Amethyst Flower Granny Square
Part 1 of the Winter Jewels Lapghan CAL inspired by the beautiful floral amethyst tiaras worn by members of the Russian Tsar’s family.
You will find the free crochet pattern for this granny square below, but if you prefer working from a pdf then you can buy an inexpensive ad-free pattern from my Etsy and Ravelry stores.
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If you are making the full Winter Jewels Crochet Lapghan, you will need to make this granny square four times.
Materials
For each square, you will need:
Stylecraft Special DK in Magenta – approx. 10g
Stylecraft Special DK in Cream – approx. 27g
4mm crochet hook
Time: Approx. 4 hours
Skill Level: Intermediate
Finished size: Approx. 24 cm x 24 cm (9 1/2 inches by 9 1/2 inches)
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Pattern notes
The pattern is written using UK terminology, for a conversion chart to US terminology click this link.
Join each round with a slip stitch.
The square is worked in the round. You do not need to turn your work after each row and you continue working in the same direction as before.
[Stitches written in brackets like this are all worked into the same stitch.]
For the first stitch on each row: Crochet 1 chain to move up to next round if the round starts with double crochet. Crochet 2 chains if the round starts with a half treble crochet, and crochet 3 chains if the round starts with a treble crochet. These chains count as the first stitch in the row.
Special Stitches and Abbreviations
Special Stitches and Abbreviations
Back loop only – blo
Back post double crochet – bpdc
Chain – ch
Chain n space – ch-n-sp (n = the number of chains)
Double crochet – dc
Double treble – dtr
Front post double crochet – fpdc
Front post treble – fptr
Front post treble together – fptrtog
Half treble – htr
Magic circle – mc
Slip stitch – sl st
2 fptrtog – decrease over 2 front post treble, which is worked as normal decrease but over the front post
3 treble cluster – 3 trcl
3 treble together – 3trtog
While every care has been taken to ensure that this pattern is correct, errors do sometimes occur. If you think you have found an error, please contact me at cat@crochetcloudberry.co.uk
Pattern instructions
Round 1
Using cream. 6 dc in mc.
(6 stitches)
Round 2
1 dc, ch 1. 6 times.
(6 stitches, 6 ch-1-sp)
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Round 3
[3 tr] into ch-1-sp, ch 1. 6 times.
(18 stitches, 6 ch-1-sp)
Round 4
Working into the top of the tr from previous round, 3trtog, ch 5, skip the ch-1-sp. 6 times. Fasten off.
(6 trtog and 6 ch-5-sp)
Round 5
Join magenta and dc into any ch-1-sp from Round 3, ch 3, fpdc at the top of the 3trtog, ch 3. 6 times. Fasten off.
(12 stitches, 12 ch-3-sp)
Round 6
Join cream into a ch-5-space from round 4 and crochet 6tr. 6 times.
(36 stitches)
Round 7
1dc, 1dtr into dc from round 5 (in the magenta round), skip 1, 2 dc, 1dtr into same dc from round 5 (as the 1st dtr in this sequence), skip 1, [2 dc]. 6 times.
(42 stitches)
At this stage, the centre may be slightly raised and form a dome shape. In the course of the pattern, it will lie more flatly but a raise is intended to give the square a 3D effect as if the centre is the jewel in a tiara.
Round 8
[2 dc], fptr over the 1dtr from round 7, skip 1, 2dc, fptr over the 1dtr from round 7 skip 1, 2 dc. 6 times.
(48 stitches)
Round 9
2dc, fptr over the fptr from round 8, skip 1, 2dc, fptr over the 1fptr from round 8 skip 1, 1 dc, [2 dc]. 6 times.
(54 stitches)
Round 10
1dc, [2 dc], 1dc (this stitch is worked into the top of fptr from Round 9), fptrtog over the 2 fptr from round 9, skip 3 (the final stitch you skip is the fptr from Round 9), [2 dc], 1dc, [2 dc]. 6 times. Fasten off.
(60 stitches)
Round 11
Join magenta in any stitch. 1 sl st in each stitch around. Fasten off.
(60 stitches)
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Round 12
Join cream in any stitch and work into the stitches on round 10 so that round 11 remains fully on show. 9dc, [2 dc]. 6 times. For this stage you can either work into both loops or blo on round 10.
(66 stiches)
Round 13
10dc, [2 dc]. 6 times.
(72 stiches)
Round 14
17 dc, ch 3, skip 1. 4 times. Fasten off.
(68 stitches, 4 ch-3-sp)
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Round 15
Join magenta in any 2nd stitch to the left of a ch-3-sp. *15 sl st, skip 1 [ch 1, 3 trcl – 5 times] into ch-3-sp, ch 1, skip 1. From * 4 times. Fasten off.
(80 stitches, 24 ch-1-sp)
Round 16
Use cream and work behind sl st into the stiches from round 14. Start working in the first ch- 1-sp of any corner. *1 dc in ch-1-sp, 1 fpdc over the cluster. 5 times. Then 1 dc in ch-1-space, (the next stitches are worked behind the magenta sl st from round 15 so it may appear that you are skipping stitches), 2 htr, 9dc, 2 htr. From * 4 times.
(96 stitches)
You may find during round 16 that you can only work into the back loop only due to the angle of the hook – this is fine and won’t have an effect on the pattern.
Round 17
3dc, 1htr, [3tr], 1htr, 18 dc. Do this step 4 times.
(104 stitches)
Round 18
5htr [htr, ch 2, htr], 20 htr. 4 times. Fasten off.
(108 stitches, 4 ch-2-sp)
Round 19
Join magenta in any ch-2-sp. [1htr, ch 2, 1 htr] into ch-2-sp, 27 bptr. 4 times. Fasten off.
(116 stitches, 4 ch-2-sp)
Round 20
Join cream in any ch-2-sp. [1tr, ch 2, 1tr) into ch-2-space, 29 tr. 4 times. Fasten off.
(124 stitches, 4 ch-2-sp)
Round 21
1tr, [tr, ch 2, tr] into ch-2-sp, 30 tr. 4 times.
(132, stiches, 4 ch-2-sp)
Finishing off
Sew in all the ends. If you are making the full lapghan, I would recommend not blocking until blanket is assembled.
Congratulations, you have now made the Amethyst Flower Granny Square from the Winter Jewels Lapghan.
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2 Comments
Blackbird
I love the inspiration for this granny square, with those beautiful Romanov jewels worn so long ago. I like to think of them being worn at grand parties in mansions among the snow. You’ve captured the amethyst’s setting in crochet very well with the 3D effect of the square. Thank you for sharing.
Crochet Cloudberry
Thank you very much Blackbird. You are welcome.