Snowdrops and Crochet
Snowdrops coming into bloom is one of my favourite things in winter. Our snowdrops were a little late this year, but I have enjoyed seeing them the over the past few weeks. I always find their colours: white, green and hint of yellow a very restful combination and they are echoed in the start of our second square for this cal – although it is not quite a snowdrop square.
In other news the Bouquet of Flowers CAL got started this week with some stunningly beautiful squares that you can check out here : Bouquet of Flowers CAL .
This week, we are adding three more rounds to our five squares-
Materials
Stylecraft Special DK in Cream
Stylecraft Special DK in Buttermilk
Stylecraft Special DK in Powder Pink
Stylecraft Special DK in Candyfloss
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
Fptr – front post double treble
Htr – half treble
Tr – treble
Ss – slip stitch
Start crocheting here:
Round 3. Use cream. [2dc] in ch-1-sp, skip tr from round 2. 10 times. Join with a slip stitch and don’t fasten off the yarn, but hold in place with a stitch marker. (20)
Round 4. Use Spearmint. In this round, you only work into stitches from round 2. Fptr over tr in round 2, ch 2. 10 times. Join with a slip stitch and fasten off. (10 stitches and 10 ch-2-sp).
Round 5. Use Cream. Chain 2 to work up from round three and then start working in front of the chains from round 4 and into the stitches of round 3. Dc, [2dc], skip tr from round 4. 10 times. Join with a slip stitch and fasten off. (30)
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