Agat Last Updated on October 13, 2024
The Waves of Grain pattern is my version of a crochet wheat stitch.
Combining v stitch with puff stitches creates a gorgeous wheat texture and a cozy fabric, perfect for blankets.
I first designed this stitch for the Waves of Grain C2C Blanket.
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When I first designed the Waves of Grain pattern, I wanted the fabric to have this wheat-field feeling, and I came up with this crochet wheat stitch.
To create the wheat-look I used the C2C V Stitch and added some puff stitches for the grains and wheat ears look, then the stitches are alternating and the rows are switched every 3 repetitions.
I also used this stitch in my Waves of Grain C2C Table Runner.
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The Tranquility Blanket
This pattern is part of the Tranquility Blanket Crochet-Along. This is the first part of a 12-part blanket crochet pattern.
The Tranquility crochet blanket is a collaborative blanket design, that can be made either as a lapghan or a throw. The crochet along will run for 6 weeks starting on October 14th 2024, all the patterns are available for free on the blogs.
You can also purchase the full blanket PDF pattern for a discounted price until December 1st.
Materials
โ Crochet hook 5.0 mm / H (I love the Etimo Hooks).
โ Worsted (#4) weight yarn โ I used Sirdar Country Classic Worsted. – You can use this pattern to make a blanket with a different yarn weight and a suitable hook size.
Total amount of yarn needed for the first part of the Tranquility Blanket:
Throw size: 160gr/349yds (320m)
Lapghan size: 130gr/279yds (256m)
Gauge – In pattern: 18 sts x 10 rows = Approximately 4 inches x 4 inches.
Finished Size – If you’re making the Tranquility blanket:
Lapghan: Approximately 5 inches (13 cm), tall and 40 inches (102 cm) wide.
Throw: Approximately 5 inches (13 cm) tall, and 50 inches (127 cm) wide.
Abbreviations (US)
ch – chain
hdc – half double crochet
Puff – (yo, insert hook into indicated st, yo and pull up a loop) x 3 times working into same st, yo and pull through all 7 loops on hook
sk – skip
st – stitch
sc – single crochet
sp – space
V-hdc – [1 hdc, ch 1, 1 hdc] in same stitch/space
V-Puff – [1 puff, ch 1, 1 puff] in same stitch/space
yo – yarn over
RS – right side
WS – wrong side
How to crochet the puff stitch (puff):
(yo, insert hook into indicated st/sp, yo and pull up a loop) x 3 times working into same st/sp, yo and pull through all 7 loops on hook.
Notes
- Stitch multiple: this pattern is a stitch multiple of 6 +6+1 (turning ch).
- Chain 1 at the beginning of the row does not count as a stitch.
- Chain 3 at the beginning of the row counts as 1 hdc + ch 1 space.
- Every 3 rows, the V-puffโs and V-hdc are being shifted.
Waves of Grain Pattern – a Crochet Wheat Stitch
If you are not making the Tranquility Blanket – chain a multiple of 6 plus 6+1 (turning ch).
If you are making the Tranquility Blanket
Lapghan size – Chain 157 (or make 156 foundation sc and skip Row 1)
Throw size – Chain 193 (or make 192 foundation sc and skip Row 1)
Row 1 (RS): 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook, 1 sc in each ch to the end of the row, turn. [156 sts Lapghan – 156 sc, (192 sts Throw – 192 sc)]
Row 2 (WS): Ch 3 (counts as 1 hdc + ch 1 here or throughout), 1 hdc in next sc (pic 1).
* Sk next 2 sc (pic 2), V-Puff in next sc (pics 3&5), sk next 2 sc, V-hdc in next sc (pic 6); Repeat from * to last 4 sc. Sk next 2 sc, 1 Puff in next sc (pic 7), ch 1, 1 hdc in last sc (pic 8), turn.
(156 sts Lapghan – 3 hdc, 1 Puff, 2 ch, 25 V-hdc, 25 V-Puff)
(192 sts Throw – 3 hdc, 1 Puff, 2 ch, 31 V-hdc, 31 V-Puff)
Row 3 (RS): Ch 3 , 1 Puff in next ch-1 sp (pics 1&2).
* Sk next Puff & hdc, V-hdc in next ch-1 sp (pic 3), sk next hdc & Puff, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp (pic 4); Repeat from * to last 4 sts. Sk next Puff & hdc, 1 hdc in next ch-1 sp (pics 4&5), ch 1, 1 hdc in last hdc (top of beginning ch 2) (pics 5&6), turn.
(156 sts Lapghan – 3 hdc, 1 Puff, 2 ch, 25 V-hdc, 25 V-Puff)
(192 sts Throw – 3 hdc, 1 Puff, 2 ch, 31 V-hdc, 31 V-Puff)
Row 4 (WS): Ch 3, 1 hdc in next ch-1 sp.
* Sk next hdc & Puff, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp, sk next Puff & hdc, V-hdc in next ch-1 sp; Repeat from * to last 4 sts. Sk next hdc & Puff, 1 Puff in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, 1 hdc in last hdc (top of beginning ch 2), turn.
(156 sts Lapghan – 3 hdc, 1 Puff, 2 ch, 25 V-hdc, 25 V-Puff)
(192 sts Throw – 3 hdc, 1 Puff, 2 ch, 31 V-hdc, 31 V-Puff)
Row 5 (RS): Ch 3, 1 hdc in next ch-1 sp (pic 1).
* Sk next Puff & hdc, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp (pic 2), sk next hdc & Puff, V-hdc in next ch-1 sp (pic 3); Repeat from * to last 4 sts. Sk next Puff & hdc, 1 Puff in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, 1 hdc in last hdc (top of beginning ch 2) (pic 4), turn.
(156 sts Lapghan – 3 hdc, 1 Puff, 2 ch, 25 V-hdc, 25 V-Puff)
(192 sts Throw – 3 hdc, 1 Puff, 2 ch, 31 V-hdc, 31 V-Puff)
Rows 6-8: Repeat rows 3-5.
Rows 9-11: Repeat rows 3-5.
Rows 12-13: Repeat rows 3-4.
Row 14 (WS): Ch 1 (dpesnโt count as a st), 1 sc in each st (including ch-1 sp) until last ch-3 sp (pic 5), 2 sc in ch-3 sp (pic 6), turn.
[156 sts Lapghan – 156 sc, (192 sts Throw – 192 sc)]
** Pics 1-3 are indicating the different stitches you need to work into.
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Just love the way you explain your work be it blocks shawl or other thank you very much
Thank you so much for the great feedback, I appreciate it!