Raised texture: Stitch Pattern Generator

Raise texture around existing posts

This exercise creates a sixteen-stitch panel with a plain double-crochet foundation row and seven rows of alternating front-post and back-post double crochet. Two ordinary edge stitches frame fourteen post stitches in each later row. The goal is to understand where the hook enters and how the resulting relief differs from top-loop ribbing. This is an original algorithm-checked construction; physical stretch, warmth and finished fit have not been tested.

Choose materials and inputs

Start with smooth medium-weight wool and a five-millimeter hook as a trial pairing. Use one yarn color so the post relief is easy to inspect. Have two edge markers, scissors, a ruler and a tapestry needle ready. Choose Front/back post texture, width sixteen, height eight and US terms. The Basic stitch and repeat inputs are disabled because this structure defines its own two-post repeat. Width must be even and at least four, leaving two edges around complete pairs.

Establish posts before working around them

Chain eighteen and begin double crochet in the third chain from the hook. Work sixteen double crochets across, marking the first and last real stitches. The initial two chains provide height and are outside the stitch count. This first row supplies the posts needed by the next row; there is no attempt to put a post stitch around a foundation chain. Count the sixteen completed posts before turning.

Generated chart and working rows

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1. In color 1 (#243BCE), ch 18. Starting in chain 3 from hook, work 16 dc. Count 16.
2. Ch 2, turn (turning chain does not count). Work dc in first stitch top, [fpdc around next post, bpdc around next post] 7 times, dc in final stitch top. Do not also work into the tops of the enclosed posts. Count 16.
3. Ch 2, turn (turning chain does not count). Work dc in first stitch top, [fpdc around next post, bpdc around next post] 7 times, dc in final stitch top. Do not also work into the tops of the enclosed posts. Count 16.
4. Ch 2, turn (turning chain does not count). Work dc in first stitch top, [fpdc around next post, bpdc around next post] 7 times, dc in final stitch top. Do not also work into the tops of the enclosed posts. Count 16.
5. Ch 2, turn (turning chain does not count). Work dc in first stitch top, [fpdc around next post, bpdc around next post] 7 times, dc in final stitch top. Do not also work into the tops of the enclosed posts. Count 16.
6. Ch 2, turn (turning chain does not count). Work dc in first stitch top, [fpdc around next post, bpdc around next post] 7 times, dc in final stitch top. Do not also work into the tops of the enclosed posts. Count 16.
7. Ch 2, turn (turning chain does not count). Work dc in first stitch top, [fpdc around next post, bpdc around next post] 7 times, dc in final stitch top. Do not also work into the tops of the enclosed posts. Count 16.
8. Ch 2, turn (turning chain does not count). Work dc in first stitch top, [fpdc around next post, bpdc around next post] 7 times, dc in final stitch top. Do not also work into the tops of the enclosed posts. Count 16.

Work the relief row carefully

Chain two and turn without counting the chain as a stitch. Work one ordinary double crochet into the top of the first edge stitch. For each interior pair, work a front-post double crochet around the next post and a back-post double crochet around the following post. Finish with an ordinary double crochet into the last edge stitch. A post used this way must not receive another stitch through its top loops; that would accidentally increase the width.

Front-post insertion travels from the working front to the back and returns to the front around the selected post. Back-post insertion reverses that approach. Both complete with the usual two successive pull-through-two movements of a US double crochet. The diagram's solid hook beneath a post symbol identifies front-post insertion; the dashed hook identifies back-post insertion. These are explicitly defined original diagram marks. The Yarnspirations post-stitch guide provides a separate technique reference.

Check every consumed position

Each later row contains two plain edge stitches, seven front-post stitches and seven back-post stitches. Across the entire panel there are thirty ordinary double crochets, forty-nine front-post double crochets and forty-nine back-post double crochets: 128 fabric stitches. Eighteen foundation chains and fourteen later turning chains are separate counts. Every row consumes sixteen old positions and produces sixteen new tops. The exported source map identifies whether each position is approached through its top or around its post.

Evaluate the finished sample

The verified dimensions are sixteen stitches by eight rows. Wash and measure the sample before estimating a cuff or panel size; post work can draw fabric inward. If the panel gains stitches, look for a top-loop stitch added above an already enclosed post. If a ridge changes direction unexpectedly, identify front and back from the current working side after turning. Does this reproduce a complete garment? It is a technique panel with no seam or shaping. Is it back-loop ribbing? No; that uses the top V rather than the post. Fasten off and weave ends through the ordinary edge stitches without tightening them.