Stitch of the Day #45 - Checkered Double Crochet Stitch

I am not a big fan of this stitch. There is nothing hard about it, but I think mine's kind of a mess. Ms. W does a beautiful version, naturally. Might need to practice more, but I found it awkward and I had a hard time finding some of my dc stitches to stitch into at times, regardless of the yarn color.

Here is my version:

My husband looked at it and said, "Ooh, a star stitch?" LOL. He was looking at Ms. W's version. Looking at it in this pic, though, I think it does look a bit star-like. Interesting.

Click on the link and scroll down to find the PDF written pattern for the Checkered Double Crochet stitch.

Here is Creative Grandma's video tutorial on this stitch: