How to Seed Stitch Crochet

Crochet Seed Stitch Instructions:

1. Color 1 (green): Chain a multiple of 2 + 1 stitches. For this example, we chained 25 stitches. Using medium weight cotton yarn and a 5 mm (H) hook this creates a project 6 inches wide.

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2. Continue with Color 1 (green): 1 sc in the first st. *Ch 1, sk 1 sc, 1 sc in the next ch1sp**. Rep from * to ** across to the last sc. 1 sc in the last sc; changing to Color 2 (white) on the last yarn over of the last sc.  Ch 1, turn. [24]

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3. Rep Step 2; changing colors on the last yarn over of the last stitch of each row until your project reaches the desired length.

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4. Finishing
   When you carry your yarn ends up the side of the project you will have loops of unused yarn like in the image below. These can be concealed easily when you work your single crochet edging around your finished project.
    

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5. Instead of working into one loop of the final stitch on the row, work over the yarn end and the one loop of the final stitch, like this:

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6. Here is the back of the project I crocheted for this example where I carried the unused yarn color up the side edges:

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7. Here is the finished front:

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