Part 3 of the Rustling Leaves Crochet Along Blanket
This stitch pattern is the third part of the Rustling Leaves Crochet Along Blanket. The Waves of Grain pattern was adjusted specifically for this blanket.
If you’d like to work this stitch pattern for other projects, this is the original Wheat-stitch Waves of Grain pattern, and there’s also a Granny square version of this stitch.
Scroll down for the written instructions that are accompanied by a detailed photo-tutrial & video-tutorial, and a diagram.
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The Waves of Grain pattern features a beautiful “Wheat-like” pattern, using V stitch and V-Puff stitch.
For the Rustling Leaves crochet along Blanket, I adjusted the pattern to work around as a square and used V double crochet stitches instead of V half double crochet stitches.
If you like to explore this beautiful stitch in more constructions, there’s also a Granny Square and a corner to corner versions of the Waves of Grain stitch.
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The Rustling Leaves Blanket
This pattern is part of the Rustling Leaves Blanket Crochet-Along. This is the first part of a 6-part blanket crochet pattern.
The Rustling Blanket crochet blanket is a co-design blanket by Hortense from Knitting with Chopsticks and Agat from Made by Gootie. The square crochet blanket is worked from the middle out, working 6 autumn-inspired sections.
This is a free crochet along blanket that is hosted from Sept 1st – Oct 6th, 2025. The pattern is free to view on the designers’ blogs.
If you prefer a cohesive, ad-free full blanket PDF pattern, you can purchase it HERE
Part 3 of Rustling Leaves Blanket Video Tutorial – Right-Handed
Materials
– Crochet hook 5.0 mm / H (I love the Etimo Hooks).
– Worsted (#4) weight yarn – I used Lion Brand – Color Theory yarn (Canyon color)
For the Rustling Leaves Blanket – use Color C – 78g/ 176m/ 192yds
Gauge – The gauge for this pattern, in Waves of Grain pattern, is 14.5 st by 8 rows for a 10 cm by 10 cm / 4” by 4” square with 5 mm / H crochet hook.
To check gauge in Waves of Grain pattern: chain a multiple of 6 plus 6+1 (turning ch).
Pattern for gauge check only – Scroll down for the actual Part 3 pattern
Row 1: Ch 3 (counts as 1 dc + ch 1 throughout), 1 dc in next ch.
* Sk next 2 ch, V-Puff in next ch, sk next 2 ch, V-dc in next ch; Repeat from * to last 4 ch.
Sk next 2 ch, 1 Puff in next ch, ch 1, 1 dc in last ch, turn.
Row 2: Ch 3, 1 Puff in next ch-1 sp.
* Sk next Puff & dc, V-dc in next ch-1 sp, sk next dc & Puff, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp; Repeat from * to last 4 sts. Sk next Puff & dc, 1 dc in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, 1 dc in last dc (top of beginning ch 2), turn.
Row 3: Ch 3, 1 dc in next ch-1 sp.
* Sk next dc & Puff, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp, sk next Puff & dc, V-dc in next ch-1 sp; Repeat from * to last 4 sts. Sk next dc & Puff, 1 Puff in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, 1 dc in last dc (top of beginning ch 2), turn.
Row 4: Ch 3, 1 dc in next ch-1 sp.
* Sk next Puff & dc, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp, sk next dc & Puff, V-dc in next ch-1 sp; Repeat from * to last 4 sts. Sk next Puff & dc, 1 Puff in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, 1 dc in last dc (top of beginning ch 2), turn.
Rows 5-7: Repeat rows 2-4.
Row 8: Repeat row 2.
Finished Size – The Blanket section is approximately 5.7 cm / 2.25” tall.
Abbreviations (US)
- ch – chain
- dc – double crochet
- flo – work into the front loop only
- sc – single crochet
- sk – skip
- sp – space
- ss – slip stitch
- st – stitch
- STsc – stacked single crochet: work 1 single crochet in the first st, then work another single crochet into the left leg of the single crochet you just worked.
- PM – place marker
- 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.
- RS – right side
- WS – wrong side
- V-dc – (1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc) in same stitch/space
- V-Puff – (1 puff, ch 1, 1 puff) in same stitch/space
- […] – crochet the instructions within brackets as many times as directed.
- (…) – crochet the instructions within parentheses into the same indicated st s.
- – Repeats are shown via asterisks. Repeat begins at *
How to crochet the Stacked Single Crochet (STsc):
This stitch is an alternative to double crochet, its intention in this pattern is to replace the ch3, or ch2 + dc at the beginning of the pattern and get a straighter edge.
At the beginning of the row, do not chain, keep your yarn behind your hook and work 1 single crochet in the first stitch, then work another single crochet into the left leg of the single crochet you just worked.
How to crochet the Puff Stitch
[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.
Notes
- The pattern is turned at the end of each round.
- Ch 1 and ch 2 at the beginning of the row don’t count as a stitch.
- STsc is an alternative to the 1st double crochet, its intention in this pattern is to get a straighter edge. If you prefer, you can replace it with ch3, or ch2 + dc at the beginning of each row.
In rounds 2 & 4 you can work ch 4 (=1 dc + ch 1) instead of STsc and ch 1.
Waves of Grain – Part 3 of the Rustling Leaves Blanket Crochet Pattern
For visual learners, refer to the stitch diagram after the written instructions.
With Color A
Round 1 (RS): Remove marker, ch 2 (doesn’t count as a stitch here and throughout), V-Puff in same st you ss into in the previous round (pic 1).
Sk next 2 sts, V-dc in next st (pic 2), [sk next 2 sts, V-Puff in next st, sk next 2 sts, V-dc in next st (pic 3)] repeat a total of 9 times until only 2 sts are left before corner-sc, sk 2 sts.
* (V-Puff, ch 2, V-Puff) in next corner-sc (pic 4), sk next 2 sts, V-dc in next st, [sk next 2 sts, V-Puff in next st, sk next 2 sts, V-dc in next st] repeat a total of 9 times until only 2 sts are left before the corner-sc (pic 5), sk 2 sts; Repeat from * 2 more times. V-Puff in first st of the round you worked into (pic 5), ch 2, ss to 1st Puff (pic 6), turn. (40 V-dc, 44 V-Puff, 4 ch-2 sp)
Round 2 (WS): Ss into the next ch-2 sp, (STsc, ch1, 1 dc) in same ch-2 sp (pic 1).
Sk next Puff, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp, [sk next Puff & dc, V-dc in next ch-1 sp (pic 2), sk next dc & Puff, V- Puff in next ch-1 sp] repeat a total of 10 times until ch-2 sp corner, sk next Puff.
* (1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc) in next ch-2 sp (pic 3), sk next Puff, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp, [sk next Puff & dc, V-dc in next ch-1 sp, sk next dc & Puff, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp] repeat 10 a total of times until ch-2 sp corner, sk next Puff; Repeat from * 2 more times. 1 dc in first ch-2 sp (pic 4), ch 1 (pic 5), ss to STsc (or 3rd ch of beginning ch4, if you made ch3 instead of STsc), turn. (40 V-dc, 44 V-Puff, 12 dc, 8 ch-1 sp)
Round 3 (RS): Ss into the next ch-1 sp, ch2, V-Puff in same ch-1 sp.
Sk next dc & Puff, V-dc in next ch-1 sp (pic 1), [sk next Puff & dc, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp, sk next dc & Puff, V-dc in next ch-1 sp] repeat a total of 10 times until 1 ch-1 sp left before dc-corner.
Sk next Puff & dc, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp (pic 2), sk next dc.
* Ch 2, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp (pics 3-4), sk next dc & Puff, V-dc in next ch-1 sp, [sk next Puff & dc, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp, sk next dc & Puff, V-dc in next ch-1 sp] repeat a total of 10 times until 1 ch-1 sp left before dc-corner. Sk next Puff & dc, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp, sk next dc; Repeat from * 2 more times. Ch 1, ss to 1st Puff, turn. (44 V-dc, 48 V-Puff, 3 ch-2 sp, 1 ch-1 sp)
Round 4 (WS): Ss into the next ch-1 sp, (STsc, ch1, 1 dc) in same ch-1 sp.
Sk next Puff, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp, [sk next Puff & dc, V-dc in next ch-1 sp, sk next dc & Puff, V- Puff in next ch-1 sp] repeat a total of 11 times until ch-2 sp corner, sk next Puff.
* (V-dc, ch 2, V-dc) in next ch-2 sp, sk next Puff, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp, [sk next Puff & dc, V-dc in next ch-1 sp, sk next dc & Puff, V-Puff in next ch-1 sp] repeat a total of 11 times until corner, sk next Puff Repeat from * 2 more times. V-dc in first ch-1 sp, ch 1, ss to STsc (or 3rd ch of beginning ch4, if you made ch3 instead of STsc), turn. (52 V-dc, 48 V-Puff, 3 ch-2 sp, 1 ch-1 sp)
Fasten off and change to color E.
Wheat Stitch in a Square Stitch Diagram
Transition Rounds – for Rustling Leaves Blanket Part 3
With Color E
Round 1 (RS): Ss into the next ch-2 sp, ch 1 (doesn’t count as a st), (1 sc-PM, 1 sc) in same ch-2 sp, 1 sc in next each st & ch-1 sp until last dc before ch-2 sp corner (don’t work into last dc), sk next dc.
* 3 sc in next ch-2 sp (PM in 2nd sc), 1 sc in next each st & ch-1 sp until last dc before corner (don’t work into last dc), sk next dc; Repeat from * 2 more times. 1 sc into first ch-1 sp, ss to 1st sc, turn. (308 sc)
Round 2 (WS): Ch 1 (doesn’t count as a st), (1 sc-PM, 1 sc) in flo of same sc you ss into in the previous round, 1 sc in flo of next 76 sc.
* 3 sc in flo of next corner-sc (PM in 2nd sc), 1 sc in flo of next 76 sc; Repeat from * 2 more times. 1 sc into flo of first st of the round you worked into, ss to 1st sc, turn. (316 sc)
Fasten off and change to color D.
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