
This is a little more difficult (at first), but lovely square for making an afghan for "Bears and Blankets" perhaps even a cape or shawl for a little girl. I made an afghan for my Aunt Maggie using this pattern, as well as a lapghan for another sweet lady. It's one I adapted from an old original, and once you get the knack of it, you can whip off those squares in no time at all!
Each square is
approximately
5 1/4" (or sc around once for the last round to make a 6" square) and
for
an afghan you will need about 10 across and 12 down = 120 squares
Materials:
Size H crochet hook
I used Carron 'Simply
Soft"
worsted weight yarn-- 6 oz skeins.
6 skeins white, 2 skeins
each of light blue, light pink, light yellow, and light green (I had
some
let over yarn, but I never mind that, as I make mittens and baby hats
from
it.)
SQUARE:
Start here
(On right side
of square)
PINK YARN: Ch 6, sl st
to 1st ch to close the ring. Ch 3 (counts as first dc), 3 dc
in the ring and turn - 4 dc made.
Row 2 of the first petal
(this is the wrong side of the petal):
Ch 3 (counts as
first dc),
dc in each st across, ch 4; turn, carrying the last ch 4 made- across
the
wrong side of square.
You've made 1
PETAL - you need a total of 8 petals to form flower... cont...
ROW 1
(on the right side
again)
Work 4 dc in the
ring; turn
Row 2: Rep row 2 of
first
petal.
After 8 pink petals
are complete,
join last ch-4 with a sl st to top of beg ch-3 of First Petal. (8 ch-4
loops made) Fasten off
.
RND 2: Make
sure
the right side of the square is facing you. Join Green
with a sl st in
a of the ch-4 loops, (Beg ~cluster
(see below),
ch 5, cl) in same space, ch 3, sc in
next ch-4 lp, ch 3, *(cl, ch 5, cl) in next ch-4 lp, ch 3, sc in next
ch
4 lp, ch 3; repeat from * around, join with a sl st in the top of beg
cluster
- 8 cls made. Fasten off.
~Beginning cluster:
Ch 3 (counts as dc), holding
last loop of each stitch on the hook, work 3 dc in the specified space,
yarn over, then pull through all 4 loops on hook.
RND 3:
With the right
side facing join white in any
ch-5 lp, [ch 3 (counts as dc), 2 dc, ch 3,
3 dc] in same lp, ch 1, (3 dc in next ch-3 space, ch 1) twice; * (3 dc,
ch 3, 3 dc) in next ch-5 lp, ch 1, (3 dc in next ch-3 sp, ch 1) twice;
repeat from * around; join with sl st in top of beg ch-3; turn - 48 dc
made.
RND 4
(Wrong side of
square):
Ch 3 (counts as
first dc),
2 dc in first ch-1 sp, ch 1, (3 dc in next ch-1 sp, ch 1) twice; *(3
dc,
ch 3, 3 dc) in next ch-3 sp, ch 1 **, (3 dc in next ch-1 sp, ch 1) 3
times;
repeat from * around, ending last rep at **; join with sl st in top of
beg ch-3 turn -- 60 dc made.
RND 5 (Right
Side)
Ch 1, sc in same st as joining, sc around entire square, making 3 sc in
each corner space. Join with sl st in beginning sc. Fasten off.
Finishing
Lay squares out in
any pattern
you wish. Sew together (using whip stitch) in rows of 10 squares across
and 12 squares down.
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