This week on Let’s Learn a New Crochet Stitch, I would like to introduce you to a very pretty stitch called the Fan and V Stitch – this is the first time I have tried it and I absolutely love how it looks!

It also looks amazing when you change colour every 2 rows too!

I first saw this stitch in the Leisure Arts Publication: Donna Kooler’s Encyclopedia of Crochet. This fantastic resource contains 164 different stitch patterns with both written and charted instructions and 29 projects. I also enjoyed reading the history of crochet which is included in this publication.

You can purchase your copy of Donna Kooler’s Encyclopedia of Crochet from Leisure Arts.

This post will show you how to create the stitch and how to make an 8 x 8 inch square.

Let’s Learn a New Crochet Stitch: Fan and V Stitch

Yarn: Red Heart with Love
Hook: 5.5 mm (I)
Stitch Pattern Multiple:  chain a multiple of 8 plus 2
Special Stitch: V Stitch: (V st): work (1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc) in the specified stitch

Abbreviations: RS – right side, R – row, ch – chain, sc – single crochet, chs – chains, dc – double crochet, st – stitch, sts – stitches, V st – v stitch (see special stitches), ch1sp – chain 1 space

Helpful Tutorials: 

invisible join

R1: (This is the RS). Chain 26, 1 sc in the 2nd ch from the hook. *Skip 3 chs, work 9 dc in the next ch, skip 3 chs, work 1 sc in the next ch*. Repeat from * to * 2 more times. Turn.

Row 1 – Fan and V Stitch

R2: ch 3 (counts as 1 dc), work 1 dc in the first st. *ch 5, skip the 9 dc sts, work V st in the next sc*. Repeat from * to * 1 more time. Ch 5, skip the 9 dc sts, 2 dc in the last sc, skip the turning ch. Turn.

Row 2 – Fan and V Stitch

R3: ch 3 (counts as 1 dc), work 4 dc in the first st. *You will now be working over the ch 5 strand (to confine it). Work 1 sc in the 5th dc in the set of 9 dc in the row below. Work 9 dc in the ch1sp in the center of the next V st. Repeat from * to * 1 more time. You will now be working over the ch 5 strand (to confine it). Work 1 sc in the 5th dc in the set of 9 dc in the row below. Work 5 dc in the top of the turning chain. Turn.

Row 3 Fan and V Stitch

R4: ch 3, skip the 5 dc sts, work 1 V st in the next sc. *Ch 5, skip the 9 dc sts, work 1 V st in the next sc*. Repeat from * to * 2 more times. Ch 2, sl st to the top of the turning ch. Turn.

Row 4

R5: Ch 1, 1 sc over the sl st into the 1st st of the row below. *9 dc in the ch1sp in the center of the next V st. You will now be working over the ch 5 strand (to confine it). Work 1 sc in the 5th dc in th set of 9 dc in the row below.* Repeat from * to * 1 more time. Work 9 dc in the ch1sp in the center of the next V st, 1 scin the first ch of the turning ch. Turn.

Row 5

Repeat R2 to R5, 2 more times.

Ch 3 (counts as 1 dc), 1 dc in the first st, *ch 2, sl st to the 5th dc in the set of 9 dc in the row below, ch 2, work 1 V st in the next sc*. Repeat from * to * 1 more time. Ch 2, sl st to the 5th dc in the set of 9 dc in the row below, ch 2. Work 2 dc in the last sc, skip the turning chain.

Ch 1, turn.

Work 22 sc evenly across. Ch 1, Turn.
Work 22 sc evenly across. Ch 1, Turn.
Work 22 sc evenly across. Ch 1, Turn.
Work 22 sc evenly across. Ch 1, Turn.

*Work 1 sc in the bl of each sc across to the corner ch st. Work 3 sc in the ch st.* Repeat from * to * for all four sides of the block. Finish off with an invisible join.