How to Work a Crochet Picot

Use the picot stitch to make an edging for a finished project.

A picot stitch is often used to add a decorative edging to a finished piece. Hems, sleeves and cuffs are often adorned using the picot stitch. The picot stitch requires basic crochet skills; you should know how to chain and how to make a single crochet stitch. Use the same yarn and hook that you used to complete the body of the project. If you are putting a picot edging on a knit or woven piece, use a hook that is compatible with the yarn you have chosen.

Things You'll Need

• Yarn
• Crochet Hook

Instructions

1. Choose the location for your picot stitch. Make a single crochet stitch.

2. Chain three stitches for a basic picot, or more for a longer finished picot.

3. Make a slip stitch in the same stitch you started in, allowing the chained stitches to form a bump, or picot, that protrudes from the edge of the items

4. Repeat the process across the edge of the item you are adding picot trim to. Then finish it off with a slip stitch.

Tips & Warnings

• While a basic crochet picot stitch is made from a chain of three, using four, five or six stitches before anchoring will yield larger finished picots.

• Picot stitches can be used to make buttonholes on the edge of a garment or pillow.

• Anchor the picot stitch in the same place you started it; it is easy to accidentally place it in the next stitch over.

References

• "Crocheting for Dummies"; Susan Brittain, Karen Manthey, Julie Holetz; 2008
• YouTube: Work a Picot Stitch
• Dummies: How to Work a Picot Crochet