Cluster and Ridge Stitch | How to Crochet

The Cluster and Ridge crochet stitch pattern is all about texture and colour and a great choice for a project with a thick fabric.

I love the clean look of this Cluster and Ridge crochet stitch pattern. The pattern itself does have a fairly long repeat (of six rows), but it is quite easy to catch onto.

The texture in the pattern is created mostly by working beautiful stitches in either the front or the back loop only. In this pattern you will work cluster stitches (which are explained below in the “Stitches and Abbreviations”) and some yarn over slip stitches which create the ridges. It’s a beautiful combination!

The Materials:

For this tutorial today, I will be using a small amount of Heatherly by KnitPicks and WeCrochet in two colours labelled A and B. You will alternate between these colours throughout the project. In the video tutorial below I will carry my yarn up the side so that I do not have to fasten off after each colour change. But depending on your project, you may have to fasten off and weave in the ends if there is no other way to hide them such as under an edging.

Along with my worsted weight yarn, I will also be working with a 5 mm (H/8) crochet hook.

Cluster and Ridge Crochet Stitch Pattern:

Blo – Back Loop Only
Ch – Chain Stitch
CL – Cluster Stitch ([yo, insert your hook into the indicated st, yo and draw up a loop, yo and draw through two loops on your hook] twice. Yo and draw through all the loops on your hook. Cluster Stitch made.)
Dc – Double Crochet Stitch
Flo – Front Loop Only
Rpt – Repeat
Sc – Single Crochet
Sl St – Slip Stitch
Yo – Yarn Over
Yo Sl St – Yarn over slip stitch (yo, insert your hook in the next st, yo and draw up a loop drawing it also through all the loops on your hook. Yarn Over Slip Stitch made.)

Pattern Notes:

This stitch is worked in rows in this tutorial and it may be worked in one colour or many. I will be working this pattern in two colours labelled A and B.

This pattern is written in American crochet terms.

To begin, with colour A, make a slip knot and make a foundation chain. For this stitch, you will need an even number of stitches for your foundation chain.

For example, ch 30.

Row One:

Sc in the 2nd ch from your hook and in each st across.  Ch 1, turn.

Row Two:

Yo Sl st in the 1st st and in each st across.  Ch 1, turn.

Row Three:

Sc in the 1st st and in each st across.  Ch 1, turn.

Row Four:

Working under the Flo, sc in the 1st st and in each st across.  Change colour.  Ch 1, turn.

Row Five:

Sc in the 1st st, *CL (dc2tog) in the Flo of the next st 2 rows below, sc in the next st of the previous row; Rpt from * across.  Ch 1, turn.

Row Six:

Sc in the 1st st and in each st across.  Change colour.  Ch 1, turn.

Row Seven:

Sc in the 1st st and in each st across.  Ch 1, turn.

And that’s it!

Repeat rows 2-7 for the rest of the pattern. Fasten off, weave in your ends.

Video Tutorial:

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