I love experimenting in the fiber arts. Every so often I find myself using the basic stitches in new ways. 

In this instance, I had two issues I was trying to solve. 

One, a thicker looking fabric that wasn’t a yarn eater and wasn’t single crochet heavy (I tend to do single crochets too tight), and two, a seamless (or near seamless) join that didn’t migrate diagonally.

I was successful on both counts. 

The stitch is a two row repeat, and is based on the linen stitch. There are enough slight differences that kept me from referring to it as a modified linen stitch, so I’m going to call it the dash stitch, because of the way the stitches line up.

Time: Approx. 3 hours

Supplies:

Yarn: #4 or Worsted Weight, Approx 270 yards.

(Cover Image are Caron Big Cakes Blueberry Pudding. Instruction Images are Craft Smart Value Multi in Peach Tree)

Hook: I / 9 – 5.5mm

Gauge: 4” x 4” = 12sts across x 12 rows