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I love the texture of the Front Post Clusters crochet stitch pattern: it creates a subtle, gentle wave across the top of the fabric.
And it is wonderfully easy stitch to work. I would love to try this stitch in a crochet blanket. I have worked it in a solid colour below but it would be interesting to mix it up a little bit and add multiple colours to the pattern.
Materials for this Tutorial:
For this tutorial today I will be using a small amount of the Basic Stitch Anti Pilling yarn by Lion Brand. It is a soft worsted weight 100% acrylic yarn. The hook shown in the video below is a 5 mm (H/8) hand carved and hand painted hook by Hand Carved Hooks and Roux Studio. Another favourite is a 5 mm Birchwood Crochet Hook by Rowan Yarn – one of my favourites! However you may use any hook and yarn combination you choose.
Thank you so much for stopping by! If you enjoy the tutorial below, be sure to also check out some of the many other crochet stitch tutorials on my site and pin this for later! You may wish to start with the Interlocking Stitch | How to Crochet.
Front Post Clusters Crochet Pattern:
Stitches and Abbreviations:
Ch – Chain Stitch
CL – Cluster Stitch ([Yo, insert your hook from front to back around the post of the next st, yo and draw up a lo, yo and draw through 2 loops on your hook] three times, yo and draw through remaining 4 loops on your hook. Cluster Stitch made.)
Dc – Double Crochet
Rpt – Repeat
Sc – Single Crochet Stitch
Sl St – Slip Stitch
Yo – Yarn Over
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 a solid colour.
This pattern is written using American crochet terms.
To begin make a slip knot and make a foundation chain. For this stitch you will need a multiple of 5 + 1 stitches for your foundation chain.
For example, ch 31.
Row One:
Sc in the 2nd ch from your hook and in each st across; Ch 3 (counts as a dc), turn.
Row Two:
Dc in the next st and in each st across; Ch 3 (counts as a dc), turn.
Row Three:
Dc in the 1st st, *CL over the next 3 sts, 2 dc in each of the next 2 sts; Rpt from * across until 4 sts remain, CL over the next 3 sts, 2 dc in the final st. Ch 3, turn.
Row Four:
Dc in the next st and in each st across; Ch 3, turn.
And that’s it!
For the rest of the pattern simply repeat rows 3 and 4 for as long as your would like. Fasten off, weave in your ends.
