Waffle stitch

Now if I can conquer the waffle stitch then anyone can.  It can be a bit of yarn gannet but the texture and the effect of a project worked in waffle stitch is fabulous. 


For a test piece chain 22,  when working on the blanket  you need to work in multiples of 3 + 1.


So how do you do waffle stitch?

The 1st row is your foundation row: from 2nd chain next to the hook  (as indicated by the needle in the photo) make your first treble

then continue to treble in each of the chain spaces to the last stitch then turn.

chain 2 you will continue to chain 2 every time you start a new row.

The next two rows will form the waffle pattern.

1st repeat row - Treble in the first stitch (as indicated in the photo)

FPTC (Front Post Treble Crochet)

then FPTC (Front Post Treble crochet) in the next stitch  putting your yarn around the hook then drop down to the treble stitch below put your hook behind the treble stitch wrap your yarn around the hook and pull back through and then yarn around the hook pull through the first two loops on your hook then yarn round the hook pull yarn through remaining 2 stitches this now forms your FPTC stitch now treble into the tops of the next two stitches. This process will form the 1st row of your waffle pattern. Continue to make one FPTC followed by a treble in the tops of each of the next two stitches to the last two stitches FPTC and treble into turning stitch and turn

Chain 2 - 2nd repeat row - Treble into top of first stitch next to turning stitches. Treble into top of FPTC, then FPTC into next two trebles and repeat this process to last two stitches. Treble into the top of the last two stitches. and turn.

Chain 2

1st and 2nd row repeat rows form waffle pattern.

4 rows + foundation row

and there you have it.

Mx