Saturday, 23 April 2016

Puff Cluster & Shell Stitch Pattern

Hi there !
I thought you might like a chart for the lovely pattern I am using on my sleeveless jacket as it makes up into a lovely texture that would suit many other projects, I think it would make a lovely blanket stitch. The pattern is made up of two rows a shell stitch row and a puff cluster stitch row.
So here it is for you.

The pattern is worked in sets of 6 chain +1 (31 chain in demo )
Initial Row: DC into 4th chain, *skip 2 CH - 3 DC into next chain (V) - skip 2 ch - SC into next chain* repeat from * to * across the row ending in 2 dc into last stitch

Row 2:  Chain 1, SC into 1st DC,* Puff Cluster into next single chain, SC into middle DC of the V* repeat * to * until end of row and SC into the top of the 3 Ch beginning the previous row - Turn


The pattern continues with 


Row 1: Ch 3 - DC into base of 3 CH - *SC into 3 chain loop of cluster below  - 3 DC  (V) into next SC - * repeat from * to * to end of row finishing with 2 DC into last stitch - turn

Row 2:  Chain 1, SC into 1st DC,* Puff Cluster into next single chain, SC into middle DC of the V* repeat * to * until end of row and SC into the top of the 3 Ch beginning the previous row - Turn


  • Just as a recap - the puff stitch cluster is made up of two 7 loop puff stitches, separated by 3 chain


In other words:-

  • Yarn over, pick up loop, yarn over pick up loop, yarn over pick up loop( 7 loops on the hook) yarn over, pull through all 7 loops on the hook, slip stitch to close
  • Chain 3
  • Yarn over, pick up loop, yarn over pick up loop, yarn over pick up loop,  (7 loops on the hook) yarn over pull through all 7 loops on the hook, slip stitch to close


All into the same stitch

Photos in my earlier blog.

Have fun with it!


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