Special Stitches in Crochet: The Side Puff Stitch

Special Stitches

Side Puff - (you will be working over the bar of dc just made): [yo, pick up a loop around post of dc just made] 3 times, yo, draw through 6 loops on hook, yo, draw through last 2 loops.

The quantity of sts is multiple 2 + 1.

Row Instructions

1st Row (WS)

Starting in 2nd ch from hook, 1sc in each ch across row, turn;

2nd Row

Ch 3 (counts as 1st dc), skip 1st sc, *1dc in next st, side puff over the dc just made, skip 1 st, rep from * across row, end 1dc in last st, turn;

3rd Row

Ch 1 (counts as a sc), skip 1st st, *1sc in the next puff st, 1sc in next dc, rep from * across, ending with 1sc in top of tch, turn.

Repeat 2nd-3rd rows.