Monday, May 12, 2008

Crochet Triangles for Shawls or Ponchos

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This is a pattern which is great for baby ponchos all the way up to adult size. Just make as many as you need. Stitch them together with a whip stitch. Making two larger triangles made up from a lot of little ones.
Place these right sides together and stitch across the top from each side leaving and open place for head.

For a Shawl or wrap, just continue connecting triangles into one large triangle, it’s that easy!


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Stitch Guide


Beginning Double Crochet Cluster - (abrev. “Beginning dc cluster”)Chain 3, *YO, insert hoook in sp indicated, YO and pull up a loop, YO and draw through 2 loops on hook: repeat from* once more, YO and drraw through all 3 loops on hook. Uses one sp.

Double Crochet Cluster (abrev. Dc cluster) Uses one sp.*YO, insert hook in sp indicated, YO and pull up a loop, YO and draw through 2 loops on hook; repeat from* 2 times more, YO and draw through all 4 loops on hook.

Treble Crochet Cluster (abrev. Tr cluster.) This uses one ch-5 sp.
*YO twice, insert hook in ch-5 sp indicated, YO and pull up a loop, (YO and draw through 2 loops on hook) twice; repeat from * 2 more times, YO and draw through all 4 loops on hook.

Picot
Chain 4, slip st in fourth ch from hook (counts as on ch-3 sp)


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Choose three colors for central design and a fourth for you outline. The outline can be white or black or matching color.


With central color (blue in photo) chain 5; join with slip st to form a ring.


Rnd 1: (Right side): Work Beginning dc cluster in ring, ch 3, work dc cluster in ring, ch 5,*work dc cluster in once more; join with slip st to top of Beginning dc cluster, finish off: 6sps.


Note: Loop a short piece of yarn around any stitch to mark Rnd 1 as right side.


Rnd 2: With right side facing, join next color (light green in photo) with a slip stitch in any ch - 5 sp; in same sp work (beginning dc cluster, ch 4, tr cluster, Picot, ch 4, dc cluster), chain 3 sc in next ch 3 sp, ch 3,* in next ch 5 sp work (dc cluster, ch 4, tr cluster, Picot, ch 4 dc cluster) chain 3, sc in next ch 3 sp, ch 3; repeat from* once more; join with slip st to top of beginning dc cluster, finish off: 12 sts and 15 sps.


Rnd 3: With right side facing, join next color (dark green in photo) with slip stitch in ch 3 sp of any Picot;
Ch 3 (counts as first dc), (2 dc, ch 3 3 dc) in same sp, *+ 4 dc in next ch 4 sp, dc in next dc cluster, (3 dc in next ch 3 sp, dc in next st) twice, 4 dc in next ch 4 sp +, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in ch 3 sp of next Picot; repeat from* once more, then repeat from + to + once; join with slip st to first dc, finish off: 69 dc and 3 ch 3 sps.


Rnd 4: With right side facing, join outline color with sc in any ch 3 sp ; ch 3, sc in sam sp and in next dc, (ch 1 skip next dc, sc in next dc) across to next ch 3 sp, *(sc, ch 3, sc) in ch 3 sp, sc in next dc, (ch 1, skip next dc, sc in next dc) across to next ch 3 repeat from * once more; join with lsip st to first sc, finish off.

You'll love how this turns out, and if you
should choose all white it's beautiful too!
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