Crocodile Stitch Help

It was brought to my attention by one of my wonderful pattern testers that there is a little detail in the crocodile stitch that if done incorrectly can ruin the look of the piece.

The crocodile stitch is basically a two row repeating stitch where the 2nd row is worked in front of the 1st row (instead of above).  The 1st row is a simple v-stitch row.  The 2nd row is the "scale" row.  When working the 3rd row (2nd v-stitch row), the v-stitches that land between scales should catch the scale to secure it in place.

Here is my little help photo explaining this part of the stitch:

Hope that helps!

Crochet Technique - Weaving in Ends

As I have previously said, I want this blog to help with even the most basic steps in crafting.  In crochet, one of these basic steps is weaving in ends of your work.  No one ever explains this.  I have done my best to figure it out on my own, but here is a link to a tutorial that I found very helpful:

Aesthetic Nest

Hopefully you find this as helpful as I did!

Crocodile Stitch

If you have ever seen the crocodile crochet stitch and wanted to do it, I have found a great tutorial for it.  I looked all over trying to find one.  This is a video from Annie's Attic.  The best thing about it is there isn't a lot of chatter, they just instruct you like a pattern would read.  I really liked it.

Check out the Video

I will have to make something with this stitch and post a picture so you can see what it looks like.  It's pretty neat.