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Make a chain.

1st Row - Draw yarn through 4th stitch from hook, skip 1 chain, draw through next chain and draw through the 3 loops on hook; chain 1. * Draw loop through the same stitch as last loop, skip 1 chain, draw through next chain, draw through the 3 loops on hook; chain 1. Repeat from * to end of row. Break off.

2nd Row - Fasten yarn through chain of 1st row; chain 4. Draw loop through 1st space, through 2nd space, through the 3 loops on hook; chain 1. * Draw loop through space last used, through next space, through 3 loops on hook; chain 1. Repeat from * to end of row. Break off. Repeat 2nd row.

Source: Woolco Knitting & Crocheting Manual

NOTE: This is not the crochet pineapple shape. This stitch is an antique pineapple stitch first published in crochet books in the early 1900s. For additional instructions and pictures of this stitch, see Learn the 1917 Pineapple Stitch.