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Alpine Stitch Crochet Tutorial

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The Alpine Stitch Crochet Tutorial showcase a beautiful and textured crochet stitch.

It creates a lovely stitch pattern that’s great for so many crochet pattern projects.

One thing to note about this stitch is the fact that it has a right side and a wrong side.

I’ve also included a way for you to grab the printable version in a bundle, more details about that further down.

Alpine Stitch Crochet Tutorial

SPRING STITCHES CAL:


This crochet stitch pattern is released together with 15 other stitch pattern during the Spring Stitches CAL.

All stitches are created to challenge you to test new stitch patterns, either in our patterns or you can make them as squares & join together as a blanket.

Find the list of stitch patterns here.

Alpine Stitch Crochet Tutorial

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Alpine stitch crochet tutorial, photo showcasing the stitch square.

Crochet Abbreviations

We try our best to include all crochet abbreviations in the list above for the crochet stitch pattern, but sometimes we may forget one or two.

Learn more about crochet abbreviations & find a complete list on our Crochet Abbreviations & Terms post.

Notes


Stitches You Will Need


FRONT POST DOUBLE CROCHET STITCH:

Written description:

Yo, insert your hook from front to back between the prev st & the st you’re working, & bring it to the front again between the st you’re working & the next st, yo & pull up a loop, you have 3 loops on the hook, yo & pull through 2 of the 3 loops, yo and pull through the 2 last loops.

Video tutorial for FPdc & BPdc.

TO MAKE A 15 cm x  15 cm / 6 x 6 INCH SQUARE


With the hook & yarn give, I crocheted:

  • Ch 24 st, for a total of 22 stitches per row.
  • 25 rows.
Alpine Stitch Crochet Tutorial

Crochet a blanket!

Use this crochet stitch pattern to crochet a blanket! Learn more about crochet blanket sizes & making one with any size crochet hook & yarn:

  1. Crochet Blanket Sizes
  2. Any Yarn & Hook Blanket Calculator
  3. Other Crochet Stitches for Blankets

ALPINE STITCH CROCHET TUTORIAL:


Find the written & photo tutorial below. Further down you can also find a video tutorial. 

WRITTEN & PHOTO TUTORIAL:

Preparation row:

Ch a multiple of 2 st.

Alpine Stitch Crochet Tutorial
Chains finished.

Row 1:

Dc 1 in 3rd ch from hook, dc 1 in each st across, turn.

Alpine Stitch Crochet Tutorial
Row 1 finished.

Row 2: 

Ch 1 (counts as 1st st), sc 1 in each st across, turn.

Alpine Stitch Crochet Tutorial
Row 2 finished.

Row 3: 

Ch 2 (counts as 1st st), *FPdc 1 in dc 2 rows below, dc 1 in next st*, repeat from *to* until you have 1 st left, dc 1 in last st, turn.

Alpine Stitch Crochet Tutorial
Row 3: Chain 2, then FPdc in stitch 2 rows below. Here, inserting hook around post of stitch directly below to do the front post double crochet.
Alpine Stitch Crochet Tutorial
Row 3 cont.: Draw up a loop.
Alpine Stitch Crochet Tutorial
Row 3 cont.: Yarn over and draw through first 2 loops on hook.
Alpine Stitch Crochet Tutorial
Row 3 cont.: Yarn over and pull through both loops on hook.
Alpine Stitch Crochet Tutorial
Row 3 cont.: Double crochet in next stitch.
Alpine Stitch Crochet Tutorial
Row 3 cont.: Alternate front post double crochet and double crochet across row until you have 1 stitch left.
Alpine Stitch Crochet Tutorial
Row 3 cont.: Double crochet in last stitch. Notice you did two double crochet at the end of the row. This is how row 3 looks finished.

Row 4:

Repeat row 2.

Alpine Stitch Crochet Tutorial
Row 4 finished.

Row 5:

Ch 2 (counts as 1st st), *dc 1 in next st, FPdc 1 in dc 2 rows below*, repeat from *to* until you have 1 st left, dc 1 in last st, turn.

Alpine Stitch Crochet Tutorial
Row 5: Chain 2, double crochet in next stitch finished. Inserting hook in double crochet 2 rows below to crochet the front post double crochet.
Alpine Stitch Crochet Tutorial
Row 5 cont.: Draw up a loop.
Alpine Stitch Crochet Tutorial
Row 5 cont.: Yarn over and pull through first two loops on hook.
Alpine Stitch Crochet Tutorial
Row 5 cont.: Yarn over and pull through both loops on hook.
Alpine Stitch Crochet Tutorial
Row 5 cont.: How the row looks finished. Ending with a double crochet in last stitch.

Repeat row 2-5 until project is desired size. 

Row 6: Repeat row 2.

Alpine Stitch Crochet Tutorial
Row 6 finished.
Alpine Stitch Crochet Tutorial

Row 7 finished.

VIDEO TUTORIAL:

CROCHET PATTERNS USING THIS STITCH:


Alpine Stitch Crochet Tutorial

WANT THE PRINTABLE VERSION?


If you like the Alpine Stitch Crochet Tutorial, I’m sure you’re going to love the other 15 stitches for the Spring Stitches CAL as well.

We’ve gathered the collection of 16 crochet stitch tutorials in a super affordable e-book.

Grab the bundle here.

Janne Kleivset

Janne Kleivset

Founder, Crochet Pattern Designer & Owner of Joy of Motion Crochet.

Janne has helped millions of crocheters find their next crochet project with more than 250 free crochet patterns and 110 crochet tutorials on her blog.

With more than two decades of crochet experience, and crochet designing since 2011, she's been featured on multiple prominent sites such as Lion Brand Yarn, in crochet magazines and the OML "Make" book.

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