The Lovely Rich Diamond in Andrew's Scarf
This is a favorite pattern of mine. I found it in the wonderful book Chicks with Sticks Guide to Crochet by Nancy McQueen and Mary Ellen O'Connell. I've made these scarves for my gorgeous friends Matt Dans and Andrew Augustin. I saw a guy on the El who had a hat in this basket weave pattern, and I think once I get all of my holiday orders filled -- thank you to people like Tom Brassell who celebrate Christmas in January so I had a little extra time to work on stuff -- I'm going to experiment with this stitch in a hat.
You need 330 yards of the chunky weight yarn of your choice, a K-sized hook, and a finishing needle. You also need to know how to front post double crochet (FPdc) and back post double crochet (BPdc). Let me tell you how to do that. Please forgive the poor quality of my instructional photos. First you make a base chain and a row of garden variety double crochet. In row two, you're going to get all creative with the FPdc and the BPdc! It goes a little something like this: Yarn over, insert the hook front to back on the RIGHT side of the post.
Then you yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over and draw the hook through two loops, yarn over and draw through the last two loops.
Easy and awesome, right?? I know!
Now for the BPdc! Insert the hook front to back on the WRONG side of the post.
Yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through two loops, yarn over and pull through the last two!
Look at you! You're a crocheting GENIUS!!
Okay, now here's the pattern:
Ch 22
Row 1: Work 1 dc in fourth ch from hook and in each ch across, ch 2 (this counts as first st in next row, now and throughout), turn -- dc 20.
Row 2: Sk 1st dc, *work 1 FPdc around each of next 3 dc, work 1 BPdc around each of next 3 dc*. Repeat * to * across. 1hdc in top of beg ch. Ch 2, turn.
Row 3: Sk 1st hdc, *work 1 FPdc around each of next 3 dc, work 1 BPdc around each of next 3 dc*. Repeat * to * across. 1 hdc in top of beg ch. Ch2, turn.
Row 4: Sk 1st hdc, *work 1 BPdc around each of next 3 dc, work 1 FPdc around each of next 3 dc*. Repeat * to * across. 1 hdc in top of beg ch. Ch2, turn.
Row 5: Repeat Row 4.
Row 6: Repeat Row 3.
Repeat Rows 3-6 until panel measures 56" from beg. Fasten off and weave in ends.
ch: Chain
dc: Double Crochet
sk: Skip
beg: Beginning
hdc: Half Double Crochet
Message me with any questions. I'll have another blog post for you on Sunday. As always, my friends, peace, love and yarn!
You need 330 yards of the chunky weight yarn of your choice, a K-sized hook, and a finishing needle. You also need to know how to front post double crochet (FPdc) and back post double crochet (BPdc). Let me tell you how to do that. Please forgive the poor quality of my instructional photos. First you make a base chain and a row of garden variety double crochet. In row two, you're going to get all creative with the FPdc and the BPdc! It goes a little something like this: Yarn over, insert the hook front to back on the RIGHT side of the post.
Then you yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over and draw the hook through two loops, yarn over and draw through the last two loops.
Easy and awesome, right?? I know!
Now for the BPdc! Insert the hook front to back on the WRONG side of the post.
Yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through two loops, yarn over and pull through the last two!
Look at you! You're a crocheting GENIUS!!Okay, now here's the pattern:
Ch 22
Row 1: Work 1 dc in fourth ch from hook and in each ch across, ch 2 (this counts as first st in next row, now and throughout), turn -- dc 20.
Row 2: Sk 1st dc, *work 1 FPdc around each of next 3 dc, work 1 BPdc around each of next 3 dc*. Repeat * to * across. 1hdc in top of beg ch. Ch 2, turn.
Row 3: Sk 1st hdc, *work 1 FPdc around each of next 3 dc, work 1 BPdc around each of next 3 dc*. Repeat * to * across. 1 hdc in top of beg ch. Ch2, turn.
Row 4: Sk 1st hdc, *work 1 BPdc around each of next 3 dc, work 1 FPdc around each of next 3 dc*. Repeat * to * across. 1 hdc in top of beg ch. Ch2, turn.
Row 5: Repeat Row 4.
Row 6: Repeat Row 3.
Repeat Rows 3-6 until panel measures 56" from beg. Fasten off and weave in ends.
ch: Chain
dc: Double Crochet
sk: Skip
beg: Beginning
hdc: Half Double Crochet
Message me with any questions. I'll have another blog post for you on Sunday. As always, my friends, peace, love and yarn!
Sis,
ReplyDeleteI want to learn more patterns, or at least the one I was working on during Craft Wars. Can you teach me how to make that flower pin? I want to make headbands and put a flower on them :)