Crochet Tutorial: Textured Long Loop Stitch

Add fun and interest to your crochet work with this wonderful crochet textured long loop stitch. It looks almost like ocean waves and creates a friable and warm textured fabric. It is a fabulous textured stitch that you can use to add texture, dimension, and beauty to any project you want. Enjoy!

Techniques used in this pattern (British term / American term):

Chain Stitch – ch

Double crochet / single crochet – dc / sc

Long loop stitch with 4dc/sc on top – llp4

Long loop stitch with 2dc/sc on top – llp2

Please follow this link to view a video tutorial of the Long loop stitch: https://youtu.be/DMo84x12Zhs Stitch – st

Foundation Chain: 8 + 2 chs

Row 1: skip 1ch, make 1dc/sc in each of next ch, turn.

Row 2: make 1ch and 1dc/sc in first st, * 1ch, skip 1 dc/sc below, make llp4 over next 5 dc/sc below:

[Yarn over hook, insert hook into next st and draw up a long loop] – make 5 times.

Yarn over and draw through first 10 loops,

yarn over and draw through remaining 2 loops on hook. Insert hook into middle space of long loop stitch and work 4dc/sc.

Make 1ch, skip 1 dc/sc below and work 1dc/sc in next st; rep from*, turn.

Row 3: make 1ch, work 1dc/sc in back loop of each st below, turn.

Row 4: make 3ch and work llp2 over first 3 sts: [yarn over hook, insert hook into next st and draw up a long loop] – make 3 times. Yarn over and draw through first 6 loops, yarn over and draw through remaining 2 loops on hook. Insert hook into middle space of long loop stitch and work 2dc/sc.

* Make 1ch, skip 1st, 1dc/sc in next st, 1ch, skip 1st, make llp4 over next 5 sts; rep from*, 1ch, skip 1st, 1dc/sc in next st, 1ch, skip 1st, make llp2 over next 3 sts, turn.

Row 5: repeat Row 3. (Make 1ch, work 1dc/sc in back loop of each st below, turn). Repeat rows 2 - 5.