How many stiches do you need to crochet a chevron stitch?

A chevron stitch in crochet is a wavy line. This is formed in multiple of from 6 to 12 stitches. The top is formed by increasing, the bottom is formed by decreasing.

Another Word for chevron might be ripple stitch. There are hundreds of different ways to make a ripple. To decide how many stitches you need, you need to decide what pattern you are going to make.

The top of the ripple is called the hill and the bottom is the valley. The hill is generally formed by increasing as noted above. The valley can be formed by decreasing or it can be formed by skipping stitches. The number of stitches used to form the valley can vary as can the number of stitches skipped.

Before figuring your foundation chain, you need to decide how many stitches you want between hill and valley.

I discuss figuring out the foundation chain for a ripple at Crochet Cabana, using the skip stitch method, but the same general idea could be used for another method.

Generally, once you know what you want, it is fairly straight forward to figure out how many stitches you need to begin with. Don't forget to account for turning chains.