 2 rows below] 4 times, ch 1, sc in the next sc in current row; repeat from the *across, turn.

Row 4: Ch 1, sc in the first sc, *ch 5, [skip the next ch-1 sp, skip the next dc] twice, working in front of the next ch-1 sp, slip st in the next ch-1 sp 2 rows below, ch 5, [skip the next dc, skip the next ch-1 sp] twice, sc in the next sc in current row; repeat from the * across, turn.

Row 5: As Row 3. turn.

Row 6: Ch 4, skip the first sc and ch-1 sp, *dc in the next st, ch 1, skip the next ch-1 sp; repeat from the * across, ending with dc in the last sc, turn.

Repeat Rows 1-6 for the pattern.

Excerpted with permission from Essential Crochet Starter Stitches (Quarry Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group, 2024) by Melissa Leapman. Essential Crochet Starter Stitches publishes November 5, 2024 and can be purchased wherever fine books are sold. Learn more at quarto.com.