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Little Arches Crochet Stitch

Updated February 25, 2026

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The Little Arches crochet stitch is a beautiful stitch. It has slight lace like qualities and I think it would be a beautiful baby blanket stitch. Consisting of double crochet and chains, this stitch is really easy to work up and is a simple one row repeat.

Pattern Use Ideas

Materials and Tools

Feel free to play around with yarn weights and hook sizes for this stitch pattern, but I have used:

Yarn: I used Scheepjes SoftFun in Rose

Hook: I have used a 4.5mm

Darning Needle

Scissors

Pattern Notes

Written in UK terms but switchable to US terms below.
Skill Level: Intermediate
Stitch Multiple: 4 +4
This pattern gives you the basic principles for the little arches stitch, designed to help you create your own projects.
Video tutorial can be found at the base of the post.

Terms & Abbreviations

Chain(s): Ch(s): Yarn over, pull through loop on the hook.

Slip Stitch(s): ss(s): Insert hook, yarn over, pull through stitch and loop on hook.

Double Crochet(s): dc(s): Insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, you will have two loops on the hook. Yarn over, pull through remaining two loops.

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a close up of the little arches crochet stitch made in pink double knit yarn.
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Little Arches Stitch Pattern

Foundation: Chain in multiples of 4 + 4.

Row 1: dc in fourth ch from hook (skipped 3-ch counts as 3-ch sp), *3 ch, dc in next ch, 3 ch, skip 2 ch, dc in next ch; repeat from * across. Turn.

Row 2: 3 ch, skip first dc, *[dc, 3 ch, dc] in 3-ch sp, 3 ch, skip [dc, 3-ch sp, dc]; repeat from * across, dc in beginning 3-ch sp. Turn.

Repeat Row 2 until desired height.

Final row: 1 ch, dc in first st, *1 ch, dc in next 3-ch sp; repeat from * across until one 3-ch sp rem, 1 ch, dc in 3-ch sp.

Fasten off and sew in ends.

Video Tutorial

Right-handed

Or you can watch on YouTube

Left-handed

Or you can watch on YouTube

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