How to Crochet the Feather and Fan Stitch – Free Tutorial

The crochet Feather and Fan Stitch is a beautiful lace stitch, which is perfect for crochet accessories and garments, but also for blankets and home decor items.

Crochet Feather and Fan Lace Stitch - Raffamusa Designs

Despite it looking kind of complicated, crocheting the feather and fan stitch is actually not difficult at all.

It only requires you to get familiar with double crochet 2, 4, or 7 together, but I am sure that with this step-by-step tutorial, you won’t have any problems crocheting this stitch!

And after you master the stitch, you can try it in a couple of patterns…

How to Crochet the Feather and Fan Stitch - Free Crochet Tutorial - Raffamusa Designs

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MATERIALS

CROCHET ABBREVIATIONS (US TERMS)

Ch – Chain
Dc – Double Crochet
Dc2Tog – Double Crochet 2 Together
Dc4Tog – Double Crochet 4 Together
Dc7Tog – Double Crochet 7 Together
Sk – Skip
Sl St – Slip Stitch
Sp – Space
St – Stitch
Tr – Treble Crochet
Yo – Yarn over

Notes

  • (…) – Repeat the instructions within round brackets for the indicated number of times.
  • […] – Repeat the instructions within brackets all in the same indicated st.
  • *… – Repeat the instructions from the * for the indicated number of times.

Feather and Fan Stitch – Quick Pattern

Chain a multiple of 12 + 3.

Row 1. Dc4tog starting from the fourth ch from your hook. Ch 1, *(tr 1, ch 1) twice. In the next st, [tr 1, ch 1, tr 1]. (Ch 1, tr 1) twice. Ch 1, dc7tog, ch 1. Repeat from * as many times as the number you multiplied 12 for minus 1. (Tr 1, ch 1) twice. In the next st, [tr 1, ch 1, tr 1]. Ch 1, dc4tog. Ch 2, turn.

Row 2. Dc2tog. *Dc 11 (over the next tr and ch-1 sps), dc2tog between the ch-1 sps before and after the dc7tog from the previous row. Repeat from * as many times as the number you multiplied 12 for minus 1. Dc 11, dc2tog. Ch 2, turn.

Alright, let’s break this down step-by-step, and let’s try to make it a bit more clear.

Feather and Fan Stitch Crochet Tutorial - Raffamusa Designs

Feather and Fan Stitch – Step-by-Step Tutorial

Chain a multiple of 12 + 3 more chains for turning.

So, for example, you can chain either (12*1)+3=15, or (12*2)+3=27, or (12*3)+3= 39, etc.

For this tutorial, I started with a chain of 39.

Row 1

Step 1

Yo and insert your hook into the fourth chain from your hook (the ch that looks a bit bigger in the picture).

Step 2

Yo and draw yarn up a loop. Yo again and draw yarn through two loops on your hook to complete the first half of a dc.

Step 3

*Yo and insert your hook into the next st, yo, and pick up a loop. Yo, draw yarn through two loops on your hook. Repeat from * 3 times.

Step 4

Yo and draw yarn through all 4 loops on your hook.

Feather and Fan Stitch Crochet Tutorial - Row 1, Part 1

Notice how even though you only made 3 dc, this actually counts as your first dc4tog because the initial 3 chains count as your first dc!

Step 5

Ch 1.

Step 6

Make your first fan as follows.
(Tr 1, ch 1) twice. In the next st, [tr 1, ch 1, tr 1]. (Ch 1, tr 1) twice.

Steps 7-8

Ch 1, dc7tog.

To dc7tog, repeat step 3 but for 7 times instead of just 3! Then, yo and pull through all 8 loops on your hook.

Feather and Fan Stitch Crochet Tutorial - Row 1, Part 2

Step 9

Ch 1.

If you started with a chain of 39, repeat steps 6 to 9 (fans and dc7tog) once more, and then step 6 (fan) again. You should have 4 sts left to work!

Feather and Fan Stitch Crochet Tutorial - Row 1, Part 3

Steps 10-12

Ch 1, dc4tog.

Row 2

Row 2 is going to start with a dc2tog, which I broke down into steps 1 to 4. Let’s take a look.

Step 1

Ch 2 (counts as the first half of the dc2tog), and turn your work.

Step 2

Yo and insert your hook into the next ch-1 sp.

Step 3

Yo, draw up a loop, yo, pull through 2 loops on your hook.

Step 4

Yo, and pull through the last two loops.

Row 2, Part 1

Step 5

Dc 11 by making a dc in each tr and ch-1 sp from the first fan on the previous row.

Steps 6-8

Dc2tog by working your 2 sts in the ch-1 sp before and the ch-1 sp after the dc7tog.

Row 2, Part 2

Keep dc 11 over each fan from the previous row, and dc2tog over the ch-1 sps before and after each dc7tog.

Steps 9-12

Once you complete the 11 dc over the last fan, make a dc2 tog between the last ch-1 sp and the dc4tog from the previous row.
Ch 2, and turn.

Row 2, Part 3

Row 3

Row 3 is essentially the same as row 1 except that you’ll work over the dc sts from row 2.

Remember that the turning ch-2 counts as the first st of your first dc4tog. This means that you’ll have to start making your dc sts from the second st of the previous row!

Steps 1-2

Dc4tog, ch 1.

Step 3

*(Tr 1, ch 1) twice. In the next st, [tr 1, ch 1, tr 1]. (Ch 1, tr 1) twice. Ch 1, dc7tog.

Repeat from * until you only have 4 sts left to work. Then, dc4tog.

Row 3

Keep repeating the steps for rows 2 and 3 to grow the length of your project.

YOU LEARNED TO CROCHET THE Feather and Fan STITCH!

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How to Crochet the Feather and Fan Stitch - Free Crochet Tutorial - Raffamusa Designs

3 thoughts on “How to Crochet the Feather and Fan Stitch – Free Tutorial”

  1. Where is the instruction for ROW 4? Instructions for ROW 3 say to repeat ROWs 3 & 4 but there’s no ROW 4 instructions in this tutorial.

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