Puff stitch

How to

How to crochet puff stitch

1. To make one 3-hdc puff: [yarn over, insert the hook in the stitch, yarn over and draw up a loop to half double height] 3 times in the same stitch. You have 7 loops on the hook. Yarn over and draw through all 7.
2. Chain 12. Row 1: sc in the 2nd ch from the hook and in each ch across (11 sc).
3. Row 2: ch 2 (counts as an hdc) and turn. [Puff in the next stitch, hdc in the next stitch] 5 times (6 hdc and 5 puffs).
4. Row 3: ch 1 (it does not count as a stitch) and turn. Sc in each stitch across (11 sc).
5. Row 4: ch 2 (counts as an hdc) and turn. [Hdc in the next stitch, puff in the next stitch] 4 times, and hdc in the last 2 stitches (7 hdc and 4 puffs).
6. Row 5: as row 3. Repeat rows 2 to 5, and each puff row sits between the puffs of the row before.

Chart

Puff stitch chart

Reading this chart

• Start at the bottom. Each row begins at its number, beside its turning chain, and the rows turn back and forth.
• Rows alternate dark and blue so they read apart.
• The key under the chart names every symbol, following the Craft Yarn Council chart standard.

Drawn by Krowshea from the checked counts. New to charts? How to read crochet charts.

Written pattern

The swatch, row by row

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