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Hey, this is MJ and in today's tutorial, I'll be showing you how to crochet our peekaboo coverup and our peekaboo sweater. So this tutorial will feature both of these patterns. We have a selection of our peekaboo patterns that all feature this mesh stitch linked double crochet pattern.

For these patterns, we'll be using comfy fingering weight yarn. So it is a blend of Pima cotton and acrylic. It is a weight number one, so these will be nice and light, perfect for spring and summer. And I'll be working with the color ivory in this tutorial, and the coverup is crocheted in peony. You'll need two hook sizes for this pattern.

We'll be working with the 3.5 mm for our bands and edging, and the remainder of the pattern will be worked in the 4 mm. These are dots hooks from We Crochet, so you can purchase the set as well as the yarn on crochet.com, and I'll have the links in the description box below. These patterns are worked in one piece flat, and we'll be beginning at the back band. So we're going to start out with our smaller hook, put a slip knot on your hook, and I'm going to chain 21 for the band. So this band is about 3 inches, so it is fairly thick.

If you would like to alter that, just alter the length of your chain, and you can really it's not going to affect the pattern except for the length. So if you want to change it out, this is where you will make that change. So I'm going to go ahead and chain 21 to get started. So now to work our ribbed band, we're going to do single crochets through the back loop only. So we're going to start by single crocheting in the second chain from the hook, and we'll single crochet across the chain. So you will have a total of 20 stitches. Okay, so now we'll chain one and turn.

And you'll work now your single crochets to the back loop. So you're just going down through the center of the stitch, working through the back loop only. Single crochets through the back loop only all the way across. So you will want to keep track of your stitches as you go. You will have 20 throughout the band, unless you've made an adjustment to make the band thinner or wider. So I'm going to continue across the row. Okay, so once you've worked to the end of the row, we'll chain one and turn, and we'll repeat row two throughout. So now I want you to follow along with your pattern for the size you're working on.

This tutorial is going to cover the size medium, and it will give adjustments for either the coverup or the sweater. So both patterns will begin the same way. So if you're working on the medium size, we're going to work a total of 102 rows. Our stitch pattern that we're working in that linked double crochet mesh stitch is worked in a multiple of 5 plus 2. So our 100 is a multiple of 5, and then we add 2. Because the pattern will be worked in the multiple across, and then we're going to end with the two double crochets, linked double and double crochet stitch. So what I'm going to do now is work up a smaller swatch with you.

So that I'm not working across the entire width of the sweater. So I have worked up a total of 17 rows. So that is our multiple of 5 plus 2. And we're just going to work over this smaller section. Now, if you're working on your swatch for the pattern, you may want to make it bigger. So I have suggested about 32 stitches for the swatch. You just want to make your swatch ahead of time, just so you're on track with your gauge. And the gauge of this pattern is blocked. So what you'll want to do is block out your piece, just put it on a little blocking mat to check your gauge. So once you have your rows complete for the size you're working on, we're going to switch over to our larger hook, which is the 4 mm.

I'm going to chain one, and then you will work across the length of your band. So depending on the size you're working on, you will have a different number of stitches across. For the medium size, we'll be doing 102. For my small swatch here, I'll be working over 17. So now I find when we're working across single crochet rows, it's really easy to identify the row. I've worked two stitches. Now here you can see this row just has this one little loop. So there's my third stitch. The next row is thicker, so it's going to be a little bit harder to push through, but you just push through that thicker section. So there's stitch four, and then you can see we're back to just that little loop for stitch five, and then just continue working across.

Okay, so I have worked across. Now I'm going to turn, chain three, and our chain three is going to count as a double crochet here and throughout. So this next will be doing our beginning linked double crochet. So we're going to go through the second chain from the hook. It can be a little tricky here just to get this through. Okay, we're going to pull up a loop. We're going to go through the next stitch. So we're skipping that first stitch, going through the next stitch, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through two, yarn over, pull through two. So we have our beginning linked double crochet, which is linking to our chain.

Now we're going to chain three. We're going to skip three stitches, one, two, three. Now we'll work a double crochet in the next, and then we'll do another linked double crochet. So we're going through the bar of our double crochet stitch, pulling up a loop, two loops on our hook. You're going into your next stitch, pulling up a loop, yarn over, pull through two, yarn over, pull through two. Chain three, skip three, one, two, three, and just continue working across. So you can see this is our multiple of five, one, two, three. So we have our three multiples of five, and then we end with our double crochet and linked double. Okay, now yours is going to be much longer going across, but this just gets gets you started with how our stitch pattern is worked.

So now I will chain one and turn, and this row will be working single crochets across. And this is also now our right side of the work. So single crochet in the first, single crochet in the next stitch. Then we're working three single crochet in our chain space. Single crochet in the next, next two stitches, and then three. So single crochet for every stitch, every chain. So now it's always a good idea to add a stitch marker to your right side of your work. This is just going to keep you on track throughout the pattern, so you don't get confused. Okay, so we've marked the right side, and then that's just going to keep you on track.

Now, we're going to just repeat the last two rows for our pattern. So it's a really simple, easy repeat. This is going to work up really quickly as well, even though we're working with the fingering weight yarn, it will work up rather quickly. So we're going to chain three, turn. In the second chain from the hook, we'll work a single crochet, and single crochet into each chain. So we're going to have 20. So I'm just going to keep working this all the way around, and we'll meet back up at the join. Okay, so once you get all the way around, you can slip stitch to join. I'm going to chain one, and we're going to do two more rounds. So chain one, single crochet in each stitch around. So I'm going to go ahead and work the rest of my stitches, and then I'll just finish with a slip stitch and weave in my tails. Thanks so much for watching. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you did, please give this video a thumbs up, and if you haven't already, please subscribe to my channel and tap the bell so you stay updated on all my new videos and tutorials. Thanks so much, guys. Have an awesome day.