Crab Stitch/
Reverse Single Crochet
Crab Stitch or Reverse Single Crochet, as the stitch is also known as, is a simple and elegant way of edging your crochet projects.
The name Reverse Single Crochet really explains the essential process of the stitch, because of the direction you work in.
![Crab-Stitch crab stitch](https://ravenscrochet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Crab-Stitch.jpg)
Instructions
![crab stitch](https://ravenscrochet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Crab-Stitch.jpg)
Step 1
Chain 1 – push you hook through the next “V” on your right – place the yarn over your hook – pull back through the “V” – place your yarn around the hook and pull through both loops.
I am a huge fan of the Crab Stitch as an edge and I often use it. It is for example the edge of my crocheted cotton pads.
Would you like to make your own? I have a free instruction on how to crochet your own cotton pads – please click the image or HERE for the free instruction. They are washable, reusable and look oh so pretty – you can even keep them in an old glass jar on your bathroom counter as an added decoration.
what’s hooking
Patterns using this stitch
necktie
![Crocheted Necktie Crocheted necktie](https://ravenscrochet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Crocheted-Necktie-1-scaled.jpg)
fruit basket
![crocheted-fruit-basket Crocheted necktie](https://ravenscrochet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/crocheted-fruit-basket.jpg)
legwarmers
![Crocheted Legwarmers double crochet](https://ravenscrochet.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Crocheted-Legwarmers.jpg)