Tuesday, October 13, 2020

APRIL DRAGONFLIES AROUND 12" SQ

 

Dragonflies Around 

12” Square with an “H” hook and Worsted Weight Yarn.

Designed by: Aurora Suominen Copyright © 2011


SPECIAL STS/NOTES: BEG CORNER: Slst into ch2 sp & work Ch3, DC, Ch2, 2DC.  WORK CORNER: 2DC, Ch2, 2DC in corner Ch2 sp.  FPDC: Front Post DC.  FPSC: Front post SC. POPCORN: Work 4DC in stitch specified and remove hook, insert hook in the 1st dc you made and then grab the loops from the last dc and pull through.  ~NOTES~ Ch3 counts as a st.  JOIN:  Join w/ slst in top of beg ch3. 


PATTERN: 

Rnd 1: Ch4, work 15DC in 4th ch from hook.  Join in 3rd ch of beg ch4.  (16dc)


Rnd 2: Ch3, DC, ch2, 2DC in same st.  [DC in 3dc, (2DC, Ch2, 2DC) in next dc] 3Xs.  DC in last 3dc.  (28dc)


Rnd 3:  BEG CORNER *see special sts.  [*DC in 3dc, FPDC around next dc, DC in 3dc*.  Work corner] 3Xs  Repeat +to+ once & join. (44dc)


Rnd 4: BEG CORNER. [*DC in 5dc, FPDC around next fpdc, DC in 5dc* work corner] 3Xs.  Repeat +to+ once & join.  (60dc)


Rnd 5: BEG CORNER  [*DC in 7dc, FPDC around next fpdc, DC in 7dc*, work corner] 3Xs.  Repeat +to+ once & join.  (76)


Rnd 6: BEG CORNER. *[DC in 9dc, FPDC around next fpdc, DC in 9dc*,  work corner] 3Xs.  Repeat +to+ once & join.   (92dc)


Rnd 7: BEG CORNER  *[Dc in 10dc, SC in next dc, ch-16, slst in top of sc just made,  SC in same dc, & ch-14, slst in top of sc just made (RIGHT WINGS MADE). FPDC around next fpdc.  SC in next dc & ch-14, slst in top of sc just made, SC in same dc, ch-16, slst  in top of sc just made (LEFT WINGS MADE) DC in 10dc*, work corner] 3Xs.  Repeat +to+ once & join.  (100dc)


Rnd 8: BEG CORNER  [*DC in 12dc, DC in between right wings.  Popcorn in next dc (above the fpdc).  DC in between left wings.  DC in 12dc*,  work a corner] 3Xs  Repeat +to+ once & join. (120dc)


Rnd 9: BEG CORNER  [+DC in 7dc, (catching the right ch-16 wing, dc in next). DC in 15dc, (catching the left ch-16 wing, dc in next). DC in 7DC.+  work a corner.] 3Xs  Repeat +to+ once & join.  (140dc)


Rnd 10: BEG CORNER  [+DC in 11dc (catching the right ch-14 wing, dc in next). DC in 11dc, (catching the left  ch-14 wing, dc in next).  DC in 11dc,  work corner] 3Xs.  Repeat +to+ once & join.  (156dc)


~April 2011 Square~ is from my, “12 Squares in Time” year long series on my blog.  If you like this square, please visit my blog to see more of the monthly squares.  


For more info on abbreviations and links to sites and videos that will help with certain stitches, please see my blog, “One Crochet Day at a time” at http://myblueangels.blogspot.com/


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