A swatch of the Kiss Stitch completed in pink yarn with a lime green crochet hook in the working loop lays on a white background
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The Kiss Stitch in Rows Tutorial

April 21, 2020 / No Comments

Hi there, friends!

You may remember a while back, I shared my XOXO Throw, which uses the Kiss Stitch worked in rows. Now that I have added a YouTube channel to my repertoire, I wanted to give this stitch it’s very own post and tutorial.

This stitch happened by accident, but I wasn’t mad about it. When you finish a blanket only to realize you worked the stitch wrong the whole time, but it is such a wonderful texture, you go with it!

So let’s learn the Kiss Stitch, shall we?

The Kiss Stitch

The Kiss Stitch is a type of crossed doubles worked over a row or round of single crochet.  It is comprised of 3 individual stitches worked in succession to achieve a single Kiss Stitch.  This creates a lovely textured pattern that resembles Xs and Os, hence its name.

To work this in rows or flat, we must use a multiple of 3 + 2 single crochet stitches. You will start each Kiss Stitch (KS) row with a chain-3, which will count as the first double crochet of your KS row, and end the row with a double crochet in the last stitch.

  1. Start with a row of foundation single crochet in a multiple of 3+2, or alternately, chain out a multiple of 3+2+1, then single crochet into the 2nd chain from your hook and into each chain across.
  2. Begin the Kiss Stitch row with a chain 3, which counts as a double crochet for this and every Kiss Stitch row.
  3. Skip 2 stitches (not counting the stitch at the base of your ch-3), dc into next.
  4. Chain 1.
  5. Double crochet into the first skipped stitch, working in front of the double crochet you just made to make an X. This is your first Kiss Stitch!
  6. Repeat Steps 3 – 5 and continue making kiss stitches across the row, until you have one stitch left un-worked. Double crochet into the last stitch.

See following step by step photos. If you would like to see a video of this stitch performed, I have recorded a video tutorial for you below the photo tutorial!

  • A swatch of foundation single crochet stitches worked in pink yarn under text reading "Step 1: Start with a foundation row of sc in a multiple of 3 + 2. Alternatively, if using foundation chains, use a multiple of 3+2+1 for the turning chain to start the sc row."
  • A swatch of foundation single crochet stitches in pink yarn with 3 chain stitches worked at the beginning of the second row, with a lime green crochet hook in the working loop under text that reads: "Step 2: Begin Kiss Stitch row with a ch-3"
  • A swatch of foundation single crochet with a lime green hook working the third step of the Kiss Stitch with text above reading "Step 3: Skip 2 sts (do not count the stitch at the base of the ch-3), dc next" and arrows pointing to the 2 stitches after the chain-3 above text reading "Skip these 2 sts" and an arrow pointing to the stitch at the base of the chain-3 above text that reads "Do Not Count"
  • A swatch of foundation single crochet with a lime green hook working the fourth step of the Kiss Stitch with text above reading "Step 4: Chain 1" with an arrow pointing to the chain stitch that was just worked and text below that reads "Step 5: dc into first skipped stitch" with an arrow pointing to the first stitch skipped from Step 3.
  • A swatch of foundation single crochet with a lime green hook working the fifth step of the Kiss Stitch with text above reading "Step 5: dc into first skipped stitch, working in front of the dc previously made to make an 'X.' You have completed your first kiss stitch!"
  • A swatch of foundation single crochet with a lime green hook working a double crochet into the 3rd stitch from the hook with text above that reads "Step 6a: Repeat Steps 3-5 to continue making kiss stitches" and arrows below pointing to each of the first and second skipped stitches with text under the arrows that reads "Repeat Step 3: sk 2 sts, dc next. Repeeat Step 4: ch 1. Repeat Step 5: dc into 1st skipped stitch"
  • A swatch of pink yarn showing a row of kiss stitches worked across the preceding row of foundation single crochet with one foundation single crochet still un-worked, which is pointed to with an arrow and text above that reads "Step 6b: Repeat steps 3-5 across until one stitch remains"
  • A swatch of the Kiss Stitch completed in pink yarn with a lime green crochet hook in the working loop lays on a white background with text above that reads "Step 6c: dc into last stitch."

I’ve created a full step-by-step photo tutorial for you, but in case you need to see it done in action, I uploaded a video to my YouTube channel as well.

That’s really all there is to it!

Congratulations! Now you’re ready to make all the scarves and blankets you could want. Try to resist that texture, I dare you! It’s delicious, isn’t it?

Happy yarning!

Text: "How to crochet the Kiss Stitch in Turned Rows; Photo and Video Tutorial; www.hooksbookswanderlust.com"

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