Sampler 5 hdc puff st

This pattern came without much instruction.   It inspired me to try it on my own.   I used crochet hook H  and your generic 4-ply yarn for sample. I am thinking a bigger hook would show the pattern a little better.   Not  a pattern for tight crocheters!  All st should be longer and loose or you will find yourself taking hand stretch breaks!

  Make a predetermined amount of stitches for your chain.  

Make a puff st consisting of 5 hdc in first ch.  *(ch 1,  sk next ch, make puff st).  Repeat * ending with puff st.  ch 1, turn.

Under the last st that closed the puff from the previous row,  start puff st putting 5 hdc on hook  but do not close.  YO hook,  5 hdc into next closing st of puff from previous row.

YO,  pull through first puff,  then second puff, leaving 1 st on hook.   YO and pull through that st.  Still one st on hook. ch 1

In that closing st, hook under two strands of closing st, which are the division between the two puff st,  yo, draw up, now 2 st on hook, yo, draw through to make 1 st on hook.

hook indicates where to draw up for puff st

*yo, 5 hdc into the st just made that pulled the 2 puff st together. It will look like a pyramid of three puff st.

Yo, puff st in next closing st of  puff from previous row.

   YO  draw through all puff st.  YO  and close.  Hook under 2 strands of closing st, draw up and now 2 on hook.  YO  draw through and close. 1 st on hook.

repeat * to end of row making last puff in the closing st of previous row ending with just closing the st. 

                                                        ch 1 --turn!

YO, 5 hdc in last st made

YO, insert hook into back of flat puff st from previous row, making another puff st.   (two incomplete puffs on hook) 

YO draw through all closing the sts, ch1. 

    **Hook under 2 strands of st drawing puff together, YO, pull up, 2 st on hook, YO, draw through to make  1 st on hook. YO, 5 hdc in st just made to draw puffs together (the pyramid look) YO,  hook into back of  flat puff st from previous row,   5 hdc, YO through all st, YO close, ch 1.  repeat ** across row. ch 1 turn.  Repeat pattern.

This is to the best of my knowledge.   Any other suggestions welcome.

You can start crocheting in a round  once you get a base established.  

When you come to the end of the row, do not turn.   After ch1, start your pyramid with inserting your hook into the last st made and make 5 hdc in it.  Then turning work to your right (st worked will be on your left)   make 5 hdc into the next sp you see  working down the outside edge of previous row.  

  

The first time you do this you will have to work across your base chain.   Simply use the ch st that the original puffs were made in.   5 hdc on hook, 5 hdc in that st to make your 2 puffs to pull together.

This uses so much yarn, that in this endevour, I went through almost a whole skein.   So not to have left-overs,  I just decided on a point of stopping and then began hit and miss with sc all around, and then added a border until I ended up at the tail of the yarn.