Celebration Square

I've got that app on Facebook that brings up your old memories for that particular date. Two years ago today I had shared a post from my page Get Knotted Yarn Craft saying that I was excitedly preparing for my second son's first birthday, and looking forward to reaching 200 likes on my page.

In 2016, I'm excitedly preparing for my second son's third birthday and the arrival of our daughter in just over five weeks. To top it off, overnight my page reached 10 thousand likes!! I'm so excited and thrilled, and so very grateful to you all for your support, encouragement and loyalty. So, to say thank you, here is my new pattern - Celebration Square! I can't wait to see yours! Happy Hooking. xoxo

Celebration Square
by Angela Armstrong

Copyright Get Knotted Yarn Craft

Material

Yarn: DK

Hook: 4mm

Stitch Notes

YOH: Yarn Over Hook

Standing Stitches: you can find a great tutorial here – http://www.petalstopicots.com/2013/10/crochet-standing-stitches/

FPDC: you can find a great tutorial here for left and right handers – http://www.crochetspot.com/how-to-crochet-front-post-double-crochet-fpdc/

FPHDC: is worked the same as a FPDC, except using the HDC stitch instead.

Spike Stitch: you can find a great tutorial here for left and right handers– 
http://www.crochetspot.com/how-to-crochet-spike-stitches/

Arched Cluster: Work the first part of a FPDC around the 2^nd FPHDC of round 4 (ie, YOH, draw up a loop in the FP style, YOH and draw through the first two loops). Sk1, draw up a loop in the middle DC of round 6 (3 loops on hook now). Sk1, work the first part of a FPDC around the 3^rd FPHDC of round 4 as before. (4 loops on hook now). YOH and draw through all four loops. DO NOT CLOSE WITH A CH – this occurs in the pattern itself.

Pattern Notes

This pattern is made using US terms.

In DK this should make a 6” square. In Worsted or Aran it should be 8”.

Each round is finished with a sl st into the first st, and then tied off. The next round is then started with either a standing stitch, or by joining and chaining to make the required height.

Colour changes and choices are up to you. I changed colours with every round and used three colours, I've indicated my colour changes as colours A, B and C at the beginning of the relevant rows. 

Stitch counts are for one side of the square only, rather than the total for the round.

Pattern:

1.        (Colour A) Magic Circle. Ch3 (counts as DC). DC, ch2. [3DC, ch2] 3 times. DC. (3DC per side)

2.      (Colour B) Standing DC into any corner sp. *3DC in next 3 sts. Into the corner sp work: [2DC, ch2, 2DC]. Repeat from * three times omitting a DC in the final repeat. (7DC per side)

3.       This round is worked alternatively in rounds 1 AND 2.
(Colour A) Standing *SC in the first DC of any side. Sk1, FPDC spike around 1^st DC of R1. Ch3. FPDC spike around 3^rd DC of R1. Sk1, SC into last st of R2. Into the corner sp work: [2SC, ch2, 2SC]. Repeat from * three times, omitting a SC in the final repeat. (6SC, 2FPDC spike, 1 x ch3 sp; per side)

4.      (Colour B) Standing *HDC in the third SC in round 3, of any side. Ch1, Sk1. Push the chain from R3 to the back and work 1DC into the next 3 sts of round 2 (ie in front of the chain). Ch1, sk1, HDC in next 3 sts of round 3. Into the corner space work: [2HDC, ch2, 2HDC]. HDC into the next 2 stitches. Repeat from * three times. (10HDC, 3DC, 2 x ch1 sp; per side)

5.      (Colour A) This round is worked entirely into round 3.
Standing *FPHDC spike around the first FPDC spike of any side in round 3. Ch3, sk3, FPHDC spike around the next FPDC spike of round 3. Ch3, sk2, FPHDC spike around the last SC of R3. Ch4, sk all corner sts. FPHDC spike around the first SC of the next side. Ch3, sk2. Repeat from * three times. (4FPHDC spike, 3 x 3ch sp; per side).

6.      (Colour B) Tuck the chains on the corners of round five, behind the corner stiches of round 4. Tuck the chains on the sides backward as well. This round is worked entirely into round 4, with the chain stitches tucked behind, and the FPHDC skipped over with chains.
Standing *DC into the middle of the three central stitches in round 4. DC in next. [Ch1, sk1, DC in next 2] twice. Into the corner sp work: [2DC, ch2, 2DC]. DC in next 2, ch1, sk1, DC in next 2. Ch1, sk 1, DC in next. Repeat from * three times. (15DC, 4 x 1ch sp; per side)

7.      (Colour A) Standing *FPDC spike around the first FPHDC spike of any side in round 5. Sk1, SC into the next. Ch1, arched cluster over the next 5 sts. Ch1, SC in next. Sk1, FPDC spike around the next FPHDC. Ch1, SC into the next 4. Put a stitch marker into the first st of the next side. Into the corner sp of round 6, work: [2 spike DC, ch2, 2spike DC]. SC in next 4, Ch1. Repeat from * three times. (4 FPDC spike, 1 Arched cluster, 4 spike DC and 4 x ch1 sp; per side)

8.      (Colour A) Standing SC in any st. Work 1SC in each st (cluster counts as 1) and in each ch sp. Into the corner space work: (SC, ch2, SC). Repeat for all sides. (23SC per side)

9.      (Colour C) Standing *SC in the third st of any side. [Ch1, sk1, SC in next] 10 times. Into the corner space work: [SC, ch2, SC]. SC in next, ch1, sk1. Repeat from * three times. (14SC, 11 x ch1 sp; per side)

10.   (Colour B) Standing *SC in the first ch sp of any side. [Ch1, sk1, SC in next] 11 times. Into the corner space work: [2SC, ch1, 2SC]. SC in next, Ch1, sk1. Repeat from * three times. (17SC, 12 x ch1 sp; per side)

11.     (Colour B) Standing *SC in any stitch. Work 1SC into each SC and 1SC into each ch sp. Into the corner space work: (SC, ch2, SC). Repeat for all sides. (31SC per side).

I hope you enjoy making this square as much as I enjoyed designing it. xoxo

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