Me and The Letter 'C': July 2013

Aah granny squares again! But hey why not?! I had these beautiful Alize Burcum Batik yarns in shades of blue, green and brownish cream plus was in the mood to experiment with variegated yarns. Am so glad I did because the squares turned out to be oh-so gorgeous!!! The advantages of using variegated yarn is that you don't have to cut off your yarn and join with another colour for the next rounds, simply continue to crochet until end. For those crocheters (like ME!) who find it tedious and are lazy to weave in ends after each rounds, using variegated yarns is definitely the way to go!

MATERIALS

Alize Burcum Batik no.3904 (100g, 210m)

Crochet hook 6.0mm or US size J

Tapestry needle

Scissors

Ruler / Measuring tape

GAUGE

Use finished granny square as gauge.

ABBREVIATIONS

ch chain

dc double crochet

st(s) stitch(es)

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

Length: approx. 19cm x 19cm

NOTES

1 ball of 100g yarn makes 4 complete squares. You actually get 4.5 squares if you use up the whole ball.

I started off the first square with brownish cream part of the yarn so that I ended up with the blue tones at the outer sides of the square and vise versa.

INSTRUCTIONS

Rnd 1: ch4 (count as 1dc), 2dc, ch2, [3dc, ch2] x3 into 4^th ch from hook. Join with sl st to 4^th ch of beginning ch4 --- 4 clusters of 3dc & 4 ch2-sp [20 sts].

Rnd 2: Ch3, 1dc each in next 2dc, [2dc, ch2, 2dc] in next ch2-sp, [1dc each in next 3dc, (2dc, ch2, 2dc) in next ch2-sp] x3. Join with sl st to 3^rd ch of beginning ch3 [36 sts].

Reminder: From Round 2 onwards, remember that when you are at the corners of the square you should crochet 2dc, ch2, 2dc.

Rnd 3: Ch3, 1dc each in next 4dc, [2dc, ch2, 2dc] in next ch2-sp, [1dc each in next 7dc, (2dc, ch2, 2dc) in next ch2-sp] x3, 1dc each in next 2dc. Join with sl st to 3^rd ch of beginning ch3 [52 sts].

Rnd 4: Ch3, 1dc each in next 6dc, [2dc, ch2, 2dc] in next ch2-sp, [1dc each in next 11dc, (2dc, ch2, 2dc) in next ch2-sp] x3, 1dc each in next 4dc. Join with sl st to 3^rd ch of beginning ch3 [68 sts].

Rnd 5: Ch3, 1dc each in next 8dc, [2dc, ch2, 2dc] in next ch2-sp, [1dc each in next 15dc, (2dc, ch2, 2dc) in next ch2-sp] x3, 1dc each in next 6dc. Join with sl st to 3^rd ch of beginning ch3 [84 sts].

Rnd 6: Ch3, 1dc each in next 10dc, [2dc, ch2, 2dc] in next ch2-sp, [1dc each in next 19dc, (2dc, ch2, 2dc) in next ch2-sp] x3, 1dc each in next 8dc. Join with sl st to 3^rd ch of beginning ch3 [100 sts].