Ottoawesome!

Turn an ugly milk crate into an awesome ottoman.

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Super simple way to make a piece of furniture for your living room out of scraps of yarn and a re-purposed milk crate!

beg puff stitch: Ch 2, [yarn over (YO), insert the hook in the stitch, YO, draw the yarn through the stitch, YO, and draw the yarn through the 2 loops on the hook] 2 times. YO and draw the yarn through all 3 loops on the hook.

(3-DC) puff stitch: [YO, insert the hook in the stitch, YO, draw the yarn through the stitch, YO, and draw the yarn through the 2 loops on the hook] 3 times. YO and draw the yarn through all 4 loops on the hook.

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You Will Need (3 things)

  • Yarn Needle
  • 2 Size 5.5mm/I Crochet Hook
  • 2 Scrap Of Coloured Yarn

Steps (2 steps, 60 minutes)

  1. 1

    The top is a giant granny square made with a small puff stitch instead of regular DC in each space. Pattern is as follows:


    Ch 6, join with a slst to form ring.
    Round 1: Work beg puff st, ch 2, *puff st, ch 2; rep from * 3 times, slst into first puff.
    Round 2: slst to corner space, [beg puff, ch 2, puff st] in corner, ch 1, *[puff st, ch 2, puff st] in next corner, ch 1; rep from * around.
    Round 3: slst to corner space, [beg puff, ch 2, puff st] in corner, ch 1, puff st in ch-1 space, ch 1, *[puff st, ch 2, puff st] in corner, ch 1, puff st in ch-1 space, ch 1; rep from * around.

    Continue as such, making [puff st, ch 2, puff st] in the corner spaces separated by a ch 1 and a puff stitch in each ch-1 space of the previous round. You're crocheting a granny square with puffs!

    If you do not feel comfortable with the puff stitch, crochet a regular granny square.

  2. 2

    When square is as big as the top of your milk crate (overlapping the edge very slightly is OK), it's time to start the sides. Work 1 DC in each puff stitch and 2 DC in each chain space. Crochet rounds, changing color when you want until your crate cozy is as tall as your crate. Fasten off and weave in ends.

    As you can see, you can use pretty much any center-out square to make this pattern.