Welcome to Week Five of your Crochet for Beginners Course. This week we will be adding the Puff Stitch! A slightly different stitch that creates a puffy, warm cluster of longer loops grouped together.
It might look a bit confusing, but I promise, it’s the same as what you have already done, only the loops you pull up come up to the height of the treble stitch, rather than the standard double.
This week we will also add the Cluster stitch - worked a lot like a tr2tog! You will often find motif squares that group these stitches together to create fun textures, so we will do it too!
We will also look at, as promised in week one, working under the back bump of the foundation chain. This is a great technique to have when working things like puff stitches into it as it doesn’t misshapen the chain so much when you are pulling up a loop.
Week Five Techniques
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Working under both bumps
Learn the techniqueSome patterns will call for you to work under the back bump on the chain as well as the top loop you usually work under. This creates a more secure start, with a smooth line over the base of the stitch.
Week Five Stitches
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Puff Stitch
The puff stitch is one of the only stitches in crochet that requires you to do something more than simply yarning over and pulling up a loop.
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Cluster Stitch
Cluster stitches are worked similarly to the decrease stitches, which sometimes leads to them being referred to as ‘tr3tog’ into the same space.
Week Five Squares
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Square Seventeen: Puff Stitch Stripes
Make Square SeventeenWork a combination of puff stitches and double crochets to create a puffy fabric.
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Square Eighteen: Puff Corners
Make Square EighteenAdding puff stitches into the corners of your solid squares.
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Square Nineteen: Puff & Cluster
Make Square NineteenAdding in cluster stitches to work a combination.
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Square Twenty: 'Sunflower' Stitch
Make Square TwentyA different combo of puff and clusters to form what looks like a sunflower.
