Crochet: Basics and Beyond

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Basics & Beyond WITH KIM WERKER

Kim Werker

Kim Werker is a writer, editor, instructor, and maker who has tapped into the immense power of the internet through blogging, teaching, and running the online magazine-turned-socialmedia-network Crochet Me. Aside from her Web-based endeavors, Kim was also the editor for Interweave Crochet from 2006 to 2008. You might recognize her from her multiple books, including Make It Mighty Ugly, a project about shrugging off the negative internal voices that hamper individual creativity.

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Crochet: Basics & Beyond with Kim Werker Granny Square Blanket Since you’ve already learned how to crochet a granny square, I thought you might find it fun to take that knowledge to its logical, dramatic end. Which is to make a gigantic granny square. A granny square so big you can snuggle up with it. Part of what makes this granny square big is the super bulky yarn you’ll make it with, and part of what makes it big is that it has 22 rounds. Don’t let the size fool you, though — you have all the skills required to make it, and the rounds are made exactly the same way you’ve already practiced. Materials • Yarn Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick & Quick (80% acrylic, 20% wool; 106 yd per 170 g); 4 balls Eggplant, 3 balls Fisherman, 2 balls

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Butterscotch, 1 ball each Pumpkin, Raspberry, Glacier and Denim. Hook 10mm, or size needed to obtain gauge. Notions Yarn needle for weaving in loose ends, scissors for cutting yarn when changing colours (remember to leave at least a 6" tail).

Finished Size About 48" (122 cm) square. Gauge 3 pattern repeats measures about 6¼" (16 cm) wide. Note: One pattern repeat consists of one 3-dc cluster and the following ch-2 space. Notes Pattern as written is for a one-granny square blanket. Two color schemes are laid out in the chart — start with

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the first color and change colors in the listed progression. To change colors, fasten off the completed color at the end of the round, and join the new color for the start of the next round. Join the new color in any corner ch-3 space (it doesn’t

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have to be the same corner where you ended the old color — in fact, I usually prefer to join a new color in a different corner, to spread out the loose ends I’ll have to weave in later). When beginning a round with a new color, you don’t need to make the initial slip stitch,

Rounds

Scheme A

Scheme B

1-2

Butterscotch

Denim

3-4

Pumpkin

Glacier

5-6

Fisherman

Fisherman

7-8

Raspberry

Glacier

9-10

Eggplant

Denim

11-12

Fisherman

Eggplant

13-14

Glacier

Raspberry

15-16

Denim

Pumpkin

17-18

Fisherman

Butterscotch

19-20

Eggplant

Fisherman

21-22

Eggplant

Eggplant

since your working yarn is already in a corner space! Use each for two rounds, as specified in the chart. Any leftover yarn can be used to make smaller granny squares (or, if you have enough of any one color, you can make the blanket bigger by working additional repeats of Round 6). Use smallest quantities for inner rounds, which require very little yarn, and larger quantities for outer rounds, which require more yarn. See how many four- or fiveround squares you can make — you can sew them together end-to-end for a scarf. If you have enough yarn to make twelve squares, sew them end-to-end in three strips of four squares each, then sew the strips together side-to-side into a doll or stroller blanket. Pattern Ch 6, sl st in first ch to form a ring. Rnd 1: Ch 6 (counts as first dc, ch-3 for corner, here and throughout pattern), into

center of ring, work [3 dc, ch 3] 3 times, 2 dc, sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch-6 to join — 4 dc clusters, 4 ch-3 corners.

Rnd 2: Sl st in next corner ch-3 sp, ch 6, 3 dc in same corner sp, *ch 2, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in next corner ch-3 sp; rep from * 2 more times, ch 2, 2 dc in same corner ch-3 sp as beg, sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch-6 to join — 8 dc clusters, 4 ch-2 sps, 4 ch-3 corners. (Change, if applicable, according to chart; see Notes, above.) Rnd 3: Sl st in next corner ch-3 sp, ch 6, 3 dc in same corner sp, ch 2, 3 dc in next ch-2 sp, *ch 2, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in next corner ch-3 sp, ch 2, 3 dc in next ch-2 sp; rep from * 2 more times, ch 2, 2 dc in same corner ch-3 sp as beg, sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch-6 to join — 12 dc clusters, 8 ch-2 sps, 4 ch-3 corners.

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Rnd 4: Sl st in next corner ch-3 sp, ch 6, 3 dc in same corner sp, [ch 2, 3 dc in next ch-2 sp] 2 times, *ch 2, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in next corner ch-3 sp, [ch 2, 3 dc in next ch-2 sp] 2 times; rep from * 2 more times, ch 2, 2 dc in same corner ch-3 sp as beg, sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch-6 to join — 16 dc clusters, 12 ch-2 sps, 4 ch-3 corners. (Change , if applicable, according to chart.) Rnd 5: Sl st in next corner ch-3 sp, ch 6, 3 dc in same corner

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sp, [ch 2, 3 dc in next ch-2 sp] 3 times, *ch 2, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in next corner ch-3 sp, [ch 2, 3 dc in next ch-2 sp] 3 times; rep from * 2 more times, ch 2, 2 dc in same corner ch-3 sp as beg, sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch-6 to join — 20 dc clusters, 16 ch-2 sps, 4 ch-3 corners. Rnds 6 –22: Sl st in next corner ch-3 sp, ch 6, 3 dc in same corner sp, [ch 2, 3 dc in next ch-2 sp] to next corner ch-3 sp, *ch 2, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in next corner ch-3 sp, [ch 2, 3 dc in next ch-2 sp] to next corner ch-3 sp; rep from * 2 more times, ch 2, 2 dc in same corner ch-3 sp as beg, sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch-6 to join – 88 dc clusters, 84 ch-2 sps, 4 ch-3 corners at the end of Rnd 22. (Continue to change , according to chart.)

Key

Chain

Slip Stitch

Double Crochet

3 Double Crochet Cluster

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Abbreviation

Definition

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All instructions inside parentheses are to be worked in the same stitch or space as indicated.

[]

Instructions inside square brackets are to be repeated the number of times indicated.

*

Asterisks are used to indicate pattern repeats.

beg

Begin, beginning

blo

Back loop only

ch(s)

Chain(s)

ch sp

Chain space

cl cont dc

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Cluster Continue, continuing Double crochet Treble crochet (UK, AUS) Suggested Number of Turning Chains: 3 Count Turning Chain as First Stitch of the Row or Round.

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Symbol

Definition

dec Decrease, decreasing flo

Front loop only

foll

Follow, follows, following

hdc htr

Half double crochet Half treble crochet (UK, AUS) Suggested Number of Turning Chains: 2 Count Turning Chain as First Stitch of the Row or Round Depending on Pattern

inc

Increase, increasing

prev

Previous

rem

Remain, remaining

rep

Repeat

rnd

Round

RS

Right side (of fabric)

sc or

Single crochet Double crochet (UK, AUS) Suggested Number of Turning Chains: 1

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sk sl st sp

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Definition

Skip Slip stitch Space

st(s)

Stitch(es)

tch

Turning chain

tog

Together

ttr

Triple treble (or triple) crochet Suggested Number of Turning Chains: 6 Count Turning Chain as First Stitch of the Row or Round

WS

Wrong side (of fabric)

yo

Yarn over

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