Have you ever seen those crochet stitches that look like they are hanging in thin air above the other rows? They don’t look like they’re sitting on anything or joined to other stitches. These are Floating crochet stitches and they are all made by using the same technique, which makes the featured stitch look like it is floating above the others. But what are floating crochet stitches and how are they made?

What Makes A Crochet Stitch Float?

A Floating crochet stitch is typically made up of 2 repeating rows. Your featured stitch e.g. a shell stitch or a puff stitch and then a row of single crochet and chains. The featured stitch will change, but the row of single crochet and chains is always present with any crochet floating stitch.

Your featured stitch will be made in the chain 1 space of the row below, and then another row of single crochet and chains are made in the next row above your featured stitch, with the chain 1 space occurring above your main stitch. This gives the impression that your main stitch is floating above the stitch 2 rows below it. You can see this in the picture below which shows rows of puff stitches floating above each other in the Aligned Puff stitch.

Essentially the chains become invisible, so that all you really see is your featured stitch. Floating stitches make a breathable yet solid fabric, making these stitches very versatile and can be used for many different types of projects from blankets to clothing to accessories for you and your home too.

These stitches are all part of Froggity Frog’s Stitch Vault collection. Have you seen all the other stitches in there? You can take a look here all the guides are free to access and maybe you will discover some new stitches to create for yourself.

Here are 6 different floating crochet stitches for you to try along with the links to the full instructions on how to make them for yourself. Each stitch has it’s own written picture guide and includes a video tutorial that is available in both left and right handed verisions.

Explore the range of floating crochet stitches, but don’t forget to come and show us what you make over in our Facebook community – Froggity Frog’s Ribbit And Stitch.

Sieve Stitch

If you’re looking for a simple, hole free crochet stitch that is easy to keep track of when making it, then the Sieve stitch is for you. The Sieve Stitch is a type of floating crochet stitch that is similar to the Moss stitch. It is made up of all single crochet stitches. It is a slow stitch to make but makes a solid fabric that is still breathable but warm and cosy.

Floating Boxes

Aligned Puff Stitch

The Aligned Puff stitch uses puffs as the featured stitch and looks very regimented that is very recognisable as soon as you see it. This stitch would make a lovely and warm blanket, those puffs are nice and thick and yet the fabric is breathable too. It would also work great as place mats for the dinner table or even as a rug to cover hard floors.

Cluster stitch

The Cluster stitch makes for a nice and breathable fabric that is pretty solid with few holes. It works up really quickly and is nice and easy to keep track of your stitches. The Clusters all sit flat with no raised texture at all, but the fabric is quite dense but not overly thick.

Vine Stitch

The Vine stitch is an unusual type of floating crochet stitch that uses front post stitches to create the look of berries hanging from a vine. Unlike most other floating stitches, the Vine stitch has a 3 row repeat to create the berry like feature stitch. This stitch is best made in 2 different coloured yarns to really bring out the best in this stitch.

Treble Clusters

The Treble Clusters Stitch is made the same way as the Cluster stitch expect we are using treble crochet stitches to create the clusters. This stitch works up quickly and looks good in both solid and multiple coloured yarn like I’ve used in the sample below.

You can find more free crochet stitch guides here in Froggity Frog’s stitch vault. Come on over to our Facebook group – Froggity Frog’s Ribbit And Stitch and show us what you made with the Treble Clusters stitch. I’d love to see what you created with this crochet stitch. 

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