Chic Floor Pouf Free Crochet Pattern And Tutorial - Easy Home Decor Pattern

It's Deja with Knit and Crochet Ever After and today we are making this big old crochet floor poof. So this is one of my forever free patterns. This thing is heavy. I have patterns that I give away for free like a limited time because I sell them on my pattern stores that I sell in. So I always encourage you to like and subscribe, but also hit the notification bell so when I give away those limited time free patterns, you don't miss out. But this poof, this very heavy poof, is always free and you can download it in the link in the description. It'll take you to my website to download that and you can see all the other free stuff that's there. But let's talk about this pattern. So the floor poof, it is a fairly easy project. It's all half double crochet. There's increasing, decreasing, and just regular half doubles. That's it. This whole thing makes this, and I love kind of the spiral that you get. So I will explain how that happens while we do the pattern. This is Bernat Blanket by Yarnspirations in pale gray. I think this is more of a grayish, like a gray beige. It doesn't look really gray to me. It looks even more beige than gray, but that's what they say. So that's what I'm going with. Then we are going to need a USL hook. I have my Prim that I love. I will link that in the description so you can see what that looks like up close. And then polyfill. So much polyfill, more polyfill than you think you will need. This is probably four to five pounds of polyfill. That's why I just get a workout just doing like arm curls. I got a 10-pound box of polyfill that I'm going to talk about because I've never gotten that big of a polyfill before. And I'm going to open it on camera so you can see what happens. It was pretty interesting. So stay tuned for that. That's about all you need. And the yarn needle, that's it. Scissors, you're good. So get the pattern. and we're going to get started on it. okay so to start our poof we're going to do eight half double crochets into a magic adjustable loop so we're going to take our tail just stick it over there to the left and twist your yarn down so you have a loop you'll reach through that loop with your hook and pull up a loop of your working yarn through your magic adjustable loop. Then, what we're going to do is two chains and these chains are not going to count as anything they're just to get us up to height i don't like using these for a stitch so we just are not going to then we're going to do eight half double crochets inside of this magic adjustable loop so i just did one we're gonna yarn over insert our hook through that loop pull up a loop and then yarn over and pull through Do all three loops on our hook. Give us a little slack here. Again, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through three, yarn over, insert. Pull up a loop, pull through all three. You'll notice these stitches are really hard to see in this beret. I don't recommend this yarn for beginners because you really need to know how to read your stitches. Otherwise it can get very difficult to do the increasing. So if you are new to crocheting try more regular kind of super bulky that doesn't have this kind of furry boucle on it and that will help you see your stitches better so if you really love the look of this and you have lots of patience definitely give this a try otherwise try a more normal kind of yarn for this until you get used to working with this yarn so we are at six half doubles then we're gonna do two more To finish off this round. And then we're going to close off our magic adjustable loop. So we're going to grab our tail, you'll see it's wrapped around, we want to keep it wrapped around, and we're going to pull on it to close the loop. And another thing with the beret, it's a little hard to close magic adjustable loops, so you're going to have to work for it, but it shouldn't come open because it's kind of this boucle kind of grips onto everything. So that is the end of round one. We're going to begin round two which is going to be some more half double crochets. So for round two we're going to be working in spirals so we're not going to join this round. You'll see it's kind of a perfect circle when we close the loop. We're going to just begin working in those half double crochets and we're going to do two half double crochets in every half double that we did. If you are having trouble finding where that stitch goes you can count backwards from the v's on the top of your stitches so go one two three four five six seven and eight i also can go forward those chain twos remember i'm not working into them so i would just look at that first loop up here to be able to work into i'm not going to do any chains because we are We are working in spirals. This first round is going to be a little funky, but it's going to be on the bottom so you're not going to see it, but it's just kind of to get the height correct to get working in the spirals. So we're going to yarn over, find that stitch, that first stitch, pull up the loop, and finish your first half double crochet. Then we are going to put a very important stitch marker in. Use this on every round so you can see where you began. Then we're going to do another half double. pull on your stitch if you have trouble seeing where you made that last stitch and you can see it makes a hole and that's where i'm working i'm working under those top two loops of the stitch of the round below so i've got two there doing two in the next so again i pull i can see the hole that's the stitch i just worked into so here's my next stitch when i insert my hook I can pull it apart and see that I'm only under, if I can actually pull it apart, they're sticking together. Here, let me see, did I get two that time? I might not have. Sometimes it's hard for me to see through a camera. Oh, nope, I did. Okay, here we go. So we're going under the top two loops. So you should be able to pull it apart and have two loops that are on your hook. Do a half double, go back in, half double. So we're going to do that all the way around and end up with 16 stitches. Again I can sit there and I can and I missed the second one again. So make sure you're taking a second to look for that. After this first round they should kind of line up on top a lot easier. This kind of curls around on that very first round. So two again and just keep going until you finish all 16 stitches. Okay, so as you can see I worked a lot of rounds. I actually made almost all of it already Already, um, because I'm going to explain How the stitches are written rather than working you through all of these rounds when you're looking at the pattern it's broken into eight sections basically so each round when we're increasing we're doing it in sections of eight and you can kind of see how that spirals out a little where our increases are so when you're reading the pattern any given row you'll see brackets and it will say HDC Two times in the next stitch, and then it will give a comma, and then it'll say HDC in the next stitch, HDC in the next two stitches, next three stitches, every round that. That one sentence increases, and you do that eight times. So what that means is we are taking whatever is in the brackets and repeating it however many times it tells us outside of the brackets. So we're doing all those stitches within eight times on every round. So to do that, just a quick reminder on an HDC two times in the next stitch. That means take your next stitch you come to and just do two half double crochets. In that one stitch, so you find your stitch, you go back into it, then it may say HDC in the next, so let me back up a second, you'll see a comma. The comma means stop, move on. To the next instruction and the next instruction is going to be at least in the next stitch. So if it just said HDC, that means our comma stopped what we were doing in that stitch. And then we would be HDC or half double crocheting in the next stitch. So even if it doesn't say in the next stitch and it just says HDC, that's what that means. Now, once you get going, it'll say HDC in the next two stitches, three stitches, so you just need to keep track. So I did one, you know, if I'm doing it in the next three, I'm going to do two more, one in that next stitch, find my next stitch, and continue. So reading those patterns of the brackets will tell you how many stitches you're working in that eight-part section. That will get you all of these increases so that you get the whole Top of your poof, then we will move on to working the sides of the poof. And basically, it just says to HDC in every stitch around. So you're going, you're starting where your stitch marker is. I'm like, where's mine? Here's your stitch marker. And you're just doing one HDC in every stitch you come to. So very, very simple. So as I'm working this, I'm just doing one in every stitch around and this is going to start to curve and make the sides of my pouf. Then once I get to the decreasing or the bottom part, I'll come back and we'll talk about that. So for now, continue with these and we'll see you in a second. back I have been doing some stuff on my own and we'll talk about what we've done so the first thing I did eight rounds of even stitching around I was gonna say across around to create the side of my poof so eight rounds of that stitch count that we have in the pattern then we started closing it up so just like when we were increasing We are doing it evenly eight times around. You can see those fanning out kind of stitches here, Thank you so much for being here. how that increase goes. We're doing the same thing but in reverse on the other side. We're going to be decreasing or bringing the stitches together so that we can form that hole that's going to close up. Of course we're going to fill it first otherwise this is pointless but I wanted to go over the instructions as you'll see them read. So it's going to tell you to hdc, well, you'll have your brackets, of course. You're going to see hdc two together, comma, which means do that stitch, then move on to your next stitch, and then it'll say hdc and... The next 5 stitches, or the next 4 stitches, or the next 3 stitches, as you go, it's going to keep getting smaller and smaller. So, you're going to do that, and then it gives you the brackets, and it says 8 times. So you're doing that evenly all the way around, repeating what's in those brackets. But an hdc two together, it's super simple. We yarn over. Insert into our next stitch, which was our very first stitch of the round, pull up a loop, we stop with that one, we start a new one, we yarn over again, and then we go into the next stitch we come to. And then we pull up a loop and we'll have five loops on our hook. It seems very bulky but it doesn't look too bad because you can see I've been doing increases here and you can see it just kind of forms like a line. It doesn't make it very dense. So then we're going to yarn over and we're going to pull through all five loops. Turn your hook pointing down towards the stitch and it'll help you keep from getting caught in the stitch. So once we finish that, don't forget to replace your stitch marker. And then you will do your half double crochets for as many as it tells you inside that bracket. And then you just repeat that eight times around or seven more times for a total of eight times and each round is going to get smaller and smaller so you can see how this is kind of coming closer. So every round it's going to decrease by one stitch right after that half double crochet two together. So we're going to keep closing this off. We'll get right near the end and do the stuffing and And then we'll be set to use it. So let's keep going. Get on it. Okay, I've got my poof almost done. I have about two rounds left, and then I close it up, but of course I have to fill it before I close it, and to do that, I have 10 pounds of polyfill. Why 10 pounds, you ask? It's a great question. I kind of had to. The store, I was at Joann's, they had a 40% off door buster deal today for polyfill. So that was very helpful, especially when I had to buy a 10 pound box. They have 20 ounce bags, which is, I have a 20 ounce bag here and I stuck it inside this thing before it got that small. And I probably need at least like four of those. That's how much room is in this thing. very deceiving when it's flat or not full but they had a 20 ounce they had a 32 ounce which was in the rafters um no way I could reach it but I even knew like that wasn't going to be enough and then the next size up is 10 pounds so I'll use it eventually right I know it's 40% off and it says on the box that 10 pounds you can make at least two poofs So I knew this was going to be enough for sure. We'll see how much extra I have left over. But yeah, I'll use it. So what we're going to do is cut this open because I'm really interested to see what's going to happen because it's kind of bursting at the seams right now. So I'm guessing it's super duper packed. I hope it doesn't turn into like a huge like leftover ball. Hopefully it'll still fit this box so I can keep it in the garage. Oh my gosh. But we're going to go ahead and cut it open. And start stuffing. I'm going to give you a tip on how to keep your stuffed item from being lumpy. So we'll do that as we're stuffing. Let's get going. Okay, I'm gonna open it on camera because you're probably interested too on what's gonna happen. So I'm just gonna kind of, it's like a paper packing tape. So it's like an Amazon box. It should be easy enough to pop open once I cut both sides. And yes, I'm using my yarn scissors. These things are like super dull now. So I have other yarn scissors. These were the first ones I could find, so I'm using those. And they're not even cutting through this sucker. Okay, almost there. So, cut this part off camera. Make you suffer through. Here, let me cut a little notch here. Okay, let's see what happens. Okay, it looks like it wants to kind of poof out. So it is very like vacuum packed. So I'm gonna untie this and see if we kind of get We're going to put a little bit of a... Not explosion, I'm sure it's not going to explode, but it might like, it might kind of expand more. So let's see what happens. Let's see, get some air in here. Oh yes, that's kind of cool. It's growing. Not too high. We've got a little bit. Back up a little, we might be able to see how high this got. So right about there, a little bit. That's kind of cool. So I'm going to pull some of this out and show you what we're going to do to keep it from being lumpy. So I've pulled some out. It's fairly already like light. I don't want to say light. It's not bunched up. You don't want to bunch up your stuffing and stuff it in. That's how you get lumpy stuffing. You want it nice and airy. Pull it apart. Like give it air in between. Get those little white things all over your black clothes. I picked the wrong color today. And then stuff that in there. So you're just gonna keep on grabbing. Pulling apart, sticking in, and repeat. So lots and lots of pulling apart, making it fluffy so you don't get that lumpy mess that you don't want. And eventually it's going to be full, so I'm going to be at this for a bit. Carry on. I had to come back real quick. I've got like a good little amount of stuffing you know it's getting there and as I'm pulling out this thing keeps growing. I just wanted to point that out like I'm pulling out and then like it's just coming with it. So I am going to be very interested to see how much is left over of this because it seems like it's multiplying so... Keep going, I'll be back in a bit. Okay, so I've got this thing pretty full here, but I still want it even fuller because it's still very squishy. I want it more of like a sturdy thing you can sit on, not that you'll sink into it like a bean bag. So I'm still stuffing. Another great tip, do this on the floor so that all of the fuzz you can easily vacuum up and keep a lint roller handy. But I will... I'm going to over stuff rather than under stuff this because I want it to have really good structure. So I'm going to kind of stuff it more than it needs because it will squish down. Think about like your bedroom pillows. You know, they need fluffing every once in a while if they are, you know, I have like the fake goose down because I'm allergic to goose down. So I have the fake ones and I got to fluff them, you know, every other day. So that they're comfy to lay on because they've been compressed from sleeping on them. So just like that with the poof, overfill it, fill it more than you think you need. So that way, when it does compress, you're not stuck with a squished down poof. So also don't lose your end. So kind of pull that out every once in a while when you're stuffing stuff in. So I'm still going and I have not reached the inside of the box yet. Still, still working my way through the, the poofed out part, so I'll see you in a bit again. Okay, I got a little more stuff in that. It's a little bit of a, a little bit of a task getting that all stuffed in, so I think I am happy with this. It's a little, um, not quite the shape that I want, but it's stuffed enough to where I can close up the hole and then kind of roll it, you know, just kind of give it a little roll and... Get it to the shape that I like. So I'm going to do those last two rounds. This is going to bring it even closer and a little bit tighter. So when you're working these last two rounds, you just kind of wanna push the stuffing down as you're working. So it's not, you're not crocheting it into your project. So do a little bit here. Stitch, cause it's a little bit. Wonky. So one last stitch of that round. Okay now I'm going to do my HDC two together and I'm already pulling a little bit of stuffing and you can just yank the stuffing out of your stitches if you get any stuck in there but you can kind of just push it down and tuck it in while you're doing your stitches. So I am going to do These last two rounds and then close it off with a yarn needle, very big yarn needle because this is very thick yarn, and then we will be done and it will be ready to poof. So let me go finish these two rounds and I'll see you in a second. Okay, I've got my last two rounds worked. You can see I have just the tiniest bit of hole. six three six stitches so i'm going to cut a tail long enough to weave in and then we're gonna weave in those last two rounds were a little tiring so let me pull my stitch marker out here don't need that anymore then i didn't um like do an extra knot i just took it right off of my last stitch so that i can go ahead and kind of keep it in the same you know stitch looking rather than you know pulling through and creating like an extra stitch on it you know i mean i'm not explaining it well but you know what i mean so i'm gonna weave in and out of those last six stitches right under those top two loops Up and down. And you could do it like a couple of times, you know, for extra strength. You don't want this sucker popping open on you. So I kind of pull the hole closed first. There you go. And then weave it through a little bit again. I don't have my other end weaved in because it was the beginning end. And I did use two skeins. I must have wove those in or they're inside the work. Hey, that works out. I don't have to weave in any ends. So this is all I have to weave in and I'm done. So I'm going to finish that and then we're going to go look at it like standing up so we can see it better. Okay. I finished filling this guy and he is heavy. I'm gonna say I probably use like four to five pounds if not more. This could be like a medicine ball. Like you can do a workout with this thing. It's so heavy. So that is the poof. It is fairly easy. I think it's an easy pattern. Works out awesome finished project, you know, it's ready to go. I'm gonna go throw it in the living room I'm in the living room. Be sure to LIKE and subscribe if you want more of these. I'm Deja with Knit and Crochet Ever After and thank you for watching