Mastering Special Stitches in Crochet

Special Stitches

Puff - [yo, insert hook into st, draw up loop with some slack in the stitch] 3 times in the same stitch, making sure all sts are the same size; yo and draw through all 7 loops on hook.

The quantity of sts is multiple 3 + 2.

Setup Row

[Puff st, ch 2, puff st] in 6th ch from hook, *ch 1, skip 2 ch, [puff st, ch 2, puff st] in next ch; rep from * across to within last 2 ch, ch 1, skip next ch, 1 dc in last ch, turn;

First Row

Ch 1 (counts as dc, ch 1), sc in next ch-1 space, *3 sc in the ch-2 space, 1 sc in next ch-1 space; rep from * across, sc in top of the turn ch, turn;

Second Row

Ch 4 (counts as dc, ch 1), skip first 3 sc, [puff st, ch 2, puff st] in next sc, *ch 1, skip 3 sc, [puff st, ch 2, puff st] in next sc; rep from * across to within last 3 sts, ch 1, skip 2 sc, dc in top of turning ch, turn.

Repeat 1st-2nd rows.