How to Loom Knit the New Crocodile Stitch

How to Loom Knit the New Crocodile Stitch

by 

Scarlett Royale

Inspired by Christie Davis

You might be asking how is this new.... well it is new because this isn't my first time playing with crocodile stitch on the looms. I came up with a method several years ago that worked beautifully, but to be quite honest used up a lot of yarn and was quite bulky. 

This new method is delicate, uses less yarn, and lacks the bulk that my original way had. The wonderful news is that Christie Davis inspired the new method with her "Drifting Pedals Trim" 

(Please check it out, beautiful trim!!!) She also shows how to do a pedal from a right handed method. 

There are some unique things to keep in mind with this new crocodile stitch. My original the scale showed up on the positive side of the fabric when being worked. This version does not, it shows on the opposite side and is inside the loom when working. That means if you are adding as an accent you will need to do the opposite of what you normally do when doing knits and purls to achieve a stitch pattern you are after. 

With that said lets gets to writing this out in detail.  

Terms: 

E-Wrap Cast On: EWCO

K: Knit

P: Purl

Knit 2 Stitches Together: K2tog

E-Wrap: EW

Slip: SL

Purl Pull Loop: PPL: meaning you are going to create a loop and then pull through the bottom of each loop for the pedal to prep to gather the stitches. 

Pedal Break Down

EWCO 6

Row 1-6: K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1

Row 7: EW6, K1

Row 8: PPL place loop made onto peg 1 of the 6 peg cast on pegs. K previous peg, then K2tog

Worked Flat

EWCO (looms in counts of 5's)

In the video I used a 24 peg loom which worked well too. 

Row 1: P

Row 2: K

Row 3: P

Row 4: SL1 *(pedal: EWCO6, K1 P1 3x for 6 rows, EW6, K1, PPL place loop made onto peg 1 of the 6 peg cast on pegs. K previous peg, then K2tog), K3 ** Keep in mind when doing the pedal do not touch the stitches that already exist on the peg. The pedal is being worked above those stitches. Also repeat from *-** until desired length. 

Row 5: SL1, P

Row 6: SL1, K

Row 7: SL1, P

Row 8: SL1, K

Row 9: SL1, P

Row 10: SL1, K2,*(pedal: EWCO6, K1 P1 3x for 6 rows, EW6, K1, PPL place loop made onto peg 1 of the 6 peg cast on pegs. K previous peg, then K2tog), K3 ** Keep in mind when doing the pedal do not touch the stitches that already exist on the peg. The pedal is being worked above those stitches. Also repeat from *-** until desired length. 

Row 11: SL1, P

Row 12: SL1, K

Row 13: SL1, P

Row 14: SL1, K

Row 15: SL1, P

Repeat rows 1 through 12 over and over to desired length.  

Worked In the Round

EWCO (looms in counts of 5's)

In the video I used a 24 peg loom which worked well too. 

Row 1: P

Row 2: K

Row 3: P

Row 4: K1 *(pedal: EWCO6, K1 P1 3x for 6 rows, EW6, K1, PPL place loop made onto peg 1 of the 6 peg cast on pegs. K previous peg, then K2tog), K3 ** Keep in mind when doing the pedal do not touch the stitches that already exist on the peg. The pedal is being worked above those stitches. Also repeat from *-** until desired length. 

Row 5: P

Row 6: K

Row 7: P

Row 8: K

Row 9: P

Row 10: K3,*(pedal: EWCO6, K1 P1 3x for 6 rows, EW6, K1, PPL place loop made onto peg 1 of the 6 peg cast on pegs. K previous peg, then K2tog), K3 ** Keep in mind when doing the pedal do not touch the stitches that already exist on the peg. The pedal is being worked above those stitches. Also repeat from *-** until desired length. 

Row 11: P

Row 12: K

Row 13: P

Row 14: K

Row 15: P

Repeat rows 1 through 12 over and over to desired length. 

Check out the new fan cast on based off of this technique!!!