Spider stitch

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 The term "Spider Stitch" can refer to three entirely different techniques depending on your craft: a beautiful, dense crochet pattern, or one of two popular hand embroidery stitches. [1, 2, 3]



1. Crochet Spider Stitch

In crochet, the spider stitch is a reversible, beginner-friendly pattern that creates a dense, textured fabric perfect for washcloths, scarves, and blankets. It is worked in simple V-stitches. [1, 4]

How to do it:
  1. Foundation: Chain an even number of stitches.
  2. Row 1: Single crochet (sc) into the 2nd chain from your hook, chain 1, and sc into the same chain. Skip the next chain, and do a (sc, chain 1, sc) in the following chain. Repeat this pattern across the entire row and turn your work.
  3. Row 2: For all subsequent rows, simply work your (sc, chain 1, sc) combination into the chain-1 spaces from the previous row. [4, 5]
2. Hand Embroidery: Woven Spider Web (or Woven Wheel)

This stitch is a contemporary favorite in botanical embroidery used to create 3D, textured circular elements like rosebuds and flowers. [3, 6, 7]

How to do it:
  1. Draw a circle and stitch an odd number of straight foundational lines (spokes) radiating from the center to the outer edge (usually 5 or 7).
  2. Bring your working thread up from the back, directly next to the center.
  3. Begin weaving your thread in an "over and under" motion, skipping one spoke and going under the next.
  4. Continue weaving in continuous rounds, packing the thread tightly, until the spokes are completely covered and a woven circle is formed. [2]
3. Hand Embroidery: Ribbed Spider Web Stitch

Similar to the woven wheel, the ribbed variety creates a spoked, wheel-like effect but gives a more ridged, tubular texture to the embroidered circle. [9]

How to do it:
  1. Create foundation spokes just like the woven stitch, though you can use an even or odd number for this variation.
  2. Bring your needle up in the center and go around the back of the first spoke.
  3. Move in a "back one, forward two" motion: pass back over the spoke you just crossed under, and dive forward under the next spoke.
  4. Pack the rows as you circle the wheel to reach the desired volume. [9)

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