Elongated Alpine Crochet Stitch Photo Tutorial

The Elongated Alpine Stitch is a modified version of the Classic Alpine Stitch. The difference between the two is the row that goes in between the front post double crochet rows.

A piece crocheted with the Elongated Alpine Stitch pattern has the same beautiful unique texture but with less bulk which makes it suitable for projects using bulky and super bulky yarns.

Learn how to crochet the Elongated Alpine Stitch with this photo tutorial.

Materials

• Marriner Yarns Super Chunky in orange (spice)
• 10mm crochet hook

Abbreviations

• sk – skip
• ch – chain
• yo- yarn over
• dc – double crochet
• fpdc – front post double cr

Special Stitches

Front Post Double Crochet (fpdc) – Yo, Insert your hook front to back around the stitch post 2 rows below, yo and pull up a long loop (3 loops on hook), yo and pull through 2 loops on hook (2 loops on hook), yo and pull through the 2 remaining loops on the hook.

Instructions

To begin, chain 24 or any even number of chains. Ch3 at the beginning of each row counts as a double crochet stitch.

Row 1: dc in 5th stitch from hook and in each chain across, turn

Row 2: ch3, dc in the following stitch, and in each stitch across, turn

Row 3: ch3, *fpdc, sk the stitch behind the fpdc, dc*, repeat ** until the end of the row, turn

Row 4: ch3, dc in the following stitch, and in each stitch across, turn

Row 5: ch3, dc, *fpdc, sk the stitch behind the fpdc, dc*, repeat ** until you have one stitch left in the row, dc, turn

Row 6: ch3, dc in the following stitch, and in each stitch across, turn

Row 7: ch3, *fpdc, sk the stitch behind the fpdc, dc*, repeat ** until the end of the row, turn

Repeat rows 4 – 7 until you have the required length.