Catherine Wheel Stitch Baby Blanket Pattern

Follow along with our resident crochet expert chris hammond as she walks you through the steps to stitch your own catherine wheel or starburst stitch.

Catherine wheel stitch baby blanket pattern. This stitch fit well with the caron cotton cakes yarn. I used bernat blanket super bulky yarn for the blanket and i modified the standard catherine wheel stitch a little to fit that specific yarn type. Try it for afghans throws or crochet bedspreads. I love a classic crochet pattern.

This stitch pattern was found in one of my japanese stitchionary crochet book collection. If you are interested in more stitch tutorials i have a huge list also. The catherine wheel stitch is one of my ultimate favourite crochet stitches. I feel like catherine s wheel is a cousin stitch to the harlequin stitch i ve done in the past.

Use the colors you prefer a tip is those lines merged it is a very beautiful and creative result makes any project very sophisticated. A blanket made with this catherine wheel stitch is really incredible and very well accepted so selling it in exclusive pieces would be the biggest success. The written instructions consist of 5 lines before the repeat. The catherine wheel harlequin or starburst crochet stitch is one of the more advanced crochet stitches you can learn.

This blanket is a version of modified catherine s wheel stitch baby blanket mentioned above. Then once you ve mastered this crochet stitch pattern find a catherine wheel stitch baby blanket pattern to really wow. Tutorial videos can also be found on youtube. This article will have the written and video format for this stitch.

I love how the stitches are tighter together and the circles it leaves behind leaves me with a sense of pride at the end of the project. You can easily use it for blankets scarves bags and so much more. I found the catherine s wheel stitch in several of my stitch books and was determined to make a blanket with it someday and that day is finally here. This pattern is now available as a free pdf pattern download from yarnspirations click here to see.

A few months ago my mom started experimenting with the catherine s wheel stitch and as she started playing with different variations and modifications we had a hard time deciding which version we liked best so we decided to just make them all. The catherine s wheel is a bit easier with fewer steps to learn. In fact in just a few days i will have a hat pattern using this stitch available. I later found out that it has a name the catherine s wheel stitch.

Speaking of crochet again the catherine s wheel stitch is ideal for so many different projects.