Got it — here is a step-by-step tutorial, written as if you’re watching every motion of the hook. This will help you recreate exactly the textured puff-fan stitch shown in your picture.
🌿 SUPER DETAILED: Puff-Fan Crochet Stitch Tutorial
⭐ STITCHES YOU NEED
- ch = chain
- dc = double crochet
- puff stitch (explained below)
⭐ HOW TO MAKE A PUFF STITCH (exact type in your photo)
- Yarn over.
- Insert hook into stitch.
- Pull up a long loop (make it tall).
- Yarn over again.
- Insert into the same stitch.
- Pull up another long loop.
👉 Repeat steps 4–6 3–4 times until you have 9–11 loops on the hook.
- Yarn over, pull through all loops.
- Chain 1 to close the puff.
This creates the big, round, fluffy puffs seen in the photo.
⭐ FOUNDATION ROW
Step 1 — Chain
Make a chain that is multiple of 4 + 3.
Examples:
- 27, 31, 35, 39…
Step 2 — Double Crochet Row
- Skip the first 3 chains (this counts as 1 dc).
- Make 1 dc into every chain across.
- Turn.
This gives a stable base for your puff-fan clusters.
🌿 ROW 2 — FIRST PUFF-FAN ROW
Step 1 — Turning
- Chain 2 (this does NOT count as dc here).
Step 2 — Start the repeat
- Skip 2 stitches.
- Into the next stitch → make 5 puffs in the same stitch.
How:
Puff → ch1 → puff → ch1 → puff → ch1 → puff → ch1 → puff → ch1.
This creates one “fan.”
- Skip 2 stitches.
- Make 1 dc in next stitch.
Now you have:
dc, skip 2, puff-fan, skip 2, dc, skip 2, puff-fan…
Continue:
Repeat the above sequence until the end.
🌿 ROW 3 — ALIGN THE PUFF-FANS
This row shifts the fans so they stack beautifully like in your picture.
Step 1 — Turning
- Chain 3 (counts as 1 dc).
Step 2 — Stitching
- 1 dc on top of the puff-fan (into the last puff-ch space or top of the last puff).
- Now look for the 1 dc from the previous row → this is the center space between two puff fans.
- Into that dc stitch → make another puff-fan (same as row 2: 5 puffs in the same stitch).
So the structure is:
- dc on top of puff fan
- puff fan on top of dc
- dc on top of puff fan
- puff fan on top of dc
Repeat to the end.
🌿 ROW 4 AND BEYOND
Just repeat:
- Row 2 (puff fan + dc)
- Row 3 (dc + puff fan)
over and over.
The fabric grows into the exact pattern in your photo.
⭐ IMPORTANT TIPS TO MATCH THE LOOK
✔ Make your loops tall
If puffs are too small, the fans won’t look round.
✔ Keep puff stitches loose
You must pull the hook through 9–11 loops smoothly.
✔ Count carefully
Each fan = 5 individual puffs.
✔ Make the turning chains correctly
Row 2 → Ch 2
Row 3 → Ch 3