Popcorn stitch

How to

How to crochet popcorn stitch

1. To make one 5-dc popcorn: work 5 dc in the same stitch. Take the hook out of the working loop, insert it from front to back under the top of the first dc of the group, pick up the dropped loop and draw it through.
2. Chain 15. Row 1: the last 3 ch count as a dc. Starting in the 4th ch from the hook, dc in each ch across (13 dc).
3. Row 2: ch 1 (it does not count as a stitch) and turn. Sc in each stitch across (13 sc).
4. Row 3: ch 3 (counts as a dc) and turn. Dc in the next stitch, [popcorn in the next stitch, dc in the next 3 stitches] twice, popcorn in the next stitch, and dc in the last 2 stitches (3 popcorns).
5. Row 4: as row 2.
6. Row 5: ch 3 (counts as a dc) and turn. [Dc in the next 3 stitches, popcorn in the next stitch] twice, and dc in the last 4 stitches (2 popcorns). Repeat rows 2 to 5.

Chart

Popcorn stitch chart

Reading this chart

• Start at the bottom. Each row begins at its number, beside its turning chain, and the rows turn back and forth.
• Rows alternate dark and blue so they read apart.
• The key under the chart names every symbol, following the Craft Yarn Council chart standard.

Drawn by Krowshea from the checked counts. New to charts? How to read crochet charts.

Written pattern

The swatch, row by row

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