How to Crochet Alpine Stitch
The alpine stitch is a lovely textured crochet pattern that works nicely for pretty much any colorful crochet project you have in mind. The alternating front post double crochet stitches form the nice 3D effect you see.
About This Stitch
The alpine stitch has been around for a long time, just like most crochet stitches. I’ve seen many vintage books that have beautiful crochet blanket patterns with this stitch. And there have been several variations on it too through the years. This particular one that I show uses alternating double crochet and extended front post double crochet stitches. And there are rows of single crochet in between the double crochet rows. It’s a very easy pattern to remember.
The key to this stitch is to really bring up the yarn on those extended front post double crochet stitches. If you don’t, the alpine stitch has a tendency to curl. To avoid curling, really bring up that yarn on the yarn over. You can watch how I do it in my tutorial video. If you can loosen up your tension, that will also help as well.
However if you still have any unwanted curling, you can try using a larger crochet hook. This will force you (in a nice way of course!) to loosen up your stitches. If that still doesn’t work, you can try replacing the front post double crochet with a front post treble crochet instead. Other things you can try include blocking the item or crocheting a few rows of standard double crochet stitches. A crochet edging or border along all of the edges oftentimes helps.
Yarn and Crochet Hook
For this particular stitch I’m using scraps of worsted weight yarn in 100% acrylic. I’m using a size H hook. As mentioned above, if you crochet on the tigher end, you might want to go up at least 1 or 2 crochet hook sizes. I’ve successfully used other sizes, weights, and fiber contents as well with this stitch pattern. Feel free to experiment with different yarn types.
Also this stitch lends itself nicely to blending yarn colors. If you have a series of rainbow colors, or pastels, or gradient colors, you can get some nice colorful effects. Solid colors also work nicely too!
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Crochet Alpine Stitch PatternNail polish used in this video includes: LA Girl Gel in GNL701 Lingerie.
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