In this Crochet 101 tutorial, I’m walking you through one of my favorite texture-makers: the popcorn stitch. If you’ve ever looked at a blanket, hat, or sweater and thought, “How do they get those cute little bumps?”—this is it. A popcorn stitch is basically a cluster of double crochets worked into the same stitch, then “closed” so it puffs up and pops to the front (and yes, it’s as satisfying as it sounds). I show you the most common method: the 5 double crochet popcorn (5 dc pc). We work up to the spot in the row where you want the popcorn, make five complete double crochets into one stitch, then do the little trick where you remove your hook, go back into the first double crochet, grab the dropped loop, and pull it through to gather everything together. I finish it off with a chain 1 to lock it in place, then you’re ready to keep cruising in your pattern. Once you get the rhythm, popcorn stitches are an easy way to add cozy, squishy texture to just about anything.