Can you identify this stitch?

[xaviera]

I love this top, but for the life of me, I can't figure out what stitch is used in the body of this piece (Betty Sung Crochet Sweater).

 

Any ideas?

[swapnae]

It looks to me like a 4-dc repeat, where the final dc is worked crossways:

skip one st, 3 dc in next 3 sts, 1 dc in first skipped st. I have an East German book that gives several patterns, and this look like one of them without magnifying it.

[hookd1989]

I agree...the fisherman afghan I just finished has similar stitches. They're actually fun to do.

[xaviera]

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

 

I really need to not be so timid when trying to figure out a stitch. Insted of desconstructing it, I just try to find it in the Crochet Stitch Bible / Encyclopedia of Crochet.