The Fondant stitch is a highly textured stitch featuring ridges and post puff stitches. This stitch is a yarn eater but the unique look makes it worth all that yarn. In this stitch guide I will show you how to crochet the Fondant stitch with all the pictures that you need along with a video guide that you can follow along with too.

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I first used the Fondant stitch as one of the pieces in the Wall Of Stitches Crochet Along – a sampler blanket pattern made up of 48 individual pieces, each made with a different crochet stitch. You can access the entire pattern for free here

The Fondant stitch uses a variety of stitches including front post puff stitches to create a really raised up stitch that will never fail to make a statement. It is a very thick stitch that uses a lot of yarn and is also very textured. The Fondant is a stitch that would normally be used to border a plainer stitch or be used a patch of eye catching texture.

For the sample in the picture below I used Paintbox 100% cotton aran. A beautiful non mercerised 100% cotton yarn that comes in a good variety of colours that are amazingly saturated with pigment for wonderfully vibrant colours that will make your crochet grab every ones attention.

This how to guide is 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.

The yarn I used for the pictures in this stitch guide is Paintbox 100% cotton aran. A beautiful non mercerised 100% cotton yarn that comes in a good variety of colours that are amazingly saturated with pigment for wonderfully vibrant colours that will make your crochet grab every ones attention.

I also used my trusty Clover Amour hooks which are perfect if you are looking for a good value ergonomic crochet hook that won’t cause your hand to ache if you are crocheting for long periods of time. I’ve tried many different crochet hooks over the years, but I always end up coming back to my trusty Clovers. They just sit so well in my hand and never let me down.

How To Crochet The Fondant Stitch

Click here for the left hand video

Abbreviations

• St = Stitch
• Ch = Chain
• YO = Yarn Over
• Dc = Double Crochet
• FP = Front Post
• FPDc = Front Post Double Crochet
• BPDc = Back Post Double Crochet

Start by making a foundation chain in multiples of 2 plus 1 (plus 2 for your turning chain)

Row 1. In the 4th ch from your hook make a dc (your turning ch counts as the first st of the row). Make a dc in each st across

Row 2. Turn and ch1. Make a dc turning ch in the first st *make a FP puff st

To make a FP Puff, YO insert your hook around the post of the st, inserting your hook from the front and around the back. 

YO and pull up a loop. Do this 3 times so that you have 7 loops on your hook. 

Now YO and pull through 6 loops. 

YO and pull through the last 2 loops.

Make a BPDc in the next st* repeat between *and* until you have 2 st left. Make a BPDc and a dc in the last 2 st.

Row 3. Turn and ch1. Make a dc turning ch in the first st and then *make a FPDc in each st across* until you have 1 st left. Make a dc in the last st of the row.

When making your FPDc around your fondant stitches, make sure you are making them around the very top of the stitches so you are pinching the tops together

Repeat rows 2 and 3 until you have as many rows as you need.

How To Add A Border To The Fondant Stitch

The Fondant stitch is made up of only dc rows, so to add a border you just need to make 2 stitches into the side of every row.

I always recommend that you make a round of single crochet stitches around your piece first before adding any border pattern that you have planned, as doing this just helps to even your stitches out and make a nice solid round to add any further stitches into.

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 Fondant stitch. I’d love to see what you created with this crochet stitch. 

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