Poinsettia Square
Welcome to final square of the 2023 blanket. I have dedicated this square to the poinsettia, one of my favourite seasonal plants. For me December would not be a December without a poinsettia in the house. And so it felt fitting to round off the 2023 crochet blanket of the year with it.
I have tried to show the long, delicate stems of the leaves using tr and dtr even though the colour scheme is not exactly red and green.
Stay tuned for the joining and border.
As with all the other squares in the series, make 2 for the final blanket. They should measure approx. 9 inches.
Materials
Stylecraft Special DK in A Hint of Silver
Stylecraft Special DK in Pale Rose
Stylecraft Special DK in Parma Violet
Stylecraft Special DK in Violet
Stylecraft Special DK in Raspberry
4 mm Odyssey hook
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 squares are 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
Dtr – double treble
Htr – half treble
Mc – magic circle
Tr – treble
Ss – slip stitch
ch-3-picot – picot made of 3 chain stitches
Start crocheting here:
Foundation. Use Sage. Mc with 6 dc.
Round 1: (2dc), 6 times. Fasten off.
Round 2: Use Violet or Raspberry: tr, ch 3, skip 1. 6 times.
Round 3: ss in ch-1-sp, (dc, htr, tr with 3-ch-picot, htr, dc) into tr from round 2. 6 times. Fasten off.
Round 4: Use Palma Violet or Pale Rose. (dtr, ch 2, dtr) into skipped stitch from round 1, ch 2. 6 times.
Round 5: ss into ch-2-sp, (dc, htr, tr, dtr with 3-ch-picot, tr, htr, dc) into dtr. 12 times. Fasten off. At this stage you may wish to sew the inner petals in place so they remain at the front of square.
Round 6: Use sage, (dtr, ch 3, dtr) in ss and work behind petals. 12 times.
Round 7: 5dc in ch-3-sp, skip 2. 12 times.
Round 8: 4dc, (2dc). 12 times. Fasten off.
Round 9: Use hint of silver: 4dc, 2htr, 3tr, ch 1, 3tr, 2htr, 4dc. 4 times.
Round 10: 5dc, 2htr, 2tr, (1tr, ch 1, 1tr) in ch-1-sp, 2tr, 2htr, 5dc. 4 times.
Round 11: 6dc, 2htr, 2tr, (1tr, ch 1, 1tr) in ch-1-sp, 2tr, 2htr, 6dc. 4 times.
Round 12: 11htr, (1htr, ch 1, 1htr) in ch-1-sp, 11 htr. 4 times.
Round 13: 12htr, (1htr, ch 1, 1htr) in ch-1-sp, 12 htr. 4 times.
Round 14: Join sage in any corner ch-1-sp, (dc, ch 2, dc), 26 dc. 4 times.
Round 15: ss to ch-2-sp, (htr, ch 2, htr), *ch 1, skip 1, htr. From *13 times. Htr. Repeat whole sequence 4 times.
Round 16: ss to ch-2-sp, (dc, ch 2, dc), dc in each ch-1-sp and stitch across. 4 times. Fasten off and sew in all ends.
