That’s a beautiful chunky puff stitch crochet blanket! 🧶
It has a cozy, textured look made from thick yarn, using puff stitches or cluster stitches. Here’s a step-by-step guide to make it:
🧶 1. Materials You’ll Need
| Item | Recommended |
|---|---|
| Yarn | Super-bulky #6 weight yarn (or two strands of worsted yarn held together). Acrylic, wool blend, or chenille all work well. |
| Colors | 2 or 3 colors (in the photo: dusty rose, wine, and pale blue). |
| Hook | 9 mm (M/N) or 10 mm (N/P) crochet hook. |
| Notions | Scissors, tapestry needle, measuring tape. |
Optional: Stitch markers to help count rows.
🪄 2. Gauge (for sizing)
Each puff cluster ≈ 1.5 in (4 cm) wide.
To get a throw around 40 × 60 in (100 × 150 cm), start with about 63 chains (multiple of 2 + 1).
You can adjust width by adding or subtracting pairs of chains.
🔹 3. Stitches & Abbreviations
| Abbrev. | Name | How to do it |
|---|---|---|
| ch | Chain | Yarn over, pull through loop. |
| sc | Single Crochet | Insert hook, yarn over, pull up loop, yarn over, pull through both loops. |
| yo | Yarn Over | Wrap yarn over hook. |
| puff st | Puff Stitch | Yo, insert hook in stitch, yo, pull up a loop (×4–5 times — you’ll have 9–11 loops on hook). Yo and pull through all loops. Ch 1 to close puff. |
🧵 4. Pattern Instructions (Detailed)
🌸 Row 1 – Foundation
- Ch 63 (or any odd number).
- Sc in the 2nd ch from the hook.
- Skip 1 ch, work 1 puff st in next ch, skip 1 ch, sc in next ch.
Repeat … across row.
You’ll end with a sc in the last ch. - Turn.
🌸 Row 2
- Ch 1 (counts as turning ch).
- Sc into first stitch (this will be on top of a puff below).
- Puff st into next sc (the small stitch between two puffs), then sc into next puff stitch.
Repeat … across the row. - End with a sc in last stitch.
Turn.
🌸 Row 3–End
- Repeat Row 2 until the blanket reaches your desired length.
Color Change Example (like the photo):
| Color | Rows |
|---|---|
| Blue | 6 rows |
| Burgundy | 6 rows |
| Pink | 6 rows |
| Repeat pattern |
To change color:
On your last yarn over of the final sc of a row, pull through the new color, then continue with Row 2 in the new color.
🌿 5. Finishing
- When you reach the final row, fasten off: cut yarn, pull tail through last loop.
- Use a tapestry needle to weave in all yarn ends neatly along the edge or under puff stitches.
- Optional border (to tidy edges):
- Work 1 round of single crochet evenly around the whole blanket.
- Make 3 sc in each corner to keep edges flat.
💡 Extra Tips
- Keep tension loose — puff stitches need room to expand.
- Pull up each loop of the puff evenly tall (same height as a dc stitch).
- To make a lighter blanket, use chunky #5 yarn and an 8 mm hook.
- If you want deeper texture, do 6 yarn-overs per puff instead of 4–5.