Easy Crochet Bar Stitch Tutorial For Beginners

Ready to add a unique twist to your crochet work with the Bar Stitch? This tutorial breaks it down into simple steps, making it perfect for those who want to spruce up their crochet projects with some fresh texture.

Crochet Bar Stitch Tutorial

Materials:

Tri yarn (doubled for a better outcome)
4 mm crochet hook

Pattern Instructions:

Starting the Project:

Begin with a slip knot on your crochet hook.
Chain 21 stitches (or a multiple of 3 for your project's width).

Single Crochet Foundation:

Skip the first chain from your hook.
In the second chain, begin single crocheting into the back loop (preferred for this pattern) of each chain until the end of the row.
You should have 20 single crochets.
Chain 1 (doesn't count as a stitch) and turn your work.

Single Crochet Row:

Start from the first stitch, single crochet down to the end of the row maintaining the back loops only.
Chain 1 and turn your work.

Establishing the B Stitch Design:

Start the row with a single crochet in the first two stitches.
To create the B Stitch effect, perform a front post double crochet around the third stitch from the first single crochet row below.
Skip a stitch on the current row to balance the front post double crochet.
Single crochet in the next two stitches and repeat the front post double crochet from the previous row, ensuring that you are always working into the third single crochet of the established base of the B Stitch.
Continue this pattern till the end of the row.
(Optional) Switch colors at the end of the row by attaching new yarn.
Chain 1 and turn your work.

Single Crochet Row:

Single crochet in each stitch across the row.

Chain 1 and turn your work.

Continuing B Stitch Pattern:

Single crochet in the first two stitches.
Work a front post double crochet around the front post double crochet from the previous B Stitch row.
Repeat this pattern across the row.
(Optional) To change colors, tie in a new yarn at the end of the row.