How to make crochet pattern

Perfect 🌸 the Jasmine Stitch crochet pattern — including how to hold your loops, control tension, and join rows cleanly so the flowers look perfect.

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🧶 Jasmine Stitch – Detailed Tutorial

🔹 What You Need

• Yarn: Medium (weight 3 or 4) works best.
• Hook: 0.5–1 mm larger than the yarn’s recommended size (the stitch is dense).
• Scissors & Yarn needle for finishing.

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🔹 Step 1: Foundation

1. Make a slip knot.
   Keep it slightly loose — this helps with tension later.
2. Chain a multiple of 2 + 1.
   For practice, try chaining 21 (20 + 1). Example: ch 21
3. You’ll start in the second chain from the hook.

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🔹 Step 2: The First Flower (Base Row)

The Jasmine Stitch uses puff clusters made from multiple long loops.

Make the first puff:

1. Insert hook into the second chain from the hook.
   Yarn over, pull up a long loop — about the height of a double crochet.
   (Tip: Wrap the yarn gently, don’t pull tight.)
2. Insert hook into the next chain, yarn over, pull up another long loop (same height).
3. Insert hook into the next chain, yarn over, pull up one more long loop.
   👉 You should now have 6 loops on the hook (each “loop” counts double because of the yarn overs).
4. Yarn over and carefully pull through all loops on your hook.
5. Chain 1 to close the puff.
   (This forms the center of your first flower.)

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🔹 Step 3: Second Puff (Connect to Previous)

1. Insert hook into the chain space you just made (the top of the puff).
   Yarn over, pull up a long loop.
2. Insert hook into the last stitch of the previous puff (right next to it).
   Yarn over, pull up a loop.
3. Insert hook into the next unused chain in the foundation row.
   Yarn over, pull up a loop. → You now have 6 loops again.
4. Yarn over, pull through all 6 loops, then chain 1 to close.

You’ve made your second flower petal.
Repeat these steps across the entire foundation chain.

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🔹 Step 4: End of the Row

At the end of the first row:

• After the last puff, chain 1 to secure.
• Turn your work.

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🔹 Step 5: Second Row (Building the Flower Clusters)

This is where the pattern creates the stacked flower look.

1. Insert hook into:
   • the chain space on the edge of the last puff in the row below,
   • the top of the same puff,
   • and the next chain space between two puffs.
   (You’re always picking up 3 “anchor points” to make a new puff.)
2. Yarn over and pull up a long loop from each of those three points.
   → You’ll have 6 loops again.
3. Yarn over, pull through all 6 loops.
   Chain 1 to close the puff.
4. Continue across the row the same way.

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🔹 Step 6: Repeat Rows

Repeat Step 5 for as many rows as needed.
Each new puff joins 3 spaces from the row below, forming a dense flower pattern.

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🔹 Finishing Touches

• Last row: End with a puff and chain 1.
• Border (optional): Single crochet evenly around the edges to give a neat frame.
• Blocking: Lightly steam or wet block the piece to open up the flower shapes.

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🌸 Extra Tips for a Perfect Jasmine Stitch

✅ Keep all loops the same height — this ensures uniform flowers.
✅ Don’t pull the yarn too tight — you need loose loops for the puffs to bloom.
✅ Count carefully — skipping a space will misalign the pattern.
✅ Use soft, smooth yarn — like cotton blend or acrylic, not fuzzy yarns.

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