• Parts of a Pineapple Stitch
• How to Crochet Pineapple Stitch in Rows
• Link to Sample Project 1 -> Hofri's Headband
• How to Crochet Pineapple Stitch in Rounds
• Link to Sample Project 2 - >Donna's Phone Cozy #6
• Poll #1: Pineapple Stitch and You
• How to Increase/Decrease Pineapple Stitch
• Link to Sample Project 3 - >Haile's Baby Booties
• Poll #2: Pineapple Stitch Projects

The pineapple stitch is one of my favorite crochet stitches ever.After I discovered this stitch in one of the volumes of a needlecraft encyclopedia in my college library, I've been hooked. The look of inverted hearts piled over each otherand the thick textured crochet fabricit produces is more than enough to entice me.

However, it's a mystery to me why I haven't found any modern pattern using this stitch. When I Googled it, the pages that came out only shows how to do the stitch and NOT how to use it. Even Ravelry does not include the stitch in its listing of crochet techniques.

It probably has to do with the way the pineapple stitch is crocheted to make a rectangle. It is worked from the one side only which requires breaking off at each end of the row and attaching yarn again at the beginning of the row.

This results into a lot of loose ends, which can be utilized as fringes. But working this way is cumbersome, wastes a lot of yarn, and well, uhm, boring.

Moreover, the resulting crochet fabric is slightly biased. Blocking is very much required.

Well I don't want this beautiful stitch to rot in vintage crochet books. Here are various ways to work the pineapple stitch and use it in crochet projects, too.

Before crocheting the pineapple stitch, it is best to study its anatomy first. This will make it easier to give instructions about its variations later on.

The diagram floating right will be used as the chart symbol for the pineapple stitch in all of my patterns. The pineapple stitch will be abbreviated as ps.

Top Loop - connects the ps to other ps's or other stitches and where subsequent ps's will be anchored

Leg Loops - anchors the ps in place

Lid Chain - caps ps to make the "heart" or "pineapple" pattern more pronounced

The following pattern is probably what you will find in vintage crochet books made available on the net.

//Pattern Begins//

FOUNDATION CHAIN: MAKE AN EVEN NUMBER OF CHAINS (MULTIPLE OF 2).

Row 1:

Steps 1 - 3 => First PS

STEP 1. INSERT HOOK IN THE 4TH CH FROM HOOK, DRAW A LOOP THROUGH.

THE FIRST LOOP ON HOOK WILL BECOME THE TOP LOOP, THE SECOND LOOP WILL BE THE FIRST LEG LOOP.

STEP 2. SKIP A CHAIN, INSERT HOOK IN NEXT CH, DRAW A LOOP THROUGH.

THE THIRD LOOP ON HOOK WILL BE THE SECOND LEG LOOP.

STEP 3. Y O, DRAW THROUGH ALL 3 LOOPS ON HOOK, CH 1.

THE CHAIN JUST MADE WILL BECOME THE LID CHAIN.

Steps 4 - 6 => Succeeding PS

STEP 4. INSERT HOOK IN SAME CH, DRAW A LOOP THROUGH.

STEP 5. SKIP A CHAIN, INSERT HOOK IN NEXT CH, DRAW A LOOP THROUGH.

STEP 6. Y O, DRAW THROUGH ALL 3 LOOPS ON HOOK, CH 1.

Repeat Steps 4 - 6 till end of Foundation Chain.

Break off BUT DO NOT fasten off YET.

Row 2:

Attach yarn in the FIRST TOP LOOP of previous row.

Steps 1 - 3 => First PS

STEP 1. INSERT HOOK IN THE FIRST TOP LOOP, DRAW A LOOP THROUGH.

STEP 2. INSERT HOOK IN NEXT TOP LOOP, DRAW A LOOP THROUGH.

STEP 3. Y O, DRAW THROUGH ALL 3 LOOPS ON HOOK, CH 1.

Steps 4 - 6 => Succeeding PS

STEP 4. INSERT HOOK IN SAME TOP LOOP, DRAW A LOOP THROUGH.

STEP 5.INSERT HOOK IN NEXT TOP LOOP, DRAW A LOOP THROUGH.

STEP 6. Y O, DRAW THROUGH ALL 3 LOOPS ON HOOK, CH 1.

Repeat Steps 4 - 6 till second to the last ps.

STEPS 7 - 9 => LAST PS

STEP 7. INSERT HOOK IN SAME TOP LOOP, DRAW A LOOP THROUGH.

STEP 8.INSERT HOOK IN LID CHAIN, DRAW A LOOP THROUGH.

STEP 9. Y O, DRAW THROUGH ALL 3 LOOPS ON HOOK, CH 1.

Break off BUT DO NOT fasten off YET.

Fasten off the loose end from the previous round.

Repeat Row 2 as desired.