Popcorn Stitch  

The popcorn stitch is used to give a raised effect and visual texture and depth to a crochet pattern. The popcorn stitch is made up of a number of double crochet stitches worked in the same stitch and joined together.  

The number of stitches can vary from pattern to pattern.  Five double crochet are used for the instruction of the popcorn stitch below. 

If the raised effect of the popcorn stitch needs to be on one side of the crochet pattern only – as in the Crochet ‘Lavender Hearts’ - the popcorn stitch has to be worked in two different ways. 

Popcorn to puff out on the front of the crochet pattern: 

v                Make 5 dc in the same stitch (or space) 

v                Drop loop from hook (be careful not to stretch the loop) 

v                Insert hook from front to back in the top of the first dc 

v                Re-attach dropped loop onto hook  

v                Pull dropped loop through loop on hook.  

v                Make 1 ch. 

Popcorn to puff out on the back of the crochet pattern: 

v                Make 5 dc in the same stitch (or space) 

v                Drop loop from hook (be careful not to stretch the loop) 

v                Insert hook from back to front in the top of the first dc 

v                Re-attach dropped loop onto hook  

v                Pull dropped loop through loop on hook.  

v                Make 1 ch.

The popcorn stitch (symbol on the right in picture above) is often used as one of the filet crochet stitches (see symbols above) used in a 4-dc filet crochet. The popcorn stitch is worked over an open or filled mesh with a double crochet on either side, replacing the 2 chain stitches as in open mesh.  

Another stitch used in filet crochet is the lacet stitch for the instruction of this stitch see www.topcrocheting.com/Lacet-Stitch.html