The back side of the granule stitch has a flat finish however, the front side has little bumps or granules on it. Baby items would be great made from the granule stitch as this texture would be pleasing to their little fingers. I would suggest the granule stitch for intermediate stitchers.

Any weight yarn with the appropriate size crochet hook. Our sample was made using worsted weight yarn and a size H (5.0 mm) crochet hook.

Abbreviations:
ch = chain
rep = repeat
sc = single crochet
st(s) = stitch (es)
yo = yarn over

Multiple of 4 sts + 1 (add 1 more for base chain)

Special Abbreviation: Psc (Picot single crochet) = insert hook, yo, draw loop through, [yo, draw through 1 loop] 3 times to make ch3, yo, draw through both loops on hook.
Note: draw picot chain loops to the back (right side) of fabric.

Row 1 (right side): sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in each ch to end, turn
Row 2: Ch 1, sc into first st, *Psc into next st, sc into next st; rep from * to end, turn
Row 3: Ch 1, sc into first and each st to end, turn Hint: hold down the picot chains at the front and you will see the top 2 loops of the Psc where you are to insert the hook.
Row 4: Ch 1, sc into each of first 2 sts, *Psc into next st, sc into next st; rep from * to last st, sc into last st, turn
Row 5: Repeat row 3
Rep rows 2 to 5

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