Creating a Vine Cable Pattern on a Background of Extended Single Crochet

Hi, I'm Brenda K.B. Anderson, thank you for joining me. I'm a knitter as well as a crocheter, and sometimes I'll find a stitch pattern in a knitting stitch dictionary that I really wish that I could use in a crochet project, and this is a great example of how sometimes you can use crochet stitches to get a look that is similar to a knitted cable. I found this beautiful leaf and vine stitch diction, or stitch pattern in a stitch dictionary, and I played around with post stitches, those are the rays stitches here, and also extended single crochet. Those are the smoother stitches that make up the background to pull this look together.

So I'm gonna demonstrate how to work this stitch, and, but first I wanna talk a little bit about how this is constructed. So this is worked in the round, and, so that means you don't go back and forth in rows, you're just gonna be looking at the same, the right side over and over as you go round and around. So that would be good for projects like hats or mittens or a sweater that's worked in the round. But if you are interested in using the stitch pattern for something that's flat like a blanket, you could actually do that with the right side always facing, but what you'll end up with is you'll have a strand of yarn and then you'll work across it, and then you'll leave a strand of yarn and you'll cut it, and then you'll start on the same side, so the side is always facing, and you'll end up with a bunch of fringe on each side. So this could make a really beautiful blanket in the stitch pattern as long as you don't mind there being some fringe on the ends, or you could weave in a million ends if you really want to.

So in order to work this stitch pattern, we'll have to take a look at this chart. This chart might be a little overwhelming, especially if you haven't worked from a chart before, but I'm gonna walk you through it. Oh, and I should say, this is a chart keeper. It's basically just little magnets that stick to this background here, and so you can, you can block off certain parts of your chart and use it as a line so you can keep track of where you're at. You don't need to have one of these, but it does make it a little easier.

If you don't have one, you can just simply use another piece of paper to cover up the parts of the chart that you haven't gotten to yet. So in this chart, here's an example of all the different types of stitches that are used over here. We have the extended single crochet, and I will show you how to do that of course, I'll show you how to do all of these, the front post double crochet. And this is just three front post double crochets put together into one stitch. This is just two front post double crochets put together into one stitch.

This is a front post double crochet two together. So this is a decreased stitch where you work into two different stitches and you turn it into one. And this is a front post double crochet extended single crochet stitch right here. And this is, this is actually extended single crochet first, and then front post double crochet right here next. This one is a front post double crochet, and extended single crochet stitch next, and they're both worked into the same stitch.

So these two stitches would be worked into one stitch. If you come across this on the chart, these two stitches would be worked into one stitch. So in order to begin, I'm going to block off on my chart everything that's above the line that I'm working on so that I don't get confused. You know, you might think you'd be blocking off below everything, but what you wanna see is where you've come from, what you've already worked. So as you move your page up or your, if you have one of these as you move the magnet up, you'll see, once we're on round two, you'll see what happened in round one, and you'll know how to connect those stitches together, and you don't have to care about what's happening.

This can be a little overwhelming to see that all at the same time. All right, so we're gonna start, this stitch pattern starts with 17 extended single crochets here, but in order to do a swatch in the round, what I'm going to do is I'm gonna add some extra extended single crochets over here and some over here at the end, and then be able to work in the round, and then after that, I will be able to cut through those stitches so you can see what it looks like. All right, so let's get started making this swatch. So we'll do 17 chains, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, plus, we're gonna do three extended single crochets that are not in the chart at the beginning and three at the end, so that's a total of six. So one, two, three, four, five, six, and then I'm gonna use one chain for a turning chain.

And you might be thinking turning chain, what is she talking about? We just wanna add one little chain for the height of this. We're not gonna join it into the round yet. I like to work into the bottom of my chain. You don't have to do it this way.

If you prefer to just join it into a circle, how you normally would, you just slip stitch into that first one and be ready to go around, but I really like working into the bottom bump of my chain, because it's easier to get my hook into it, and also it leaves you with this really nice, this really nice edge with a bunch of Vs on it. So what I do is I do one turning chain and then the first round that I work is actually secretly a row. So we're gonna start, I did one turning chain, and then I'm gonna start working my extended single crochets. So in order to do that, you just insert your hook, yarn over, pull up a loop, just like you're gonna do a regular single crochet, except that this time you'll yarn over and go through only one loop, yarn over and go through two. So again, that is insert your hook into the bottom of the chain or whatever part of the chain you're working in, yarn over, pull up a loop, and then pull through one, yarn over, pull through two.

So you'll see the stitch looks kind of like two little Vs stacked up on top of each other. It gives it a nice stretch and it lays nice and flat, so that's why I chose it for the background of this cable pattern. So insert hook, yarn over, pull up one, yarn over, pull through one, pull through two. So we're gonna do extended single crochet all the way across our chain. So the yarn that I'm using is a worsted weight yarn, it's an acrylic wool blend, but you can use, you know, the yarn of your choice.

I would recommend, though, using a yarn that's a little bit squishy, a little bit lofty, if you're going to be doing this cable stitch pattern for a garment so that it has a little bit of drape to it. But if you're gonna be making a bag or something else like that and you want it to be stiffer, you could use a cotton yarn or something that isn't quite so fluffy. Also, this is a worsted weight yarn that I'm using here, but in the original sample that I showed you, the green version, that is a DK weight, so it's a little bit lighter weight yarn. If you're gonna make something like mittens or socks or something with the stitch pattern, you know, the stitch pattern is pretty big, so you're gonna wanna use a thinner, a lighter weight yarn, maybe a sock yarn or something like that, so that the whole pattern can fit on a mitten or fit on your socks. Okay, so I've reached the end and now is when I start working in the round, and I'm just going to, I don't, I'm not even gonna do a joint, I'm just gonna start crocheting here.

So remember, I am doing three stitches at the beginning that are extended single crochet, and then I'm actually working from the chart. So one, two, three, there's my three extended single crochets that don't show here, and then we're gonna be working from round two, so here we have two front post double crochets, and then two extended single crochets, and then we have three front post double crochets all into the same stitch. So we'll work that far, and when you're working a front post double crochet, you're gonna be working, it's just like a regular double crochet, except instead of working underneath these two loops here, you're gonna work around the post, and the post of the stitch is this, the part of the stitch that makes it tall, this is the post. So you're gonna be inserting your hook like this around the back of it. So you'll yarn over, insert your hook from right to left around the back of it, which seems weird, 'cause it's called a front post double crochet, but that is because your post ends up on the front.

So wait, let me back up here, yarn over, insert your hook, yarn over, and you're gonna pull it back around, and now you're gonna complete a double crochet, just like normal, so one and two. And you can see how that raises up that stitch a little bit there. It'll get more pronounced as you work. When all of the post stitches are all connected together, it makes that nice ridge that looks like this right here. This is the part I'm working on right here.

So the next one is another post stitch, and then we have two extended single crochet, so one, two, and then now we have this little combination stitch where we have three front post double crochets all made into one stitch. So you just work it all into that same, around the post of the same stitch. So yarn over, insert hook around the post, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through two, yarn over, pull through two. Now we're gonna go right around that same post we already worked. Same stitch, yarn over, pull through two, yarn over, pull through two, pull through two, pull through it two.

And the next stitch will be, well, actually the next three stitches are going to be extended single crochets, so make sure you don't miss this. This is where you insert your hook for the next stitch, not over here on this side. You have to make sure when you see the stitch, where you actually insert your hook is slightly to the right when you're, even when you're not doing a post stitch, when you're just doing a regular stitch. It is slightly to the right of that post. So we're gonna do an extended single crochet here, and then the next two, one, two, then we have another post stitch, and when you do your post stitch, now remember, we inserted our hooks into the right of this post, so this post is already part of this, it's already been used, it's already been worked into, so we go to this post.

This can get a little confusing for people who haven't done this before, worked post stitches before. Sometimes you kind of lose track of where your post, your next post is supposed to go. So we've already worked into this stitch, we're gonna work it around this stitch. So there's our post, and now we have these six extended single crochets followed by two front posts. So one, oops, I just did what I was talking about.

That was a fine example. So I started working in here, but really I missed this extended single crochet. I worked the post around this stitch, and I can't miss this one right here. So here we go, one, two, three, four, five, six, and then two front post double crochets, one, two. And then we're gonna end with those three extended single crochets that I just added that are not in the chart, so one, two, three, which brings us to the end of the round, and then we will just start with the beginning, so the next row is number three here.

We're gonna do front posts in our front post, so that'll be easy to find, two extended single crochets into extended. We're gonna do a front post double crochet into the first one of these, three front post double crochets into the middle, and one into the third, that little group. So first we do three extended single crochets, one, two, three, and now we do a front post double crochet into a post stitch, and you can find them 'cause they're already raised, so it's easy to know where to put your hook. Once you establish that first row, it gets a lot easier to know what you're doing. All right, so then we do a two extended single crochets, and even though this is this post stitch here, it was worked first, so it's kind of getting smushed to the back, but that is a post stitch, so we're gonna work a post stitch into there, front post double crochet, and then the middle of those, we're gonna work three, so one, two, three.

And then the next post we're just working one front post double crochet. You can see is the beginning of the bottom of the leaf right here. And then we're gonna work those three extended single crochets next followed by a post stitch, one, two, three, and here's that post stitch. And then we're gonna work three extended single crochets, and then two post stitches, one, two, three. Oh, did I say three?

I mean six. So we're working right here, six across there, four, five, and six. And then there's those two raised stitches. So we're gonna do front post double crochets around those, one, two, and then those three extended single crochets that we're gonna cut through at the end. All right, now we're gonna start on chart round four.

So we're following the same pattern, this will look very familiar. So we're gonna begin with those same three extended single crochets. We're working post stitches into our post stitches, here's two here, and then we're gonna do two extended single crochets, and then we're gonna do two front posts into the posts, and then again, those three into the center of the posts, and then two more front post stitches. So here's the two extended single crochet, front post stitch, one post double crochet, another front post double crochet. And now we're gonna, now we're at the middle, and we're gonna do three front post double crochets in this stitch here, one, two, three.

And post stitch in the last post stitch. And now we're gonna work these three extended single crochets, they're right here, one post stitch, extended single crochets, and two post stitches. And we don't actually need to keep track of the number now that we have this established pattern. You can see you're gonna be working extended single crochets into your extended single crochets and front post stitches into your front post stitches. So there's three extended single crochets, front post stitch, one, two, three, four, five, six extended single crochets, and then followed by the two front post stitches, front post double crochet stitches at the end.

And then those three extended single crochets. All right, and then we're gonna move up to round five, and if you just take a look at what's, whenever you're working a chart, it's good to just look ahead on the whole thing instead of just looking from one stitch to the next, just look at the overview of what's happening. So in this one, we have post stitches and post stitches, extended single crochets into those. We're not increasing at all, we're just straight up doing some front post double crochets into our raised stitches here, then extended single crochets, and this is where we need to pay attention, 'cause we're gonna be doing two front post double crochets into one front post double crochet. And then we're going to skip.

There's nothing that is attached to this extended single crochet. We're just skipping that, skipping over that stitch, and then we're gonna work five more extended single crochets, ending with those two front post double crochets. So three extended single crochets here, two front post stitches, front post double crochet, two extended single crochet, one, two, and now we're gonna do front post double crochets across the whole leaf, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and three extended single crochets, which leads us to the part where we need to be paying attention, 'cause this is a little different. We're doing two front post double crochets into this post stitch. So one, and working under the same post, yarn over, insert hook, yarn over, pull up a loop, pull through two, pull through two.

Now we have two post stitches right there. Then we're gonna skip this extended single crochet and work into this one. So we're skipping right over it, one, two, three, four, five, followed by the two front post double crochets. You may have noticed, you probably noticed, that along the edge of this cable pattern, there's just, you know, front post double crochet lines basically. They don't travel anywhere, they don't do anything.

They're just always gonna, we're always gonna start with those front post double crochet stitches and end with those fronts post double crochet stitches. All right, so I've already done the three extended single crochets for the next round, and now we're gonna start here. We'll take a look at the line across. We're gonna do front posts of course, and then the extended single crochets. And here, we're gonna do a decrease here and a decrease here, and then three front post double crochets in the middle of those two.

So if you just take a look at your leaf, you're decreasing at the beginning and the end of the leaf, and then you're doing double, front post double crochets in the middle, you're gonna do three extended single crochets, you're gonna do a front post stitch, and then this is where that kind of funny stitch is, where you do an extended single crochet into this stitch, and then you do a post stitch around this post at the same stitch. Then again, we're gonna skip this extended single crochet, that nothing goes to this stitch here, you just jump over it, and then do four extended single crochets and two post stitches at the end. I know it seems like, kind of wordy and it's a lot to remember, but really, the chart picture will help you very much, and once you start working on this, you'll kind of understand the theory behind how the cable is formed, and it'll make a lot more sense as you work on it. So I did the two extended single crochets, now we're gonna do the decrease stitch, so yarn over, insert around the post, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through two, and instead of pulling through two, we're just gonna leave those on the hook for a minute while we get the other leg of this decrease stitch. So you yarn over, insert your hook, yarn over, pull it up, yarn over, pull through two, and now you're gonna yarn over and pull through all three, and that combines those two front posts double crochet stitches into one stitch.

Now we're gonna do a front post double crochet across these three, one, two, three, and then we're gonna do that same decrease again, yarn over, go around the post, pull up a loop, pull through two, and then you're gonna wait, hold back on that last yarn over, and you're gonna yarn over on, and catch this other leg here, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through two. And now you're gonna yarn over and pull through all three. And that combines these two stitches into one. And then you're gonna work your extended single crochets, there's three of 'em here, one, two, three, and front post around this post, and then the next stitch is where we work an extended single crochet, just like a normal stitch, not working at around the post. You're just working extended single right there, and now you're gonna work around the post.

And then we're gonna skip that extended single crochet right here, and then work four more extended single crochets, one, two, three, and four, and then two front post double crochets to end it, and then we'll add on those extra extended single crochets. And the beginnings extended single crochets, and here we are, move it up one. We're on round seven, we're gonna do two front posts, two extended single crochets. We're working one stitch in each of the next three, and then we're just gonna do a decrease on the left side of the leaf, three extended single crochets post into a post, extended single crochet into extended single crochet, and then you're gonna do an extended single crochet and the front post double crochet into that post, just like we did on the last round, and then three more extended single crochets followed by those two post stitches. So post stitch, post stitch, extended, extended, and now we're doing, when you get to these decreases, this leaf looks the most tidy, and you can give it the best shape around the outside of the leaf if instead of working a post stitch around both of these, because this was a decrease stitch, there's lots of work around and it can get kind of bulky, you can just choose to work your decrease stitch around the leg of whichever stitch is to the outside of the leaf, so that would be this post at the beginning.

So we're just gonna ignore that post right there. They were combined together into one, but now we're gonna ignore this half of it, and we're just gonna do post stitch right around that leg of it. You can see this one didn't get anything stitched around. We're just gonna skip over that because it was all part of the stitch. So now we're gonna work two more post stitches, and then we're gonna do a decrease stitch here.

So we work front post double crochet, but we hold back on that last loop, and then another front post double crochet. And so the same is true on this side. Instead of working around both those legs of the decreased stitch, we're just gonna work around the outer edge of the leaf one. So we're just gonna go right under here and then pull it all together. See, it's decreasing our leaf in on the side here.

Then we're gonna do three extended single crochets, one, two, three, and a front post double crochet here, and then here's an extended single crochet. We're just working an extended into that stitch, and then this post stitch, just like last round, we're gonna do an extended single crochet, just like a normal stitch under these top loops, extended single crochet, and then we're gonna do a front post double crochet around that same stitch, around that post. And then we're gonna skip this extended single crochet and do three extended single crochets, one, two, three, and finish with your post stitches, one, two, three. All right, now we're on the next round. So we have front posts, extended single crochets, we're doing the same thing we did last time except we have fewer stitches to work into, 'cause we decreased, so front post, front post, and then a front post decrease, extend, three extendeds, front post into post, extended single crochets into extended single crochets, and then we work that combination extended single crochet front post stitch right here, two extended single crochets and two post stitches.

Here's the extended single crochets, and now we're gonna do post stitch around this post, and around the next post, and then we're gonna combine these two stitches together. It kind of looks like three, but remember we decreased this into one stitch. If you look at the top, you can see there's one stitch, two stitches. So we're gonna do the first leg around this post, hold back, and the second leg around the outer post, and then you're gonna pull through everything to join it all together. And you're gonna do three extended single crochets here, one, two, three, post stitch, extended, extended, and now we do that two stitches in one, extended single crochet and a post stitch here.

And then we remember to skip this extended single crochet, and we're gonna work into the next two, one, two. Two front post stitches, oops, and then we'll extend, do extended single crochets around here. All right, we'll move it up. Now we're on nine, round nine. We'll do two front post double crochets, two extended single crochets, and then we're gonna do a front post in this stitch, and then a front post decrease in these two stitches, so the first leg goes here, we hold back on the loop, the second leg goes onto the outer stitch, and then we combine them together.

So you can see what's happening here. Every time we work just into that outer leg with this, it's making a really nice line that your eye can follow. It's not messy at all, it's just a nice sharp line on that edge. That's why we only work around the outer edge of the, the outer leg I should say, of the decrease. So then we're gonna do three extended single crochets, one, two, three, and a post stitch, three extendeds.

And this time we're not doing two stitches in one, we're just working a post stitch after the three extended single crochets. We're just working a post stitch into the post, and two extended single crochets, and two front post double crochets here, post, post. All right, now round 10, front post double crochet, front post double crochet, and then two extended single crochets. We're gonna do a decrease stitch here, three extended single crochets, post, three extended single crochets, and this is where we have to pay attention because we're gonna do three stitches into one. We've already done this before down here, and then we're gonna do two extended single crochets and two post stitches.

All right, here's that decreased stitch, so work around the first leg, around the first post I mean, and then yarn over, and we're gonna work around the second leg of the decrease, and there's the tip of the leaf. We'll do three extended single crochets here, front post double crochet, three extended single crochets, one, two, three, and then this is the post where we're working all three of those front post double crochets, so one, two and three. And then we're gonna work into each of these extended single crochets, one, two, whoops, and then two front post double crochets here, one, two. All right, that next round, 11, we're gonna do front posts, and then we're gonna do six extendeds all the way across. We're not doing any more post stitches 'cause we already formed at the tip of the leaf, and then we're gonna do a post stitch here on the vine, three extended single crochets, and then we're gonna do this same pattern that we started doing here at the bottom of this leaf, right there.

So front post, three front posts into the next post, and another front post. It should be starting to look kind of familiar here. So yarn over, post stitch, post stitch. This is where we work straight across. We're just doing extended single crochets in each stitch, and a front post here, three extended single crochets.

And now we're gonna do a post stitch, three post stitches and a post stitch. So here's the first, one, and now we're gonna do three into this stitch, one, two, three, and another stitch into that last post, and then we're gonna do these two extended single crochets and those two post stitches there, one, two, front post, front post. All right, front post here, front post here. I've already started on the next round here. I better move this up so you can follow along.

So we're doing front posts, we already did those, and then extended single crochets, a post into a post, extended single crochets into those extended single crochets, and then the same pattern is happening here, post stitch, post stitch, three post stitches, post stitch, post stitch, post stitch, and then two extended single crochets and two post stitches. So it's a lot to say, but it's easier just to look at the chart, that's why we have charts, to alleviate confusion. All right, here I am at the post stitch, three more extended single crochets, one, two, three, and then we have a post stitch here, and one in the next stitch, three post stitches into the middle, one, two, three, and two more post stitches, one, two. And then we do our two extended single crochets, two front post double crochets. All right, I worked extended single crochets around the back, two front post double crochets.

We're doing five extended single crochets, and then we're skipping this extended single crochet, and instead we're working two front post double crochets into that post stitch. Then we're gonna do three extended single crochets, then we're gonna do a front post into each front post, no increases or decreases here, and then two extended single crochets, two front posts. So post stitch, post stitch, one, two, three, four, five. And remember, we're skipping that sixth extended single crochet and we're doing two post stitches here, one and two. And then we're gonna do three extended single crochets, one, two, three, and we're gonna do front posts all the way across the leaf, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, two extended single crochets here, one, two, and two front post double crochets, one, two.

Okay, we work across all of our extended stitches. All right, I've already started the next round here, forgot to move the chart. So we're gonna do two front post double crochets. We're, again, we're skipping this last extended single crochet here. So we're gonna do four extended single crochets, skip the next one, and then in this stitch, we're gonna do a front post double crochet followed by an extended single crochet.

The next post stitch we're doing a post stitch, three extended single crochets. Here's one of those decreases that we did before, where you do front post double crochet decrease, three post stitches, and another decrease, two extendeds, and two front post double crochet, so one, two, three, four. Okay, we've done our four extended single crochets, we're skipping that one, and we're gonna do front post double crochet first, and into the same stitch we're gonna do an extended single crochet. So this, you might have to tip your work up a little to see where that top of the stitches. Don't accidentally go into the top of this next stitch here, 'cause it's so close.

You're almost kind of going backwards just a little bit to get your hook under here, and you're gonna do an extended single crochet into that stitch, same stitch we just worked the post around. And then we're gonna do a front post double crochet around this post stitch here, and then three extended single crochets, one, two, three, and a front post double crochet decrease. So we're working the first leg here, and we're gonna hold back on that last yarn over, pull through two, and then we're gonna work around the next leg here, yarn over, insert hook, yarn over, pull up one, yarn over, pull through two, now we pull through everything, and that combines those two stitches into one stitch. And we're gonna do three post stitches, one, two, three, and the last two is another decrease, so work the first leg there, second leg here, yarn over, pull through all three, and then two extendeds and two post stitches. All right, here's the first two post stitches of the next round, move the marker up, and then we have three extended single crochets.

This is actually very similar to the last round. So we'll do three extended single crochets, one, two, three, and then again, we're gonna skip that last one, and we're gonna work two stitches into this post. So first we do a front post double crochet, and then we do an extended single crochet into that same stitch, and then we'll work another extended single crochet into this extended single crochet right here. See, this is starting to be the space between where the vines split and go two different ways. And then we do a front post double crochet into that post stitch, three extended single crochets, one, two, three, and now we're to the leaf, and we're gonna start decreasing here.

On the last leaf we decreased on both sides for the first one, and then we just stayed and did decreases on the left side of the leaf. This is gonna be the, basically the mirror image of that. So we've already done the decreases on both sides here and now we're just going to keep decreasing on the right side of that leaf. So as you remember, you're going to only work around the out, like, the outside leg of the post, not around both of them, to make it look a little nicer. So you'll work around that leg, yarn over, pull through two, hold back, and you're gonna go around the next post to join them together, hold back, and now you're going to yarn over and pull through all of them.

And then you will do three post stitches here, one, two, oh, I think I skipped a round, let's see, one, two, three, four, five. Oh, I know what I did. So I believe I worked into this instead of working here and there, and then we have one, two, let's see, yeah, one, two, three, okay. So I think I worked around this when I was doing my decrease stitch. Don't let that happen to you.

So yarn over, you're gonna work around the first leg, and then you're gonna combine it with this stitch, yarn over and yarn over pull through. All three of those should combine together. And now you're gonna have one, two, three left. It kind of looks like four, but we decreased this into one stitch. That can be a little tricky, see, that just goofed me up over here, but hopefully since I made that mistake, you won't.

Just make sure that you're looking at the top. If you're confused about whether it's two stitches or one stitch, just by looking at it, it might be hard to tell, but if you turn it up, you can see that there's only one stitch right there that both of these posts go to. Okay, so we did our first decrease and now we're gonna do three posts, one, two, and then the third one we're gonna do in the outer leg of that decrease. Here we are. And then two extended single crochets, two front post double crochets, one, two.

Work our extended single crochet across the back, and then we'll move up one more. We only have three rounds left. All right, so two front post double crochets here, two extended single crochets, one, two, and now we're skipping this one, this one, this last one here, it doesn't have anything worked into it, we're just skipping over it. We're gonna do a front post extended into one, into that post stitch, just like we done in the last round. So post stitch, and then an extended, and now we're gonna do two more extendeds, one, two, we're working extendeds into extendeds.

And then we're gonna do a post stitch here into our post. Now we're gonna do three extended single crochets, one, two, three, and this is just like the last round except there are fewer stitches to work across on the leaf here. So we're gonna do a decrease at the beginning, going around the outer leg, and this time I'm not gonna work into the second half of that, and then you're gonna go around the next post, and pull through all three to join those two together, and then you're gonna do two more post stitches, one and two, two extendeds and two post stitches. All right, so we worked across those extended single crochets. Now we're gonna do two posts, two extendeds, a post into a post, we're not doing an extra stitch into it, though, three extended single crochets, a post into a post, three extended single crochets, and then we're gonna do a decrease, one post, two extendeds, and two posts.

So here's our two posts to begin, two extendeds, one, two, post stitch, three extended single crochets between post stitches, so one, two, three, another post stitch here, and then three extended single crochets here, one, two, three. And now we have a decrease, a front post decrease stitch, so working around the outer leg, we pull up, or we're gonna stop early, so we're not going to complete that 'cause we have to go get the second leg here, yarn over, insert hook, yarn over, pull up loop, pull through two, pull through all three to join those two stitches together, and then we'll do post stitch here, two extendeds, one front post double crochet here, and one here. And now we'll work extends across the back, one, two, three, four, five, six. All right, so we're gonna do the last round here, two front posts, two extended single crochets, three front posts into the next stitch. And this is the start of a new leaf, so once you work to round 18, you continue again with round three.

So you can see round 18 and round three are almost the same, except for this tip of the leaf isn't over here. So you'll start with, did I say round three and 18? 18 and two are almost identical, I should say, so once you get to round 18, when you wanna continue going on and on and on in the stitch pattern, you're gonna start on round three. So you'll repeat rounds three through 18 over and over until, to your heart's content. So we're gonna do the last round here.

We've got two extended single crochets, and this is the beginning of a new leaf here, so we're gonna do a three front post double crochets right here, one, two, three, three extendeds, one, two, three, front post double crochet here, three extendeds, one, two, three, and now we're gonna crochet front post decrease stitch here, so go underneath the first front post for the first leg of it, so yarn over pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through two, hold off, yarn over, insert loop into here, or insert hook under here, yarn over, pull through two, and pull through all, and that's the tip of that leaf there. Extended, extended, front post, front post. And then we'll just finish off with these three extended single crochets here, one, two, three. And cut my yarn and then I'll show you what it looks like. This is the exciting part.

Normally you wouldn't wanna make this and just cut your yarn unless you do a little needle felting or something, 'cause it'll just unravel, but we're just making a swatch here, and I just wanted to show you what it looks like when we open it up. So cut through here so you can see it flat. So here it is, this is what it looks like when you cut it open, and it is a nice, tidy little stitch with the nice front posts on each side, and surprisingly, when you block it, these are straight, even though when you look at this chart, it's all wiggly and kind of crazy looking. It looks like it's gonna make a very strangely shaped piece. But the way all the stitches play together and fit together, it makes a nice tidy cable.

So I hope you are inspired to work this into your own projects. Thanks for joining me.