Here is the full step-by-step tutorial for the stitch shown in the picture.
This stitch is often called a Puff Loop Stitch / Crochet Braided Loop Stitch.

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🧶 Ultra-Detailed Tutorial: Puff Loop Crochet Stitch

✔ What you will create

A chain of big oval loops with thick puff stitches connected tightly—exactly like your photo.

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⭐ Step 1 — Make the Foundation Chain

1. Make a slip knot.
2. Chain any even number (example: CH 22).
   • You need even numbers so the loops line up nicely.

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⭐ Step 2 — Work into the 4th Chain from the Hook

Skip 3 chains → Start in CH 4.

We will make:

• 1 Big Loop
• 1 Puff Stitch

Both in the same chain.

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⭐ Step 3 — Make the Big Loop (very slow & detailed)

🔸What the loop is:

It is a tall stitch that creates the round/oval ring shape.

🔸How to make it:

1. Yarn over (YO) 3 times
   Your hook has 4 loops on it.
2. Insert hook into the stitch (CH 4).
3. YO, pull up a long loop.
   • Pull it up about 1.5–2 cm long.
   • This long loop is what forms the oval ring.
4. Now you work off the triple treble:
   • YO, pull through 2 loops
   • Repeat YO → pull through 2 loops
   • Repeat until only 1 loop remains on the hook.

👉 You have now created one big oval loop.

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⭐ Step 4 — Make the Puff Stitch on Top (very detailed)

Still in the same chain stitch:

1. YO, insert hook into the stitch.
2. Pull up a loop as tall as the loop you made earlier.

Repeat this 4 times total:

• YO → insert → pull up tall loop (do this x4)

You should now have 9 loops on your hook.

3. YO, pull through all loops slowly.
4. CH 1 to close the puff.

👉 Now you have one oval loop + one puff cluster.

This is the unit that repeats across the row.

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⭐ Step 5 — Move to the Next Chain

Into the next chain stitch:

1. Make 1 Big Loop

(YO x3 → insert → pull up tall loop → YO/pull through 2 repeatedly)

2. Make 1 Puff Stitch

(YO + pull up long loop x4 → YO pull through all → CH 1)

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⭐ Step 6 — Repeat Across

Repeat the same thing in every chain:

👉 Big Loop + Puff Stitch
👉 Big Loop + Puff Stitch
👉 Big Loop + Puff Stitch

Your work will form the exact braided, fluffy, circle-to-circle pattern seen in your photo.

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⭐ Step 7 — Finishing the Row

When you reach your last chain:

• Make 1 loop + 1 puff
• CH 1
• Turn your work

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⭐ Step 8 — Second Row (If You Want to Continue)

To add more rows and continue the braid:

1. CH 1
2. Work only into the top of each puff stitch
   • NOT the loops
   • NOT the spaces
   • Only the puff “head”
3. In each puff stitch top:
   • Make 1 big loop
   • Make 1 puff
   • CH 1 to close

Your stitch will stack beautifully.

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⭐ Important Tips for a Perfect Result

💠 Pull all tall loops to the same height
→ Gives perfect equal-size rings.

💠 Keep yarn tension relaxed
→ Loops shouldn’t be tight.

💠 Use a slightly larger hook if your stitches are stiff.

💠 When closing the puff
→ Pull slowly so loops don’t twist.

💠 If loops turn sideways
→ Lay them flat gently with your fingers.

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