Crochet and Gardening
Autumn is the air! And what better way to celebrate than a C2C Crochet Along based on gardening, harvesting and allotments. This beautiful afghan is made of specially designed C2C squares on the topic of gardening by a variety of designers (also including me). Click the link to find out how to get all the free patterns in the Community Garden CAL.
And of course work is continuing on our 2022 crochet blanket. I have really enjoyed adding this round of extra petals and hope that you do too.
This week, we are adding another outer circle of petals to our dahlias in a lighter pink.
Materials
Stylecraft Special DK in Cream
Stylecraft Special DK in Buttermilk
Stylecraft Special DK in Powder Pink
Stylecraft Special DK in Fondant
Stylecraft Special DK in Pomegranate
Stylecraft Special DK in Duck Egg
Stylecraft Special DK in Spearmint
Tapestry needle and sharp scissors
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Pattern notes
The pattern is written using UK terminology, for a conversion chart to US terminology click this link.
The blanket 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: Chain 1 to move up to the next round if the round starts with double crochet. Chain 2 if the round starts with a half treble crochet, and chain 3 if the round starts with a treble crochet. These chains count as the first stitch in the row
Special stitches
Ch – chain
Dc – Double crochet
3trcl – 3 treble cluster
Start crocheting here:
Use Fondant
Round 27: (dc, ch 2, dc) in corner ch-2-sp, 6 dc, skip 1, * (ch 1, 3trcluster, ch1, 3trcluster) in ch-1-sp between clusters from round 26, ch 1, skip 1, 3trcluster in ch-1-sp, ch 1, skip 1, 3trcluster in ch-1-sp, skip 1, (ch 1, 3trcluster, ch1, 3tr cluster) in ch-1-sp between clusters from round 26, skip 3. Repeat from * until end. If you still have some stitches remaining at the end, you can simply work them with dc. Repeat 4 times. Fasten off.
