How to Crochet Waffle Stitch + Tips

Crocheting the Waffle Stitch is a fantastic way to create a textured fabric. This stitch is perfect for making cozy blankets, scarves, and other cold-weather accessories. The Waffle Stitch gets its name because it closely resembles the pattern found on a waffle.

Waffle stitch is a crochet pattern that's gaining popularity across various types of crochet projects. It's celebrated for producing a textured and plush crochet fabric, making it an ideal choice for a wide range of creations, from blankets and accessories to garments.

The waffle stitch is an exceptional crochet pattern renowned for creating a visually appealing, textured, and substantial crochet fabric. This stitch cleverly combines the fundamental double crochet with front post double crochet stitches.

Here's a succinct overview of crocheting the waffle stitch pattern:

• Row 1 involves a repeating sequence of 2 double crochet stitches followed by 1 front post double crochet.
• Row 2 serves as the mirror image of row 1. You'll work a double crochet into each front post double crochet from the preceding row and a front post double crochet into each double crochet from the previous row.

This is the fundamental principle underpinning how the waffle stitch operates. The arrangement of the stitches culminates in a finished fabric texture that strikingly resembles the surface of breakfast waffles.

Similar to some other highly textured crochet stitches, the waffle stitch is crafted using crochet post stitches. Post stitches are instrumental in forming the waffle-like grid lines that are characteristic of this stitch.

Post stitches bear a resemblance to traditional crochet stitches, with the distinction that you work the stitch around the post of the stitch from the preceding row instead of under the two loops at the top of the stitch.

There are two categories of post stitches: the front post and the back post stitch. To execute a front post stitch, you'll insert your hook from the front to the back around the post of the stitch in the previous row. For the back post stitch, you'll insert your hook from the back to the front around the post of the stitch from the previous row.

For the waffle stitch, exclusively the front post double crochet is employed. This entails inserting your hook from the front to the back around the designated stitch's post, yarn over and pull through, and then complete the stitch as a double crochet.

Instructions

Starting Chain: the starting chain should be a multiple of three plus two stitches for the pattern to work. To follow along with the swatch below, chain 17 (which is 5 x 3 = 15 plus 2 chains = 17, your swatch will have five waffle stitch repeats)

Row 1: Starting in the 3rd ch from your hook, work 1 dc into each ch of the foundation chain, turn at the end. You should have a multiple of three dc sts.

Row 2: Ch 2, work 1 dc in the first st, *1 FPdc in the next st, 1 dc in the next 2 sts; repeat from * to 2 sts from the end, 1 FPdc in the next st, 1 dc in the last st, turn your work.

Row 3: 2 ch, work 1 dc in the first st, *1 dc in next st, 1 FPdc in the next 2 sts; rep from * to 2 sts from the end, 1 dc in each of the last 2 sts, turn your work.

The front, after completing Row 3

Repeat rows 2 and 3 for the pattern.