Round Ripple Crochet Afghan Pattern with Diagram

When I first searched for instructions there were many, of course, but none of them worked out for me. Finally I found this one little image that was detailed enough to see what was going on, so I followed it. I don’t know whose photo this was (found it in an internet collection) but THANKS to whoever made it!

And now one better is to actually draw out a visual stitch diagram, and here we are:

But I did alter the pattern a bit to keep it from curling up at the edges.

Instead of an increase every other round, I changed it so there were two rounds with an increase and then one without. Each round that has double crochets in multiple of three, gets only one round instead of two. The other rounds get two each.

Like this:

one round of 3dc
two rounds of 4dc
two rounds of 5dc
one round of 6dc
two rounds of 7dc
two rounds of 8dc
one round of 9dc
two rounds of 10dc
two rounds of 11dc

Etc. At least it worked for me and my very own Round Ripple is done!

Here’s how to add the extra points. This wasn’t my idea either, but I drew the diagram for it, so here you go. This is a smaller version, meaning that it doesn’t show as many stitches as you really have. When you decide to add points, count the number of stitches you have and figure out which stitch is the middle. Then follow this pattern using as many rows as you need until the hills and valleys have even numbers of stitches again.

They are right, it gets really boring those last few rounds, but then it’s done and it’s so pretty, and it’s exciting to think about making another.

Then I used the pattern to make a bunch of ripple cotton dishcloths. The coolest ones are the ones made from the leftover bits from the others.

Increasing every other round was enough with cotton.

And I used it to make a doily using cotton thread.

Update 2026: written instructions

Back when I posted this, there were 100 different blog posts with round ripple instructions. The only originality I had to contribute to the body was the diagram and the added middle points.

But nowadays it’s harder to find things. I found these by digging –

https://smoothfoxlover.blogspot.com/2009/06/free-smoothfoxs-beginners-round-ripple.html

http://idealdelusions.blogspot.com/p/basic-round-ripple-afghan-pattern.html

12 Point Round Ripple Baby Blanket Crochet Pattern

I don’t know if they’re exactly like mine. They’re probably better. That last one in particular looks very like mine but I won’t follow it to see.

I don’t like written instructions. That makes crocheting too much like “labor” or “doing what I’m told”, neither of which is my first choice of activity when it’s up to me.

and this is NOT tested yet

I’ll test it at some future time. It was a fun little exercise to figure out the pattern, so I dropped everything else and did that. I mean “pattern” literally – it’s “6, 7, 6, 6, 7”

Chain 5 and join 

Rd 1 – 12 dc in ring 

Rd 2 – 2 dc in each dc 

Rd 3 – (dc, ch 2, dc) in every other dc 

Rd 4 – (2dc, ch2, 2dc) in every 2-ch space 

Rd 5 – skip 1st dc, dc in dc, (2dc, ch2, 2dc) in ch2 space, dc in dc, skip last dc, repeat around (12x) 

Rd 6 – skip 1st dc, dc in each dc, (2dc, ch2, 2dc) in ch2 space, dc in each dc, skip last dc. Repeat around (12x).

Rd 7 – skip 1st dc, dc in each dc, (dc, ch2, dc) in ch2 space, dc in dc, skip last dc. Repeat around (12x).

Rd 8 –  like Rd 6 

Rd 9 –  like Rd 7 

Rd 10 – like Rd 6 

Rd 11 – like Rd 6 

Rd 12 – like Rd 7 

Rd 13 – like Rd 6 

Rd 14 – like Rd 7 

Rd 15 – like Rd 6 

Rd 16 – like Rd 6 

Rd 17 – like Rd 7 

But even that keeps you tied to a piece of paper. I much prefer to figure out that when each half of the petal is a multiple of three dcs, make only one round like that, and all the others, two.