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Today I’ll post a pattern I designed in september 2001 for an international crochet square swap.
Size: 15 cm (6”)
Material: sport weight yarn, 4-mm hook (G). 3 Colors: 1 = pastel varigated; 2 = violet; 3 = white.
Abbreviations: rd = round, ch = chain, sc = single crochet (American), slst = slip stitch, dc = double crochet (American), hdc = half double crochet
With Color 1, Ch 4. Join with sl st to form a ring. Ch 1.
1st round: [sc, ch 2] 3 times in the ring, sc in the ring, ch 1, sc in the top of the first sc (you are joining the round with a sc instead of a sl st; this sc should be interpreted as a last ch.). Ch 1.
2nd round: make 1 sc around the closing sc of the previous row (remember, it’s to be looked at as a ch, not as a sc!), sc in the next sc, *[sc, ch2, sc] in the next 2-ch loop, sc in the next sc*, repeat from * to * twice more, sc in the next loop, ch 1, sc on top of beginning sc. (total of 12 sc with 4 2-ch loops at the corners).
3rd and 4th rounds: beginning and ending each round as in the 2nd round, make 1 sc in each sc, [sc, ch 2, sc] in the corners. FO.
Join Color 2 to the 4th sc of any side of the square.
5th round: Ch 3 (stands for 1 dc), ch 3, sc in the corner loop, ch 3, *[dc, ch 4, dc] in the 4th sc of the next side, ch 3, sc in the next corner loop, ch 3*, repeat from * to * twice more, dc in the same stitch you joined Color 2, ch 2, dc in the 3rd beginning chain. (you are joining the round with a dc instead of a ch 2, sl st; this dc should be interpreted as 2 ch.) Ch 1.
6th round: 2 sc on loop, *1 sc in next dc, 3 sc on loop, 1 sc on next sc, 3 sc on loop, 1 sc in next dc, [2 sc, ch 2, 2 sc] on corner loop*, repeat from * to * twice more, 3 sc on loop, 1 sc on next sc, 3 sc on loop, 1 sc in next dc, 2 sc on loop, ch 1, sc around the first sc.
Finish the last 6th-rd sc with Color 3.
7th round: With Color 3: ch 3 (stands for 1 dc), 1 dc in the next sc, *ch 2, group of 2 dc (yo, insert hook in the same stitch of the last dc, pull a loop, yo, pull a loop through 2 loops on the hook, yo, skip 2 st, insert hook in the 3rd stitch, pull a loop, yo, pull a loop through 2 loops on the hook, yo, pull through all the loops on the hook)*; repeat from * to * 3 times more; ch 2, group of 2 dc, inserting the hook for the 2nd dc in the 2-ch loop at the corner, ch 3, group of 2 dc (make the first one in the corner loop, the second one in the first sc of the next side); repeat from * to * 4 times; keep working this way until you finish the round, with ch 2, 1 hdc on top of the first ch-3.
8th round: Similar to 7th rd; but there’s one more 2-dc group in each side of the square (look at the picture).
9th round: Sc.
Hi!
ReplyDeleteI love the work you do and all the information you give out on CP.
I seem to have a problem seeing the photo on your blog. I can't see it with the post, although if I click on the empty box that comes, I can see the pic. I wonder if it's just me?
Thanks for the pattern!
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ReplyDeleteI love the work you do and all the information you give out on CP.
I seem to have a problem seeing the photo on your blog. I can't see it with the post, although if I click on the empty box that comes, I can see the pic. I wonder if it's just me?
Thanks for the pattern!
You do such beautiful work. I enjoy your comments on the list. I am new on it and I look for you everytime I get a digest. Keep up the great work.
ReplyDeleteNice One - I am just beginning to hunt for new patterns, came across the site with link to this pattern - again very nice. Doing my own patterns is also fun. Not many guys crocheting, but hey, probably more than you think.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the pattern, very pretty. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHi I'm making a blanket for my mom for Christmas and I think this would fit in great with it. However I'm a little confused on round 2. What do you mean by make 1 sc around the closing sc of the previous round? I'm not new to crochet, however I've never seen a pattern with something like this in it. It is a beautiful square and I would love to make it! Please explain round 2 to me if you don't mind :) thank you in advance!
ReplyDeleteHi, Brandi. In this round I use a technique from thread crochet: you finish a round with a taller stitch instead of some chains and a slip stitch. So, think of the last sc from round 1 as if it was a chain; you'll begin the next round making a sc inserting the hook into the space below this sc, involving it as it was a chain space.
ReplyDeleteOkay thank you! Now I'm confused about the part right after. It says to sc in the next sc but if I do that it would skip a 2-chain space. I just reading it wrong? Thank you again for your help!
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