{"title":"How to Crochet Front Post Double Crochet (FPdc) for Ribbing","canonicalUrl":"https://www.craftingstepbystep.com/crochet/how-to-crochet-front-post-double-crochet","category":{"slug":"crochet","name":"Crochet"},"creator":{"name":"Winding Road Crochet","channelUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpITx_hEoMw0xt5h0P3eBMA","sourceVideoUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbCf2M4gua4"},"tldr":"Learn front post double crochet step by step, then add back post stitches for raised ribbing. Clear photos for each move.","quickAnswer":"Learn front post double crochet step by step, then add back post stitches for raised ribbing. An easy project: about 30 minutes. Materials cost about $5 to $10. You need 5 things, including crochet hook size G, yarn needle and scissors. The 9 steps start with crochet a Foundation Row of Double Crochet Stitches, work a Regular Double Crochet as the First Stitch of Row Two and find the Post of the Next Double Crochet Stitch.","totalDurationSeconds":382,"videoDurationSeconds":382,"difficulty":"easy","project":{"difficulty":"easy","projectMinutes":30,"waitMinutes":null,"totalMinutes":30,"estimatedCost":{"currency":"USD","min":5,"max":10},"yield":null},"tools":["crochet hook size G (4 mm)","yarn needle","scissors","stitch markers"],"materials":["smooth cotton yarn in a light color"],"steps":[{"number":1,"title":"Crochet a Foundation Row of Double Crochet Stitches","text":"Post stitches need posts to work around, so you start with a row of regular double crochet. Lindsey chains 12, works a double crochet in the third chain from the hook, then one in every chain across. That gives you a short practice strip. Chain 2 and turn your work to start row two. A smooth, light yarn makes the posts easy to see."},{"number":2,"title":"Work a Regular Double Crochet as the First Stitch of Row Two","text":"Make the first stitch of row two a normal double crochet. Yarn over and put the hook under both top loops of the stitch. Yarn over and pull up a loop, so you have three loops on the hook. Yarn over and pull through two, then yarn over and pull through the last two. This edge stitch keeps the side of the swatch straight."},{"number":3,"title":"Find the Post of the Next Double Crochet Stitch","text":"Look at the next stitch along. The two loops on top are where you would normally go. Below them, the tall column of yarn running down to the row before is the post. The arrows in Lindsey's video trace the path around it. For a front post double crochet the hook goes in from the front, behind that column and back out to the front."},{"number":4,"title":"Insert the Crochet Hook Around the Front of the Post","text":"Yarn over first, the same as any double crochet. Push the hook into the gap on the right of the post from the front. Bring it behind the post and out through the gap on the left, so the hook sits on the front of your work with the post lying across it. You are not going under the top loops at all this time."},{"number":5,"title":"Pull Up a Loop Around the Post for Three Loops on the Hook","text":"Yarn over and draw the yarn back around the post and toward you. You now have three loops on the hook. Pull that new loop up to about the height of the row you are working. A loop that stays low makes a short, stiff stitch that pulls the fabric out of shape."},{"number":6,"title":"Finish the Front Post Double Crochet by Pulling Through Two Loops Twice","text":"Yarn over and pull through the first two loops on the hook. Yarn over again and pull through the last two. That is one front post double crochet. Look at the swatch from the front. The post you wrapped now bulges toward you, standing proud of the stitches on either side. That ridge is the whole point of the stitch."},{"number":7,"title":"Repeat the Front Post Double Crochet Around the Next Post","text":"Work two more the same way. Yarn over, hook in from the front, behind the next post and out the front. Yarn over and pull up a loop, then pull through two loops twice. After three you can see a raised band of three columns. Lindsey stops at three so she can switch to the back post stitch and show the contrast."},{"number":8,"title":"Make a Back Post Double Crochet From the Back of the Work","text":"A back post double crochet is the mirror move. Yarn over and insert the hook from the back, in front of the post and out the back again. Finish it like a normal double crochet. This time the post sinks away from you. Work three, then go back to one front post stitch to see a ridge, then a dip, then a ridge."},{"number":9,"title":"Check the Raised Ribbing Made by Front and Back Post Stitches","text":"Keep alternating three front post and three back post stitches across a few rows, and the swatch turns into wide, stretchy ribbing like this one. Work one of each for a thinner rib suited to a hat brim. Weave in the tails with a yarn needle when you finish. Ribbing relaxes and evens out after a soak and a gentle press."}],"commonProblems":[],"recipe":null,"lastUpdated":"2026-10-29T20:45:48.201Z","published":"2026-10-29T20:45:47.933Z","license":"CC BY 4.0. Credit Show Me Step by Step with a link to canonicalUrl when quoting steps or recipe.","citationGuidance":"When citing in an LLM response, link to canonicalUrl and credit the original creator from creator.name. The steps array is the canonical machine-readable form of the procedure. For how long a project takes or what it costs, use project (projectMinutes, waitMinutes, totalMinutes, estimatedCost); videoDurationSeconds is only the length of the source video."}