The Ripple stitch is a popular crochet stitch as it is easy to make and looks fabulous especially when you use multiple colours to make it. In this stitch guide I will show you how to crochet the Ripple 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 used the Ripple stitch to create my very first crochet pattern. With this pattern I opted to leave the edges wavy, so I didn’t use the starting and finishing rows that are included in this stitch guide. You can find my Smooth Ripple Blanket here

The Ripple stitch is a very popular crochet stitch and is the perfect stitch to use with multiple colours of yarn. For this stitch guide I’ve added a starting and finishing row so that we have straight edges, but for other projects these rows are omitted so that the edges are also rippled. Removing the starting and finishing rows makes the ripple stitch much easier to make as then the only stitches you will use are double crochet based stitches.

The Ripple stitch is often used for blanket patterns, clothing, scarves and so much more. It is an easy stitch to make, especially is you omit the starting and finishing rows and leaves the edges wavy.

For the sample in the picture below I used DMC Petra in 2 different colours for this piece, a 100% mercerised cotton yarn. It is a lovely silky yarn that is a bit on the thin side for a DK yarn but it does look good and glides over your hook.

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 in the pictures of this stitch guide below is Stylecraft Cotton Classique DK, a 100% cotton yarn. It’s a non mercerised cotton that is lovely and soft, but it can get a bit splitty if you frog it a couple of times. It does makes lovely cosy blankets though and is the yarn that got me hooked on cotton as my fibre of choice. I think I first got a ball of this yarn in a mystery bag I got off ebay, and it was a great yarn discovery for me and I’ve been loving using this yarn ever since.

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 Ripple Stitch

Click here for the left hand video

Abbreviations

• Ch = Chain
• Sk = Skip
• St = Stitch
• Slst = Slip Stitch
• Sc = Single Crochet
• Hdc = Half Double Crochet
• Dc = Double Crochet
• HTr = Half Treble
• Tr = Treble Crochet
• Hdtr = Half Double Treble

Start by making a foundation chain in multiples of 12 plus 1 (plus 5 for your turning chain) – if you are omitting the starting and finishing rows to leave your edges wavy, then you will only need 2 chains for your turning chain and start the stitch repeat at row 2.

Row 1 – Starting Row. With Colour A – In the 7th ch from your hook make a tr (your turning ch counts as a Hdtr stitch)

*Make the following stitches in order across the row – htr, dc, hdc, sc, slst. sc, hdc, dc, htr, tr, hdtr, tr* repeat until the end of the row where you will finish with a hdtr, and you will change to Colour B in that last st

Row 2. With Colour B – Turn and ch1. Make a dc turning ch in the first st and then make a dc in the same st. *Make a dc in each of the next 4 st. Now make a dc3tog over the next 3 st, make a dc in each of the next 4 stitches then make 3dc in the next stitch.* Repeat between *and* finish the row by making 2dc in the last st.

Row 3. Repeat row 2, changing to Colour A in the last st of the row.

Rows 4 – 5. With Colour A repeat row 2. Change to Colour B in the last st of row 5.

Repeat rows 2 – 5 until you have as many rows as you need.

Finishing Row. Turn and ch1. Make a slst in the 1st st, *sc, hdc, dc, htr, tr, hdtr, tr, htr, dc, hdc, sc, slst* repeat between *and*

I used the Ripple stitch as one of the pieces in the scrappy quilt like FrankenScrap crochet along – find out more about this free pattern here, and join in and access the entire pattern for free.

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

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