Pouf Knitting Pattern

POUF KNITTING PATTERN
Ever since I saw a knitted Pouf (or Puff) from Pinterest, I was
so inspired and wanting to knit one for my fireplace this
Christmas. I want colored cord or rope and not the natural
color clotheslines I used for the crochet Giant Doily
Rug and knit Floor Mat. So, I begin to search around for
colored cord and coincidentally Bobbiny contacted me at the
same time to introduce their colorful ropes. I quickly jump in
to test out their ropes and knitted this beautiful pouf. Needed
me to say how I like the ropes? It is simply fantastic,
especially there are 34 colors to choose from. The ropes are
so inspiring, more craft ideas are buzzing incessantly in my
head.
Back to the knit pouf details, it is about 20″ in diameter and

14″ in height but the dimension is all depending on how
much you stuff the pouf. The more you stuff to stretch the
pouf and you will get a bigger pouf. You can stuff it with
some cheap duvets or a similar stool bean bag. If you like a
more rigid heavy pouf, you might stuff it with old blankets,
old clothes or towels, etc.
The pouf knitting pattern called for garter stitch short row
construction which gives a nice curled shape that looks like a
ball after you have completed knitting. Don’t get freak out
when you see the word “short row”, it is not as difficult or as
complicated as you might think. Short row just means to
insert extra rows invisibly in the middle of the knitting. It is
simple to do a short row with garter stitch, you don’t have to
wrap and lift any stitches to prevent hole formation in
stockinette stitch short row, all you need to do it pull the
cord or rope tight enough. There are links to all necessary
external Youtube videos for you to watch and refer. I have
also come out with a diagram to explain how to go about
with the short row and adding more rows for this pouf.
Grab some ropes and start knitting yours today.
Pouf Knitting Pattern

Time needed: about 4 evenings, depending on your knitting
speed
Difficulty: Avid Beginner / Intermediate.
Description: This pouf is knitted by using garter stitch and

short row construction. The short row between the row is 2
sts.
Knowledge: Must know how to Long Tail Cast on, Knit
Garter Stitch, Basic Short Row knit in garter stitch, Basic Knit
Bind Off and Horizontal seam. (click each to watch video on
youtube)
Pouf Dimension
Approximately: 20″ diameter x 14″ height (it depends how
you stuff and stretch the pouf)
Tools & Materials

1. Bobbiny Cotton Braided Ropes or cords, 5mm diameter,
Color: Cherry, Quantity: 8 skeins (50 meter each) [or, 9
skeins if your knitting tension is a little looser]
2. Knitting needle: 8mm
3. Crochet hook, 4mm
4. Sewing thread and needles (for joining ropes)
5. Scissor
6. 2 to 3 queen size duvets or a bean stool or anything you
think can be stuffed {e.g. old blanket, old towels, old clothes
etc.)
Abbreviations
K – Knit
st(s) – stitch(es)
[number] – number of stitch remaining on the left needle
after you have knitted the required sts in the pattern at the
end of each row.
Garter Stitch Gauge: 8 sts x 12 rows to 4″ x 4″ [10cm x

10cm] square
Pouf Knitting Pattern

Worked from side to side. Long tail cast on 62 sts. on 8mm
knitting needle.
Row 1: Knit all stitches, turn
Row 2: Knit 44 sts, turn. [18]
Row 3: Pass 1st stitch to the right needle, tighten the rope,
knit 25 sts, turn. [18]
Repeat Row 2 to Row 21 (1 segment) until you reach Row
201 (total 10 segments), loosely bind off.
Cut off rope, leave a long end for weaving the seam.
The completed knit piece resembles a ball shape, where the
1st & last row is the vertical line and the sides are the top &
bottom of the pouf.
Assembly:
Seam up the first row and the last row with horizontal seam
method, stop joining at half way. Close the gap of the pouf
bottom by stringing the rope to the purl stitches. Pull as
much as possible to close the gap and tighten, hide rope.
Fold the duvets to about the size of the pouf, insert them into
the pouf nicely. You can stuff the pouf with a stool bean bag
of similar size.
Continue to join the seam and close the gap of the top of the
pouf.
Remark:
1. Due to the chunky rope, I used basic no wrap short row
knit for this garter stitch pouf. The wrap method and other
short row methods are not suitable in this pattern because it
will make a bulky stitch. As long as you pull the short row
stitch tight enough, it won’t leave any ugly big hole on your
pouf.
2. Use circular knitting needle if you have, otherwise, you
may use normal knitting needle as I did.
3. Use crochet hook to do the joining since the rope is thick.
If you are new to short row
construction, I hope this diagram will help you to understand.
Click picture to see larger diagram.
Basically, short row construction in this garter stitch pouf
means that you knit more rows at the middle stitches than
the sides’ stitches. By skipping knitting the sides’ rows, you
need to use short row method, it is this simple.
I used Bobbiny braided cotton

rope for this project. Bobbiny has a good number of color
choice on the ropes. Scroll down to get the coupon code
which entitles you a 10% discount on all items in Bobbiny.
Since the rope comes in 50m
length in each hank, you will need to join the rope as you
knit. You may just knot the ends together and hide it in the
pouf, but it could leave some visible bumps to your pouf.
Otherwise, you may sew 2 ends together as shown in the
pictures.
Long tail cast-on 62 stitches on

the needle to begin the knitting.
Begin the cast-on at 100″ from the rope end, this will give
you sufficient length to cast-on all 62 stitches with some
extra length for weaving to close the gap during assembly.
Knit the pouf as per knitting

pattern given above.
The top picture showed the progress after completed Row 21,
this is 1 segment. You need to do 10 segments for the pouf.
The bottom picture showed the pouf after completed a few
segments. The pouf is starting to take shape as a ball.
This is the pouf after completed

10 segment and loosely bind-off. Leave sufficient rope for
assembly.
Perform the horizontal seam to
join the first row and the last row.
Stop joining at half way.
Close the gap of the short row

side where you have already done the horizontal seam.
Pass the rope through the purl stitches only, pull the rope as
tight as possible to close the gap. Fasten and hide rope.
This is the closer look of the
gap, which is going to appear either at the top or bottom of
the pouf.
Stuff in your duvets or similar

size of a stool bean bag.
Continue to join the seam
together and close the gap of the other short row side.
Fasten and hide rope.
The pouf is completed. You can

see the obvious short row pattern of the 10 segments.

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Back to the knit pouf details, it is about 20″ in diameter and

Pouf Knitting Pattern

Description: This pouf is knitted by using garter stitch and

Tools & Materials

Garter Stitch Gauge: 8 sts x 12 rows to 4″ x 4″ [10cm x

Pouf Knitting Pattern

I used Bobbiny braided cotton

Long tail cast-on 62 stitches on

Knit the pouf as per knitting

This is the pouf after completed

Close the gap of the short row

Stuff in your duvets or similar

The pouf is completed. You can

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