Winter Flower Square

Thanks so much to Lion Brand yarn for supplying the yarn for this project and supporting our Crochet Along!

I am so excited to finally be able to share my second contribution to the CAL with you!

If you haven’t read about the CAL this is how it is going to work:

Every weekday (Monday-Friday) a new pattern will be posted on one of our ten blogs
Share your progress and post photos of your squares in our facebook group.
At the end you’ll have twenty 12” squares easy to be pieced together into a beautiful afghan ready for Christmas
We will be hosting a fabulous giveaway starting November 21. You could win Lion Brand yarn to make your own afghan, $100 CASH money, OR our COMPLETED AFGHAN! That’s right, lovely Alexis from Persia Lou is going to be piecing all of our squares together and shipping it out to one very lucky winner. :)

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And this is a quick preview of the squares, which were coming along your way already! :)

Hopeful Honey – Persia Lou – Little Monkeys Crochet

Fiber Flux – Loopsan – One Dog Woof – Maybe Matilda

Dream a Little Bigger – Whistle & Ivy – Gleeful Things

So and now onto todays pattern :)

You’ll need:

Lion Brand Wool Ease in dark rose heater and grey heather
6 mm/J hook
tapestry needle

Abbreviations

ch= chain

sc= single crochet (US term); double crochet (dc, UK term)

dc = double crochet (US term); treble crochet (tr, UK term)

fpdc = front post double crochet (Us term); front post treble crochet (fptr, UK term)

tr = treble crochet (US term); double treble crochet (dtr, UK term)

sl st = slip stitch

st= stitch(es)

braid your loops: pull each ch-8 loops underneath the ch-8 loop below it (you can do this either with your crochet hook or just your fingers :))

In my patterns UK terms are always given in brackets.

Lets get started:

start off with magic ring

Round 1: ch 2 (count as first dc (tr)), 11 dc (tr) into magic ring join

Round 2: ch 2 (count as first dc (tr)), fpdc (fptr) around beginning ch of previous round, *dc (tr) in next st, fpdc (fptr) in same st* 11 times

Round 3: in front loops only standing sc (dc), hdc (htr), *2 dc (tr), 2 dc (tr), hdc (htr), sc (dc)* 6 times omitting the last hdc (htr) and sc (dc) of the repeat, join

Round 4: ch 1 sc (dc) in same st, *hdc (htr), 2 dc (tr), 2 dc (tr), hdc (htr), sc (dc) in next 2 st* 6 times omitting the last sc (dc) of the repeat, join

Round 5: in backloop of round 2, standing dc (tr) in st, which contains a sc (dc) in round 3, *dc (tr) in next 4 st, 2 dc (tr), ch 2, 2 dc (tr)*, 4 times omitting the last dc (tr) of the repeat, join

Round 6: ch 2 (counts as first dc (tr)), dc(tr) in next 6 st, *2 dc(tr) ch 2 2 dc (tr) in corner space, dc (tr) in next 8 st*, 3 times, 2 dc (tr) ch 2 2 dc (tr) in last corner space, dc (tr) in next st join

Round 7: standing dc (tr) in any corner space, dc (tr) in same space, *dc (tr) in next 2 st, fpdc (fptr), dc (tr) in next 3 st, ch 8, dc (tr) in next 3 st, fpdc (fptr), dc (tr) in next 2 st, 2 dc (tr) ch 2 2 dc (tr) in corner space*,4 times omitting the last 2 dc (tr) in the last repeat, join

Round 8: standing dc (tr) in any corner space, dc (tr) in same space, *dc (tr) in next 4 st, fpdc (fptr), dc (tr) in next 3 st, ch 8, skip ch 8 from previous round, dc (tr) in next 3 st,fpdc (fptr), dc (tr) in next 4 st, 2 dc (tr) ch 2 2 dc (tr) in corner space*,4 times omitting the last 2 dc (tr) in the last repeat, join.

Start braiding your first set of loops. Repeat the braiding process for round 9-11 after you’ve finished each individual round.

Round 9: standing dc (tr) in any corner space, dc (tr) in same space, *dc (tr) in next 6 st, fpdc (fptr), dc (tr) in next 3 st, ch 8, skip ch 8 from previous round, dc(tr) in next 3 st, fpdc (fptr), dc (tr) in next 6 st, 2 dc (tr) ch 2 2 dc (tr) in corner space*,4 times omitting the last 2 dc (tr) in the last repeat, join

Round 10: standing dc (tr) in any corner space, dc (tr) in same space, *dc (tr) in next 8 st, fpdc (fptr), dc (tr) in next 3 st, ch 8, skip ch 8 from previous round, dc (tr) in next 3 st, fpdc (fptr), dc (tr) in next 8 st, 2 dc (tr) ch 2 2 dc (tr) in corner space*,4 times omitting the last 2 dc (tr) in the last repeat, join

Round 11: standing dc (tr) in any corner space, dc (tr) in same space, *dc (tr) in next 10 st, fpdc (fptr), dc (tr) in next 3 st, ch 8, skip ch 8 from previous round, dc (tr) in next 3 st, fpdc (fptr), dc (tr) in next 10 st, 2 dc (tr) ch 2 2 dc (tr) in corner space*,4 times omitting the last 2 dc (tr) in the last repeat, join

Round 12: standing dc (tr) in any corner space, dc (tr) in same space, *dc (tr) in next 12 st, fpdc (fptr), dc (tr) in next 3 st, sc (dc) in ch loop, dc (tr) in next 3 st, fpdc (fptr), dc (tr) in next 12 st, 2 dc (tr) ch 2 2 dc (tr) in corner space*,4 times omitting the last 2 dc (tr) in the last repeat, join

Round 13: standing dc (tr) in any corner space, dc (tr) in same space, *dc (tr) in next 37 st, 2 dc (tr) ch 2 2 dc (tr) in corner space*,4 times omitting the last 2 dc (tr) in the last repeat, join

Round 14: standing dc (tr) in any corner space, dc (tr) in same space, *dc (tr) in next 41 st, 2 dc (tr) ch 2 2 dc (tr) in corner space*,4 times omitting the last 2 dc (tr) in the last repeat, join

I hope you enjoyed today’s square. You’ll find links to all the other patterns at the end of this post and I hope to see a picture of your creation in our facebook group :)