i use 48m/50g yarn and we are going to need about 12 of these balls of wool. and i use a 9mm crochet hook. we start with a magic ring. and we are going to do 12 half double crochets into that ring. but we do the first half double crochet by chaining 2. and then we do the other 11 half double crochets. now, we pull it tight. and then we do a slip stitch into the second chain, that we did at the beginning of the round. this was the first round.
in the second round we are going to do 2 half double crochets into every stitch. we start again with 2 chains. and then we do 2 half double crochets into each of the following stitches. at the end of the round we have 24 stitches. we finish the round with a slip stitch into the second chain. the third round starts again with 2 chains. now, we are going to do 1 half double crochet in one stitch and then 2 half double crochets into the next stitch, then again 1 half double crochet into the next stitch and so on. at the end weâ´ll receive 36 stitches. again, we finish the round by doing a slip stitch into the second chain.
the 4th round starts with two chains. and now we are going to increase every third stitch. this means, we do one half double crochet into the first stitch, then 1 half double crochet into the second stitch and then 2 half double crochets into the third stitch. we repeat this until the end. at the end of round 4 we have 48 stitches. in every round we do an increase of 12 stitches. we finish this round with a slip stitch into the second chain. and we start the following round with 2 chains. in round 5 we are going to do an increase into every 4th stitch. this means, we to 1 half double crochet into the first 3 stitches and 2 half double crochets into the 4th stitch.
at the end we will have 60 stitches. we finish the 5th round with a slip stitch into the second chain. in round 6 we start with 2 chains. and now we are going to do 2 half double crochets into every 5th stitch. at the end we will have 72 stitches. we finish the 6th round with a slip stitch. and now we proceed like this: every round starts with 2 chains, in round 7 we do 2 half double crochets into every 6th stitch. in round 8 we do 2 half double crochets into every 7th stitch. and every round is finished with a slip stitch into the second chain.
the 8th round is finished now and i have 96 stitches. in the following rounds we wonâ´t do increases anymore. we do 1 half double crochet into every stitch and we stay with our 96 stitches. i did 3 rounds, in which i did 1 half double crochet into every stitch. all in all i did 11 rounds now. in round 12 we are going to do an increase again. we do 2 half double crochet into every 8th stitch. at the end of the 12th round we have 108 stitches. in round 13 we are going to do 1 half double crochet into every stitch. so we wonâ´t increase. in round 14 we are going to do an increase again: we do 2 half double crochets into every 9th stitch. at the end of round 14 we have 120 stitches. and in round 15 we are going to do 1 half double crochet into every stitch.
in round 16 we are going to do 2 half double crochets into every 10th stitch. at the end of the round we will have 132 stitches. all in all we did 16 rounds and have 132 stitches. the top of our pouf is finished. now, we are going to crochet the side of the pouf. so we are going to do 1 half double crochet into every stitch, but we wonâ´t insert the hook into both loops (as normal) but we are going to crochet only in the back loop. again we start with 2 chains. and then we do 1 half double crochet into the back loop of every stitch. crocheting into the back loop creates an edge - as you can see.
now we crochet the following rounds by doing 1 half double crochet into every stitch. and from now on we will insert the hook into both loops again. the amount of rounds depends on how thick or high you want your pouf to be. for the side part of the pouf i did 9 rounds. if you want your pouf to be higher, you can simply add a couple of rounds. now, we are going to do the bottom of the pouf. we have 132 stitches and now we are going to do an decrease of 12 stitches, so we will have 120 stitches. we start with 2 chains. and in this round we are going to crochet into the back loop again. we do 9 half double crochets and then we crochet the 10th and 11th stitch togehter.
i did 9 half double crochets and now iâ´m going to crochet the following 2 stitches together. we yarn over, insert the hook into the stitch (back loop), yarn over and pull through. then we yarn over and insert the hook into the next stitch. then yarn over, pull through. then we have 5 loops on the hook. we yarn over and pull through all 5 loops. then again we do 9 half double crochets and crochet the 10th and 11th stitch together. we finish the round with a slip stitch. and now we have 120 stitches. in the next round we are going to do 1 half double crochet into every stitch (in both loops). the second round is finished. in round 3 we start with 2 chains.
and then we crochet every 9th and 10th stitch together. at the end of round 3 we have 108 stitches. in round 4 we are going to do 1 half double crochet into every stitch. in round 5 we crochet every 8th and 9th stitch together and then we will have 96 stitches. the 5th round is finished and we have 96 stitches. in the next 4 rounds (round 6 - 9) we are going to do 1 half double crochet into every stitch. after these 4 rounds we did 9 rounds for the bottom of the pouf. in round 10 we are going to do an decrease again. we are going to crochet every 7th and 8th stitch together.
now we have 84 stitches. in the following rounds we are going to do a decrease of 12 stitches in every single round. this means: in round 11 we crochet every 6th and 7th stitch together, in round 12 every 5th and 6th, in round 13 every 4th and 5th, in round 14 every 3th and 4th and in round 15 every second and third stitch. after finishing round 13 iâ´m going to fill the pouf with cotton. we need about 1,5 kilogrammes of the cotton. and then we can proceed with round 14. after finishing round 15 we have 24 stitches. and in round 16 we crochet 2 stitches together. at the end of the round we have 12 stitches.
and in round 17 we crochet 2 stitches together, like in the previous round. then we will have 6 stitches. in the last round we are going to do single crochets. we do 1 single crochet into every stitch. we finish the round with a slip stitch in the first single crochet. if you want you can take a thread and crochet lines onto the pouf. at the end we are going to pull the thread through and sew it. i chose to crochet a couple of rounds to my pouf.