Stitch of the week – ByKaterina

Crochet library May 15, 2018

Stitch of the week #22: Summer Granny Square

In this Stitch of the week post I want to show you this beautiful Summer granny square.

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I love this squares. They are beautiful, easy to make and you can make a lot of things with them.

Also love that you can join them as you go. So you don’t have to grab all your squares and try to remember what was that thing that you wanted to do with them.

Hope you will enjoy this pattern and you will try it.

First let’s see the chart:

See, only 4 rows and your summer granny square is done.

Abbreviations used in this pattern

Ch – chain
Sc – single crochet
Dc – double crochet
dc2tog – 2 dc cluster
dc3tog – 3 dc cluster
dc 4 tog – 4 dc cluster
St(s) – stitch(es)

Special stitches:

Cluster

A group of 2, 3 or 4 dc worked together.

Yarn over, insert the hook into the 1st st, yarn over pull out a loop, yarn over, pull the yarn trough the first 2 loops. Repeat 2, 3 or 4 times as pattern requires. Yarn over and pull the yarn trough all loops on your hook.

Now that we know all these, let’s start.

Round 1

Make a magic ring and ch 3, 3 dc, ch 3, [4 dc, ch 3] – repeat the [ ] 3 times, to the end of the row. Sl st with the 3rd st of the starting ch. Pull the yarn to close the ring.

Round 2

Ch 3, dc3tog on the top of the 3 dc from the previous round, ch 3.

Corner ( in the 3 ch space from the previous round):

dc 2 tog, ch 3, dc 2 tog, ch 3

[ dc4tog, ch 3, (dc 2 tog, ch 3, dc 2 tog, ch 3) – corner] – repeat 2 more times to the end of the round. Sl st with the 3rd st of the starting ch.

Round 3

Ch 1, 1 sc in the next st (the joining st of the cluster from the previous round), ch 3

Corner

[dc2tog, ch 3] – repeat 3 more times (4 dc2tog in total)

[1 sc in the next st, ch 3, [dc2 tog, ch 3] 4 times] repeat 2 more times to the end of the round. Sl st with the ch 1 from beginning.

Round 4

Ch 1, 1 sc in the same st. Ch 5, 1 sc in the next 3 ch space, ch 5.

Corner: 1 sc in the next ch 3 space, ch 5, 1 sc in the next space, ch 7, 1 sc in the same space, ch 5, 1 sc in the next space.

[(Ch 5, 1 sc in the next space)× 2, ch 5, *corner] × 3 times, ch 5, sl st with the ch 1 at the beginning.

And this was it.

A beautiful square to use it on your summer projects. Hope you liked it and you will give it a try.

Bellow you will find the video tutorial on how you can make this summer granny square and also how you join them as you go.

If you are more experienced and want to watch only a short version of this tutorial, here it is.

Keep an eye on my Crochet Library Pinterest Board and you will find other interesting crochet stitches.

https://ro.pinterest.com/katerina6795/crochet-library/

Crochet library May 6, 2018

Some stitches for summer

I’m so glad that we have some crochet stitches for summer in our crochet library. There are not so many but enough to get inspired.

So this post is about them, about crochet stitches that you can use for your summer projects.

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If you like one of them, or maybe more you can find bellow the link to the pattern and video tutorial. ( click the title or the image)

Four leaf clover stitch

Fan stitch

Cross stitch

Cross stitch version 2

Crosses & zeros

Summer popcorn stitch

Stitch with circles

Double V stitch ( 3 double crochet fan stitch)

Ripple shell stitch

So, I don’t have to much words to say in this post, but I hope that you will find some cute patterns in this bundle and you will want to try to make something beautiful with it them.

Crochet library April 17, 2018

Stitch of the week #20. Stitch with circles

This week is time for a new stitch: Stitch with circles. Is not the name of the stitch, but when I first saw it the circles ware the first came in my mind. So, I named it Stitch with circles.

Is a beautiful stitch for summer projects. I am working on something with it and as usual I wanted to show you the stitch first.

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After one week and a half vacation couldn’t wait to came back to work. And here I am with a new tutorial for you.

This stitch can be worked with different types of yarn, but because summer is coming I used a thinner cotton yarn.

Is a perfect stitch for scarfs or other summer projects that you have in mind.

The pattern requires only to know how to double crochet and chain, but the combination of this 2 simple stitches gives us a beautiful pattern.

Abbreviations used in this pattern:

Ch – chain
Dc – double crochet
St(s) – stitch (es)

Special stitches

2 dc wide – 2 dc together worked wide ( on the first row, we will have 2 ch sts between the 2 dc)

V st – 1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc in the same stitch

To begin chain a multiple of 8.

Row 1

Start with the 7th st from the hook.

[2 dc wide (2 dc worked together with 2 ch between them), ch 2, skip 2, 1 V st in the next st, ch 2] repeat this section to the end of the row, ending with 2 dc wide, ch 2, skip 2, 1 dc in the last stitch. Turn

Row 2

3 turning ch, [ch 5, skip (ch 2, 2 dc wide, ch 2), 1 dc in first dc of the V st, ch 2, 1 dc in the second dc of the V st, ch 5, ] – repeat the section to the end of the row, ending with ch 5 and 1 dc in the 3rd st of the turning chain. Turn

Row 3

3 turning ch, [ch 2, 1 V st in the 3rd st of the ch 5 from the previous row, ch 2, 2 dc wide (first dc in the next dc, second in the next one)] – repeat this section to the end of the row, ending with ch 2, 1 V st in the 3rd ch of the ch 5, ch 2n 1 dc in the 3rd st of the turning chain. Turn

Row 4

Ch 5, [ 1 dc in first dc of the V st, ch 2, 1 dc in the second dc of the V st, skip (ch 2, 2 dc wide, ch 2), ch 5] repeat the section to the end of the row, ending with 1 dc in first dc of the last V st, ch 2, 1 dc in the second dc of the V st, ch 2, skip 2, 1 dc in the 3rd st of the turning ch. Turn.

Now just repeat this 4 rows as long as you want.

Bellow you will find the video tutorial.

Hope you liked this pattern and if you do save it for later.