Lauren Rose - WordPress.com · 2019. 6. 25. · ~ Lauren Rose ~ /A Yarn of Serendipity Page 1 of 9 Lauren Rose This square is the first in the series of squares designed and named

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Lauren Rose

This square is the first in the series of squares designed and named for my grandchildren. All of these squares

are designed to be used as blanket squares, a center piece for a blanket, a pillow or tote. My youngest

granddaughter, Lauren Rose is active, inquisitive, and so darn smart. I made nine squares, joined and

designed a border that “came from my heart”. This pattern is for the square only.

Difficulty: Intermediate

Hook: 4.5 mm or any hook you like, as gauge is not important

Crochet Terms: US Terminology throughout

Yarn: I Love This Cotton #4 (Medium-Worsted Weight), 100% cotton Mini Square 40 - 50 yards Large Square 115 - 150 yards

Colors: I used contrasting colors for better stitch identification. At the end of the pattern is an “aqua-on-aqua” square. Using different shades of the same color created depth. Be creative!

Mini and Large Square - A = Rosebud; B = Antique Cream; C = Rosy II; D = Black; E = Olive; F = Ivory; G = Warm Blush Blanket in picture - C = Rosy II; F = Ivory; G = Warm Blush

Final Stitch Count: Mini Square - 108 total and 27 per side Large Square - 156 total and 39 per side

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A Yarn of Serendipity Pam Knighton-Haener

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STITCHES USED Double Magic Ring (Magic Ring) Rnd (Round) ch (Chain) st(s) (Stitch/Stitches) sp/sps (space/spaces) slst (Slip stitch) Invisible Join (Join) Standing Stitch

sc (Single crochet) hdc (Half double crochet) dc (Double crochet) tr (Treble crochet) BPsc (Back post single crochet) FPsc2tog (Front post single crochet 2 together) FPdc (Front post double crochet)

TR2tog (Treble crochet 2 together) BPtr2tog (Back post treble crochet 2 together) pc3 (Popcorn stitch with ONLY 3 dc) Shallow stitch

Magic Ring Oombawka Design has a very good video: https://youtu.be/tLFTOm3SlqU

Invisible Join • Do not join after the last st of the rnd is completed; cut

the yarn and pull the yarn tail through the st.

• Remove hook, and insert it from the back to the front of the 2nd st of the rnd; grab the yarn and gently pull through.

• Insert the hook from back to front and bottom to top of the center of the last st of the rnd; pull yarn gently through and weave in end.

Standing Stitch • Start with a slst on your hook.

• Insert your hook into the designated st or ch-sp and finish the st as normal. Watch this Moogly video for an excellent tutorial: https://youtu.be/8MsVeIId2UY

FPsc2tog • Insert the hook from the front to the back around the

post of the first designated st. Yarn over and pull up a loop. (2 loops on hook)

• Leaving the 2 loops on the hook, insert hook from the front to the back around the post of the next designated st. Yarn over and pull up a loop. (3 loops on hook)

• Yarn over, pull through all 3 loops on hook. Video from Cynthia At Moon Loops: https://youtu.be/u0XSnm-ZDXE from the beginning through 58 seconds

TR2tog

• Yarn over the crochet hook twice. • Insert the crochet hook into the designated st.

• Yarn over and pull up a loop. (4 loops on hook)

• Yarn over and draw through 2 loops. (3 loops on hook)

• Yarn over and draw through 2 loops. (3 loops on hook)

• Yarn over and draw through 2 loops. (2 loops on hook)

• Yarn over twice, and insert the crochet hook into the next designated st.

• Yarn over and pull up a loop. ( 5 loops on hook)

• Yarn over and draw through 2 loops. (4 loops on hook)

• Yarn over the crochet hook and draw through 2 loops. (3 loops on hook)

• Yarn over and draw through all 3 sts on your crochet hook.

BPtr2tog • Yarn over the crochet hook twice.

• Insert the crochet hook from the back to the front around the post of the first designated st.

• Yarn over and pull up a loop. Yarn over and draw through 2 loops on hook, yarn over and draw through 2 again, leaving 2 loops on the hook.

• Yarn over twice, and insert the crochet hook from the back to the front around the post of the next designated st.

• Yarn over and pull up a loop. Yarn over and draw through two loops.

• Yarn over and draw through 2 loops.

• Yarn over and draw through all 3 sts on your crochet hook. Moogly video: https://youtu.be/kjWHqtpocSM

pc3 • Work 3 double crochet (dc) sts in the same st.

• Drop the loop from your hook.

• Insert your hook from front to back under the top 2 loops of the first double crochet of the group.

• Grab the dropped loop with your hook and pull it through the st.

Shallow stitch Another great video from Moogly for a shallow stitch. This video is for a shallow post stitch, but it will show you the hook placement for the shallow stitch used in rnd 10. Moogly video: https://www.mooglyblog.com/shallow-post-stitches/

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Symbol Guide

ASTERISKS: * to* means that the steps between the asterisks are to be repeated in order the number of times indicated. Example *(2 dc, ch-2, 2 dc); ch-1, skip 2 sts; [(dc, ch-1, dc in next st), ch-1, skip 3 sts] 2 times; (dc, ch-1, dc), ch-1, skip 2 sts*; REPEAT FROM *to* 3 MORE TIMES

PARENTHESIS: ( ) This indicates a group of sts that are to be worked together in the same st Example: (2 dc, ch-2, 2 dc)

BRACKETS: [ ] Work the st between the brackets the number of times indicated. Example: [(dc, ch-1, dc in next st), ch-1, skip 3 sts] 2 times

COUNT TOTALS: Chain spaces are included in the stitch count; corner spaces are not included in the total. (x total sts/ y per side) Example: (100 total/25 per side)

ALL ROUNDS BEGIN WITH A STANDING STITCH UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE.

RND 1, COLOR A – Large/Mini

Make a magic ring, ch-4 (counts as dc, ch-1); * dc, ch-2, dc, ch-1* REPEAT FROM *to* 2 MORE TIMES; dc, ch-2; join,

fasten off and weave in yarn ends. Counts - 8 dc, 4 ch-1 sps, 4 ch-2 corner sps (12 total, 3 per side)

RND 2, COLOR – Large/Mini

In any ch-2 corner sp *(2 dc, ch-3, 2 dc); skip dc, 2 dc in next ch-1 sp, skip dc*; REPEAT FROM *to* 3 MORE TIMES; join,

fasten off and weave in yarn ends. Counts - 24 dc, 4 ch-3 corner sps (24 total, 4 per side)

RND 3, COLOR C – Large/Mini

In any ch-3 corner sp *(6 dc, ch-2, 6 dc), skip 2 dc, FPsc2tog around the top of next 2 dc, skip 2 dc*; REPEAT FROM *to*

3 MORE TIMES; join, fasten off and weave in yarn ends. Counts - 48 dc, 4 FPsc2tog, 4 ch-2 corner sps, (52 total, 13 per side)

RND 4, COLOR D – Large/Mini

In this round, you can BLO around petal or crochet into both sts.

Around the top of any FPsc2tog, *FPdc, BLO dc in next dc, BLO hdc in next 2 dc, BLO sc in next 3 dc; ch-2, skip ch-2

corner sp, BLO sc in next 3 dc, BLO hdc in next 2 dc, BLO dc in next dc*; REPEAT FROM *to* 3 MORE TIMES; join,

fasten off and weave in yarn ends. Counts - 8 dc, 28 hdc, 24 sc, 4 FPdc, 4 ch-2 corner sps (52 total, 13 per side)

RND 5, COLOR E – Large/Mini

In any ch-2 corner sp, *(2 dc, ch-2, 2 dc); ch-1, skip 2 sts; [(dc, ch-1, dc in same st), ch-1, skip 3 sts] 2 times; (dc, ch-1,

dc), ch-1, skip 2 sts*; REPEAT FROM *to* 3 MORE TIMES; join, fasten off and weave in yarn ends. Counts - 40 dc, 20 ch-1

sps, 4 ch-2 corner sps, (68 total, 17 per side)

RND 6, COLOR F – Large/Mini

In any ch-2 corner sp, *(sc, ch-2, sc), sc in next 2 dc, hdc in next ch-1 sp, skip dc, 2 dc in ch-1 sp, skip dc, 2 tr in next ch-

1 sp, skip dc, 3 tr in next ch-1 sp, skip dc, 2 tr in ch-1 sp, skip dc, 2 dc in ch-1 sp, skip dc, hdc in next ch-1 sp, sc in next 2

dc*; REPEAT FROM * to* 3 MORE TIMES; join, fasten off and weave in yarn ends. Counts - 28 tr, 16 dc, 8 hdc, 24 sc, 4 ch-

2 corner sps (76 total, 19 per side)

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RND 7, COLOR G – Large/Mini

In the 1st sc of any side, work a BPsc; BPsc in the next 18 sts; *ch-2 behind ch-2 corner sp, BPsc in next 19 sts*; REPEAT

FROM *to* 2 MORE TIMES; ch-2; join, fasten off and weave in yarn ends. Counts - 76 BPsc, 4 ch-2 corner sps (84 total, 21

per side)

RND 8, COLOR A – Large/Mini

In the 1st BPsc of any side, work a BPsc, BPsc in the next 18 sts; *ch-1, 4 dc over ch-2 corner sp, ch-1, BPsc in next 19

sts*; REPEAT FROM *to* 2 MORE TIMES; ch-1, 4 dc in ch-2 corner, ch-1; join, fasten off and weave in yarn ends.

Counts - 16 dc, 76 BPsc, 8 ch-1 sps (100 total, 25 per side)

RND 9, COLOR - Large = D/Mini = F

Starting in the 1st BPsc of any side, *4 dc, 3 hdc, 5 sc, 3 hdc, 4 dc, ch-6 over corner*; REPEAT FROM *to* 3 MORE

TIMES; join, fasten off and weave in yarn ends. Counts - 32 dc, 24 hdc, 20 sc, 4 ch-6 corner sps (76 total, 19 per side)

RND 10, COLOR - Large = F/Mini = C

In any ch-6 from last rnd, *dc into ch-6 sp, FOLD ch-6 away from you, work a shallow BPtr2tog in first 2 corner dcs of

rnd 8; (dc, ch-2, dc) in ch-6, FOLD ch-6 away from you, work a shallow BPtr2tog in last 2 corner dcs of rnd 8; dc in ch-6

sp; hdc in next three sts, sc in next 13 sts, hdc in next 3 sts*; REPEAT FROM *to* 3 MORE TIMES; join, fasten off and

weave in yarn ends. Counts - 16 dc, 24 hdc, 52 sc, 8 BPtr2tog, 4 ch-2 corner sps (100 total, 25 per side)

FOR MINI SQUARE, FINISH AS FOLLOWS:

COLOR C – In any ch-2 corner sp, *(sc, ch-2, sc); sc in the next 25 sts*; REPEAT FROM *to* 3 MORE TIMES; join, fasten

off and weave in yarn ends. Final “Mini Square” counts – 108 sc, 4 ch-2 corner sps (108 total, 27 per side)

If you want to embellish the petals, turn the square over and surface slst around the inside edges of the petals.

Front Back

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COMPLETE ROUNDS 11-14, FOR LARGE SQUARE RND 11, COLOR C - Large

In any ch-2 corner sp, *(sc, ch-2, sc); sc in next 2 sts, ch-1, skip 2 sts, 7-tr shell in next st, ch-1, skip 2 sts, [sc in next 2

sts, ch-1, pc3, ch-1,] 3 times; sc in next 2 sts, ch-1; skip 2 sts, 7-tr shell in next st, ch-1, skip 2 sts, sc in next 2 sts*;

REPEAT FROM *to* 3 MORE TIMES; join, fasten off and weave in yarn ends. Counts - 56 sc, 8 -tr shells, 12 pc3, 40 ch-1

sps, 4 ch-2 corner sps (164 total, 41 per side)

RND 12, COLOR B - Large

In any ch-2 corner sp, *(dc, ch-1, dc, ch-2, dc, ch-1, dc); ch-3, skip to 1st shell; BPsc in 3,4,5 trs of shell, ch-3; skip to 1st

sc after shell, dc, ch-3; [skip to 2nd sc after next pc3, dc, ch-3] 2 times; dc in sc right before shell; ch-3, skip to 2nd shell,

BPsc in 3,4,5, trs, ch-3*; REPEAT FROM *to* 3 MORE TIMES; join, fasten off and weave in yarn ends. Counts - 32 dc, 24

BPsc, 28 ch-3 sps (28 x ch-3 = 84), 4 ch-2 corners (140 total, 35 per side)

RND 13, COLOR E - Large

In any ch-2 corner sp, *(dc, ch-1, dc, ch-2, dc, ch-1, dc); skip dc, 2 dc in ch-1 sp, skip dc; (dc, 2 hdc in ch-3 sp);

sc in next 3 BPsc; (2 hdc in next ch-3 sp), skip dc;

[(In the next ch-3 sp, hdc, TR2tog in the rnd 10 scs before and after the pc3, working in front of the ch-3 from rnd 12,

hdc, skip dc)] 3 times;

TR2tog – stitch placement for 1st tr TR2tog – stitch placement for 2nd tr

(2 hdc in ch-3 sp); sc in next 3 BPsc, (2 hdc, dc in ch-3 sp), skip dc; 2 dc in ch-1 sp, skip dc*; REPEAT FROM *to* 3 MORE

TIMES; join, fasten off and weave in yarn ends. Counts - 40 dc, 56 hdc, 24 sc, 12 TR2tog, 8 ch-1 sps, 4 ch-2 corner sps (140

total, 35 per side)

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RND 14, COLOR F - Large

In any ch-2 corner sp, *(2 hdc, ch-2, 2 hdc); hdc in next dc, hdc in next ch-1 sp, hdc in next 31 sts; hdc in next ch-1 sp,

hdc in next dc*; REPEAT FROM *to* 3 MORE TIMES; join, fasten off and weave in yarn ends. Final Large square and

Round 14 count - 156 hdc, 4 ch-2 corner sps (156 total, 39 per side)

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