1 each x 50g Debbie Bliss cotton DK in shades Ecru / Cream shade 02 & Bright Orange shade 42
1 x 100g Katia 100% cotton DK in Jamaica (multi col... red, green, yellow & soft brown).
( I still have a small amount of each yarn left to use up too)
1 x 4mm crochet hook.This square is a modified version of the one found in the Harmony Guide '300 crochet stitches' book and uses UK crochet abbreviations.. eg.
a UK double crochet (dc) is a USA single crochet (sc),
a UK treble (tr) is a USA Double crochet (dc)
If you are using the Katia Multi colour cotton DK... find the start of the red colour in the ball and make 8ch, join with a sl st to form a ring.
1st round 1ch, 18dc into ring, sl st to first dc, (18sts).
2nd round 1ch, beginning into same st as 1ch (1dc, 3ch, miss 2 sts) x 6, sl st in first dc.
3rd round 1ch, work a petal of (1dc, 3ch, 5tr, 3ch, 1dc) into each of the next 6 3ch arches, sl st to first dc.
4th round 1ch, (1dc between 2dc, 5ch behind petal of 3rd round) x 6, change to the green part of the Katia ball and sl st to first dc.
5th round 1ch, work a petal of (1dc, 3ch, 7tr, 3ch, 1dc) into each of next 6 5ch arches, sl st to first dc. Fasten off.
6th round Using the cream/ecru join yarn between 2dc, 1ch, (1dc between 2dc, 6ch behind green petal) x 6, sl st to first dc.
7th round Sl st into next ch, 3ch (count as 1tr), *(4tr, 2ch, 1tr) all into same arch, 6tr into next arch, (2tr, 2ch, 4tr) all into next arch**, 1tr into next arch, repeat from * to **, sl st to top of 3ch.
8th round 3ch (count as 1tr), 1tr into each tr of previous round & work (3tr, 2ch, 3tr) into each 2ch space, change to green of katia ball again & sl st to top of 3ch.
9th round 3ch (count as 1tr), 1tr into each tr of previous round & work (3tr, 1ch, 3tr) into each 2ch space, sl st to top of 3ch, fasten off.
Have fun & if you have any queries just let me know :)
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Love it! I'll have to put this on my very long to-crochet list. :-)
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Thanking and I will let you know how it all went
Kind regards
Helen
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Hi Chelsey, I'm glad you love the flower square & you're not the 1st person to want to do it larger :) You have a few options:- As you know I used DK weight yarn to make my square so if you used a thicker yarn like an Aran or chunky weight yarn with it's corresponding larger size hook the square would come out larger.. but there's no way to know exactly how much larger it would turn out without actually crocheting it with your yarns. The option I would go for is to just keep going & add more of the treble crochet rounds until you get the size of square you need. To add more rounds you would start the same as previous rounds by making 3ch (counts as 1st treble of that round) & continue working around the square in trebles as on previous rounds & in each of the corner chain spaces work (3tr, 2ch, 3tr). If you are on ravelry you can see photos of the many different versions of this square people have made.. many of which have been made larger than mine :) (this one is a lovely 8inch example) If you have any more queries just get back in touch; I'd be delighted to help x
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ReplyDeleteI look forward to hearing back from you, and please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks!
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