Several months ago I was searching online for a guide to making crochet box pleats, but all I found was guides for stitches that were more like gathered fabric than pleating. The closest I found, and it is a very great tutorial, was this post on crochet pleats from April Garwood of Banana Moon Studio. It goes along with a pattern of hers for a girls jumper that was published in Interweave Crochet, Winter 2010. It was very, very helpful and I'd recommend a look at it. However, since there is a lack of tutorials for this crochet skill online where there are multiple guides for many others, I thought I'd try making a basic guide including two ways of making crochet box pleats. The first way is basically the same as Banana Moon Studio's guide, while the second is different. This post is quite long, so click through the jump to see the full post.