Sheila....the stitch is called a "puff" on the pattern, but it is really a "popcorn" stitch....it's all done in a single crochet stitch except the lettering which is the popcorn stitch....
Echo....

My family has had a new baby every year since Nov. 2005....sometimes 2 in 1 year...

....My Mom is currently a Great-grandma 9 times....

These are for my one niece who is expecting twin girls in March and a nephew and his wife, who are expecting in late Feb.....so that will bring the count up to 11....

....I am the eldest of 6 kids.....so we are use to large families.....

and every one of them are a joy!!! I know my Dad is looking down on this whole babyboom and laughing.....BTW....he was a twin, too....