SIMPLE STEPS HOW TO WORK A SPIKED DC
UP TO FIVE YEARS
1 Work to the point where you want the spiked dc (we worked ch1 and 2 dc).
2 Work the next dc as a spiked dc stitch: don’t insert your hook into the top of the next stitch or ch-sp, but into the st or ch-sp in the row below that (or further down, as instructed in the pattern).
YOU WILL NEED
■ Scheepjes Metropolis (75% wool, 25% nylon, 50g/200m) Yarn A Jarkarta (071)
3 Work yrh and pull up a loop. Lengthen the loop to bring the st up to the height of the current row, making sure the fabric doesn’t pucker.