Hugs N Kisses 12" Square

Hugs N Kisses
12" Square with an "I" hook
© Aurora S. 2010

Special Stitches:
~BEG CORNER: Sl St into Ch-2 space, and work ch-3, dc, ch-2, 2dc. Corner made.

~CORNER: Work 2 DC, Ch-2, 2 DC in next Ch2 space.

~POPCORN: Work 4 dc in the same stitch, drop loop from hook, insert hook from front to back in the top of the first dc of group pull dropped loop through stitch

~BACK CROSS STITCH (BCS): Skip next st, dc in next st; working behind last st made, dc in skipped st.

~FRONT POST DOUBLE CROCHET (FPDC): Yo, insert hook behind post of stitch (from front to back) one row below, Yo, pull through, Yo, pull through 2 loops, Yo, pull through remaining two loops to
complete stitch. fpdc completed

~FRONT POST TRIPLE CROCHET (FPTR) Yarn over twice, insert hook from the front side of the work right to left around the post of the indicated stitch on a previous row; yo and draw up a lp (4 lps on hk)
yo and draw through two lps (3 lps on hk) yo and draw through two lps (2 lps on hk) yo and draw through two lps (1 lp on hk)

~Double Crochet Decreases: Work a dc in the next stitch without completing the very last step (leave the last two loops on the hook), then dc in the next stitch without completing the last step.
You should have three loops on the hook then yarn over and draw through all the loops. Decrease made.

~BCS Tower: FPDC around post of next dc/fpdc of previous rnd, CH1, BCS, CH1, FPDC around post of next dc/fpdc. Total stitches used=4

~Popcorn Tower: FPDC around post of next dc/fpdc from previous round, DC in next stitch, popcorn in next stitch, DC in next stitch, FPDC around post of next dc/fpdc. Total Stitches used=5

Note: Each BCS uses 2 stitches, even though I count it as one BCS, it is actually 2 stitches, Anytime you see, "Stitches" this means any dc, sc, fpdc, ch1 space, one stitch of the bcs (unless specified)
Also when you are working a new round over a round with a popcorn stitch, there is a stitch that does not look like a typical dc, you will dc in that stitch when you come across it.


Ch 4 and join to form a ring.

Round 1: Ch3, work 9 DC in ring, Join (10)

Round 2: Ch3 (counts as 1st DC now and throughout) DC in same stitch, Work 2 DC in each stitch around. Join (20)

Round 3: Ch2, Work a 3dc decrease, Ch7 *4 double crochet decrease, Ch7* Repeat around and join in top of first star point. (5 Star Points, and 5 Ch7 spaces)

Round 4: Slip stitch into Ch7 space, Ch1 *2 sc, FPTR around post of dc in row 2, 2 sc all in same Ch7 space. Ch3 and skip star point, repeat and join to first sc.

Round 5: Ch3, DC in each stitch, working 4 DC in the first 4 ch3 spaces, work 3 dc in the last ch3 space. Join

Round 6: Loosely slip stitch into next 4 stitches, Ch3, DC, Ch2, 2DC in same stitch. *DC in next 10 dc, in next dc, work 2DC, Ch2, 2DC*. Repeat this around and join.

Round 7: BEG Corner, *DC in 5dc, work a BCS tower (see special stitches), DC in 5 dc, work corner in next ch2 space. DC in 4 dc, work Popcorn Tower (see special stitches), DC in next 5dc, work corner.*
Repeat once and join.

Round 8: BEG corner, *DC in 7 dc, work BCS tower, DC in next 7 dc, work corner in ch2 sp. DC in next 6, FPDC around next fpdc, DC in next 3 sttiches, FPDC in next fpdc, DC in next 7dc, work corner .*
Repeat once and join.

Round 9: BEG corner, *DC in next 3 dc, work BCS Tower, (DC in next 2 dc, BCS Tower) 2 times. DC in next 3 and work corner. DC in next 2 dc, work popcorn tower, (DC in next dc, work popcorn tower) 2 times.
DC in next 3 dc and work corner in next ch2 space* Repeat once and join.

Round 10: BEG corner, *DC in 5dc, work BCS tower, (DC in next 2dc, BCS tower) 2 times. DC in next 5dc, work corner in next ch 2 space. DC in next 4 dc, (FPDC around post of next fpdc, DC in next 3 stitches,
FPDC around next fpdc, DC in 1 dc) 3 times. DC in next 4 and work corner. * Repeat once and join.

Round 11: BEG Corner, *DC in next 7dc, work BCS tower, DC in next 10 stitches, work BCS tower, DC in next 7dc, and work corner. DC in next 6dc, (work popcorn tower, DC in next dc) 3 times. DC in next 6 stitches, work corner* and repeat around once.

Round 12: DC in every stitch across, working corners in corner ch2 spaces on each side. Join

© Aurora S. 2010

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