Rolling Waves Crochet Stitch Photo Tutorial

The Rolling Waves Stitch is an easy and quick way to create a beautiful pattern and texture on your project using basic stitches and an easy pattern repeat.

This stitch creates a beautiful wavy pattern that looks gorgeous when used with 2 or more colors.

This stitch can be used for baby blankets and afghans, cushions, rugs, shawls, scarves and other projects.

Learn how to crochet the Rolling Waves Stitch with this photo tutorial.

Materials

• 4mm crochet hook
• Marriner Yarns DK in red and pink

Abbreviations

• magic ring
• ch – chain
• yo – yarn over
• sc – single crochet
• hdc – half double crochet
• dc – double crochet
• tr – treble stitch

Notes

• ch1 at the end of each row does not count as a stitch
• stitches contained within ** are the repeat section for that row
• I used red and pink for my swatch, feel free to use as many colors as you like.

Instructions

Starting Chain: Starting chain should be a multiple of 8x +3 chains, my starting chain for this tutorial has 51 chains.

Row 1: sc in 3rd ch, *hdc, dc, 2tr, dc, hdc, 2sc*, repeat ** until the end of the row, ch1, turn

Row 2: ch4 (counts as a treble stitch), tr, dc, hdc, 2sc, *hdc, dc, 2tr, dc, hdc, 2sc*, repeat ** until you have 4 stitches left, hdc, dc, 2tr, turn

Row 3: ch4 (counts as a treble stitch), tr, dc, hdc, 2sc, *hdc, dc, 2tr, dc, hdc, 2sc*, repeat ** until you have 4 stitches left, hdc, dc, 2tr, ch1, turn

Row 4: 2sc, *hdc, dc, 2tr, dc, hdc, 2sc*, repeat ** until the end of the row, ch1, turn

Row 5: 2sc, *hdc, dc, 2tr, dc, hdc, 2sc*, repeat until the end of the row, turn

Repeat rows 2, 3, 4, and 5 until you have the required length.

If you want a flat border, don’t make the last row.