Alpine Stitch is a fun, thick and warm texture for your crochet projects! It’s beginner friendly, too. I mean if you tried the waffle stitch and were able to do the front post double crochet, then you’ve got this! Look at the texture in that photo! (Insert heart emoji here)
Now, I love this pattern so much, I am working on a hat and cowl written pattern, and a blanket pattern. I’ll update this post when the patterns are available, but in the meantime, check out this bag below, from Etsy, is a favourite of mine, as well. Feel free to comment below and let me know if there are specific things you’d like me to include, like handle length, or bag size, and I’ll do my best!
Now alpine stitch is a simple enough pattern, with technically a 4 row repeat, but the second set of 2 rows is so similar, to the first, I consider it a 2 row repeat. We use single crochet, double crochet and front post double crochet(FPDC), and that’s why I mentioned the waffle stitch pattern above, because that’s where we introduced that stitch. You may also use slip stitch, if working in the round, to join the end of the row.
There is lots of versatility in the pattern as well. As can be seen in this picture. This is the hat for our pattern set, by the way, and I just love the way the stripes look together. So fun!
What can you make with Alpine Stitch?
So, obviously, you can make hats, with a cowl. But what about blankets, bags, or scarves? Well, I did a quick search on Etsy and came up with so many options using this lovely stitch, like this blanket. Click the picture to see the search and so many options that are available.
Special Stitch used for Alpine Stitch:
Long Front Post Double Crochet
To make a Long FPDC: Insert your crochet hook around the body of the dc from row 1, yarn over your hook and draw up a loop.
Gently tug your loop to keep it long. You want it to be as tall as the double crochet we’re going to do in the next st. Finish like a regular double crochet.
This is our finished long front post double crochet.
Crochet Alpine Stitch Pattern
So, a couple of notes before we start:
- When crocheting flat, like for a blanket, using any number of stitches is fine for your foundation row.
- When crocheting around, you’ll want to use an even number of stitches and will slip stitch to the chains at the beginning of each row.
Row 1: begin with either chains, or foundation double crochet. Either way, finish row 1, with the appropriate number of double crochet.
Row 2: (and every even row, following a double crochet row) ch 1, single crochet across the row.
Row 3: chain 2, *long front post double crochet (Long FPDC) around the dc from the first row, skip 1 sc from row 2, dc into the next sc from row 2 (indicated by my left thumb in the image* repeat * to * across. ALWAYS finish row with a dc. If working in the round, you won’t have a final dc at the end of the row, so it’ll finish with the Long FPDC, and then slip stitch.
The end of row 3 should look like this, and will probably want to fold forward a bit.
Row 4: same as row 2, ch 1 and sc across.
Row 5: very similar to row 3, but we will do the long FPDC over the regular dc in row 3, and regular dc over the long FPDC from row 3.
So, written out it looks like this: ch2, *dc into the first sc, make a Long FPDC into the first regular dc from Row 3, * continue across, finishing with 2 regular dc at the end of the row. (If you’re working in the round, you’ll only have 1DC at the end of the row.
Row 6: you guessed it, same as row 2 & 4. 🙂
Continue working row 2-5 until your item is the desired size.
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