Chaos Crochet Challenge- Lacy Striped Popcorn Stitch

Welcome to the Chaos Challenge Crochet Along—where the spinning wheel is in charge and anything can happen!

What is a Chaos Blanket? Instead of carefully planning every row, we’ll let chance choose the yarn color, crochet stitch, and number of rows. No overthinking, no second-guessing—just spin the wheel and see where it takes us!

I’m creating my own Chaos Blanket using a special set of rules, and you’re invited to join the fun. Grab your yarn and crochet hook—it’s time to embrace the chaos and create something completely unique!

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Are you brave enough to let the wheel decide?

Want to join along? Gather your supplies and join me on Mondays and Thursdays beginning September 21, 2026. I will be posting instructions and links to instructional videos for each stitch as we choose them. Sound like fun? I will be posting each round here on my website, in my Facebook Group, Facebook Page, and on Instagram! Follow my social media or come back here each week and join in on the fun!

Round Thirteen

I began with a spin of the wheel to choose which of the 50 stitches would be used for round ten. You can download the free Crochet Stitch list HERE. Chaos Crochet Stitches. I used the Free Spinning Wheel Random Number Generator that I found here to choose which stitch.

The spinning wheel chose number 29. The stitch I will be using for this round is called the Lacy Striped Popcorn Stitch! I closed my eyes and chose a color from my bowl of yarn colors…It is now decided! Round twelve will be in Terra Cotta, the stitch will be the Lacy Striped Popcorn Stitch and I rolled dice for the number of rows and it will be 12 rows! Let’s get started!

Adjustment Row

Before we begin round thirteen, we need to make an adjustment row from the previous round. I used the Terra Cotta yarn to create a row of single crochets. Also be sure to count your stitches during this row to be sure that you still have your original amount of stitches.

Lacy Striped Popcorn Stitch

Very cool stitch! Loving the pattern on this one. It looks great in one color and 12 rows gives plenty of pattern. At least for me, it does work up a bit looser, due to the popcorn stitches, so going down to a G hook was the plan. We are trying to keep the edges as even as we can and sometimes it helps to raise or lower the size of your hook depending upon the stitch. In this instance, I went down a hook size at a size (G) in order to keep my blanket edges as even as possible. Keep in mind that everyone’s tension is different, so play with it and see what works best for you!

Step-by-Step Instructions for the Lacy Striped Popcorn Stitch

For a step by step photos of this stitch see Nordic Hook.

Row 1: Chain 1, sc across. Chain 1 and turn.

Row 2: Sc into first stitch, *chain 3 and skip 2 stitches. Make 5 dc into the next stitch. Take the hook out of the loop and insert it from back to front into the loop of the first dc. Grab the loop from the last dc and pull through. This will create a popcorn on the other side. Chain 1 to close the popcorn stitch. Chain 3, skip 2 stitches and sc into next stitch. Repeat from *across. End the row with a sc. Chain 5 and turn.

Rows 3: Make a sc into the top of the first closed popcorn stitch from the row below. *Chain 2 and make a dc into the next sc from the row below. Chain 2 and make a sc into the top of the next popcorn stitch. Repeat from *across. Row should end with a dc. Chain 1 and turn.

Row 4: Make a sc into the first stitch. *Make 2 sc into the chain 2 space. Make a sc into the next sc from the row below. Make 2 sc into the next chain 2 space. Make a sc into the next dc from the row below. Repeat from *across. End the row with 3 sc into the turning chain space. Chain 1 and turn.

Row 5: Sc across.

Rows 6-12: Repeat rows 2-5

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Lacy Striped Popcorn Stitch

I enjoyed creating the Lacy Striped Popcorn stitch and I love how it changes the pattern in the blanket. Perfect in one color!

Be sure to come back on Thursday, November 5 for Round 14!

Want to join along? Gather your supplies and join me on Mondays and Thursdays beginning September 21, 2026. I will be posting instructions and links to instructional videos for each stitch as we choose them. Sound like fun? I will be posting each round here on my website, in my Facebook Group, Facebook Page, and on Instagram! Follow my social media or come back here each week and join in on the fun!