Alpine Stitch Crochet: 7 Free Project Patterns

Alpine stitch creates raised texture by combining double crochet with front-post double crochet. These five original projects apply it to a top-down hat, a bulky headband, a striped beanie, and a dishcloth sized specifically to teach the stitch.

Alpine stitch is texture-heavy, so a hook you’re comfortable gripping matters more than usual across a whole project.

Alpine stitch projects to explore

1. Alpine Stitch Hat

Cheryl Bennett’s Alpine Stitch Hat is worked from the top down and finishes at about 22 inches around by 8.5 inches tall. It uses 3.25 ounces of worsted-weight yarn with a 5 mm hook. The pattern applies alternating raised post-stitch texture to a compact, close-fitting hat shape.

2. Alpine Crochet Headband

Cheryl Bennett’s Alpine Crochet Headband alternates double crochet with front-post double crochet to create the raised texture. It fits a 21- to 23-inch adult head and uses 2 ounces of #5 bulky yarn with a 6.5 mm hook. The small project is a focused way to practice the stitch repeat.

3. Alpine Stripe Beanie

Tamara Kelly’s Alpine Stripe Beanie is available in teen, small-adult, and large-adult sizes for 21- to 24-inch heads. It uses 100 to 150 yards of Red Heart Heat Wave worsted yarn and a 6.5 mm hook. Color changes and the Alpine texture give the finished beanie its striped, dimensional surface.

4. Alpine Stitch Dishcloth

Handy Little Me teaches Alpine stitch through an 8 by 8-inch dishcloth made with medium-weight cotton yarn and a 5 mm hook. The advanced-beginner project keeps the fabric small enough to practice the alternating double crochet and front-post rows before applying the texture to a larger garment.

5. Alpine Stitch Textured Blanket

Briana K Designs adapts Alpine stitch for 18 blanket sizes, ranging from a washcloth to a California king. Each size has its own yardage estimate, so the pattern can scale from a small practice swatch to a bed covering. The textured stitch repeat remains the visual focus at every size.

6. Alpine Stitch Crochet Swatch

Erin Toews at Juniper and Oakes writes this as an afghan strip rather than a finished accessory, about 50 by 5 inches, in worsted weight yarn on a 5mm/H hook, alternating standard double crochet rows with front-post double crochet rows and single crochet rows between the textured sections.

7. How to Crochet the Alpine Stitch

Sarah-Jayne Fragola at Bella Coco Crochet offers a written-and-video tutorial with right- and left-handed versions, teaching the stitch itself (standard double crochet combined with front-post double crochet on a 2-plus-1 stitch multiple) rather than one sized project, so you can apply it to whatever yarn and hook you already have on hand.

Choose the accessory

Choose the hat for a top-down project, the headband for a small bulky-yarn make, the beanie for multiple adult size options, or the dishcloth if you want to learn the stitch on a low-stakes practice piece first.