Briana K Designs Releases Petal Loop Stitch Tutorial for Floral Crochet Texture

Briana Kepner of Briana K Designs released a full tutorial for her Petal Loop Stitch, a textured loop stitch that layers delicate looped petal shapes across crochet fabric to produce a soft, floral-inspired surface. The technique arrived alongside a companion Ravelry pattern, the Petal Loop Stitch Washcloth, giving crafters an immediate, practical project to learn the stitch from the ground up.

"This eye-catching stitch creates delicate looped 'petals' across the fabric, giving your crochet projects a soft, floral-inspired texture that looks intricate but is surprisingly approachable once you learn the rhythm," Kepner writes on the Briana K Designs blog.

The stitch construction centers on a 3-loop petal repeat. Working with the hook toward the back of the piece, you insert into the loop at the back leg of the stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop (2 loops on hook), then insert into the next stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop (3 loops on hook), then insert into the following stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop (4 loops on hook). A final yarn-over through all 4 loops and a chain 1 completes one petal unit. That sequence repeats across the row until the final stitch, which gets a 2-loop variation: insert into the back leg loop, pull up a loop, insert into the last stitch, pull up a loop, then yarn over through all 3 loops to close.

Kepner offers a mental shorthand for maintaining pace: "Insert through the loop on the back, yarn over and pull up; next st, yarn over and pull up; next stitch, yarn over and pull up; ch 1. It's very rhythmic, and it keeps me on track!"

The washcloth pattern on Ravelry is rated Intermediate and works flat in rows using a repeating 4-row Petal Loop Stitch pattern. Finished dimensions are 12 inches by 11 inches, with a gauge of 16 stitches and 13 rows to 4 inches in the stitch pattern repeat, unblocked. The recommended hook is a G+ (4.50mm), or size needed to meet gauge. Abbreviations in the pattern include the less-common Stsc (stacked single crochet) alongside standard notations for blo, hdc, sc, sl st, and RS/WS.

The Ravelry listing describes the washcloth as "a fantastic stash-buster for cotton yarn" and notes that printable gift tags are included, positioning the finished piece for housewarmings, spa sets, holidays, and teacher gifts. A video tutorial accompanies the pattern on the Ravelry page. The blog post, which contains affiliate links, documents the stitch construction with multiple step-by-step photographs showing blue and teal yarn worked on a white hook, with lavender floral props visible in several shots.

Kepner encourages makers sharing finished projects to tag their work with #brianakdesigns. The pattern is listed in the Briana K Designs Ravelry Store and carries a 2026 copyright.