Fancy Pineapple Stitch

It may not look so from the picture (I realized later this was not the right yarn for this stitch), but this is actually a very beautiful complex pineapple stitch. It can be used for lacy summer tops or other open stitch projects.

Multiple of 15, plus 4

In this pattern, turning ch 3 is referred to as last dc.

Shell: (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) all in same space.

Row 1: 2 dc in 4^th ch from hook, ch 3, skip 4 ch, sc in next ch, ch 5, skip 4 ch, sc in next ch, *ch 3, skip 4 ch, shell in next ch, ch 3, skip 4 ch, sc in next ch, ch 5, skip 4 ch, sc in next ch*, ch 3, skip 4 ch, 3 dc in last ch.

Row 2: ch 3, turn; 2 dc in same beginning space, *11 tr in next ch-5 space, shell over next shell*, 11 tr in next ch-5 space, 3 dc in last dc.

Row 3: ch 3, turn; 2 dc in same beginning space, *ch 2, sc in 1^st tr of tr-11 group, (ch 3, skip next tr, sc in next tr) 5 times, ch 2, shell over next shell*, ch 2, sc in 1^st tr of tr-11 group, (ch 3, skip next tr, sc in next tr) 5 times, ch 2, 3 dc in last dc.

Row 4: ch 3, turn; 2 dc in same beginning space, *(ch 3, sc in next ch-3 loop) 5 times, ch 3, shell over next shell*, (ch 3, sc in next ch-3 loop) 5 times, ch 3, 3 dc in last dc.

Row 5: ch 3, turn; 2 dc in same beginning space, *ch 4, sc in next ch-3 loop, (ch 3, sc in next ch-3 loop) 3 times, ch 4, shell over next shell*, (ch 3, sc in next ch-3 loop) 3 times, ch 4, 3 dc in last dc.

Row 6: ch 3, turn; 2 dc in same beginning space, *ch 5, sc in next ch-3 loop, (ch 3, sc in next ch-3 loop) 2 times, ch 5, shell over next shell*, ch 5, sc in next ch-3 loop, (ch 3, sc in next ch-3 loop) 2 times, ch 5, 3 dc in last dc.

Row 7: ch 3, turn; 2 dc in same beginning space, *ch 7, sc in next ch-3 loop, ch 3, sc in next ch-3 loop, ch 7, shell over next shell*, ch 7, sc in next ch-3 loop, ch 3, sc in next ch-3 loop, ch 7, 3 dc in last dc.

Row 8: ch 5, turn, dc in same beginning space, *ch 2, sc in next ch-7 space, ch 5, skip next ch-3 loop, sc in next ch-7 space, ch 2, (dc, ch 5, dc) all in next shell*, ch 2, sc in next ch-7 space, ch 5, skip next ch-3 loop, sc in next ch-7 space, ch 2, (dc, ch 2, dc) all in last dc.

Row 9: ch 4, turn, 5 tr in same beginning ch-2 space, *shell in 3^rd ch of next ch-5, 11 tr in next ch-5 space*, shell in 3^rd ch of next ch-5, 6 tr in last ch-2 space.

Row 10: ch 3, turn, sc in next tr, (ch 3, skip next tr, sc in next tr) 2 times, ch 2, *shell over next shell, ch 2,  sc in next tr, (ch 3, skip next tr, sc in next tr) 5 times, ch 2*, shell over next shell, ch 2,  sc in next tr, (ch 3, skip next tr, sc in next tr) 2 times, ch 1, sc in last dc.

Row 11: ch 1, turn, sc in same beginning space, (ch 3, sc in next ch-3 loop) 2 times,  ch 3, *shell over next shell, (ch 3, sc in next ch-3 loop) 5 times, ch 3*, shell over next shell, (ch 3, sc in next ch-3 loop) 2 times,  ch 3, sc in last sc.

Row 12: ch 2, turn, sc in next ch-3 loop, ch 3, sc in next ch-3 loop, ch 4, *shell over next shell, ch 4, sc in next ch-3 loop, (ch 3, sc in next ch-3 loop) 3 times, ch 4*, shell over next shell, ch 4, sc in next ch-3 loop, ch 3, sc in next ch-3 loop, ch 1, sc in last sc.

Row 13: ch 1, turn, sc in same beginning space, ch 3, sc in next ch-3 loop, ch 5, *shell over next shell, ch 5, sc in next ch-3 loop, (ch 3, sc in next ch-3 loop) 2 times, ch 5*, shell over next shell, ch 5, sc in next ch-3 loop, ch 3, sc in last sc.

Row 14: ch 3, turn, sc in next ch-3 loop, ch 7, *shell over next shell, ch 7, sc in next ch-3 loop, ch 3, sc in next ch-3 loop, ch 7*, hell over next shell, ch 7, sc in next ch-3 loop, ch 1, sc in last sc.

Row 15: ch 7, turn, sc in next ch-7 space, ch 2, *(dc, ch 5, dc ) all in next shell, ch 2, sc in next ch-7 space, ch 5, skip next ch-3 loop, sc in next ch-7 space, ch 2*, (dc, ch 5, dc ) all in next shell, ch 2, sc in next ch-7 space, ch 3, tr in last ch-3 space.

Row 16: ch 3, turn; 2 dc in same beginning space, *11 tr in next ch-5 space, shell in 3^rd ch of next ch-5 space*, 11 tr in next ch-5 space, 3 dc in 3^rd ch of turning ch-7.

Repeat Rows 3-16.