Welcome to the crochet section of Cypress Textiles! As you may know, crochet is my main craft, so I have a lot to share with you all, and this page will continue to grow over time. My goal is to reach every crochet artist at every level – from absolute beginner to crochet entrepreneur. Grab a cuppa and your hooky and dive in!
Welcome to the first steps of learning to crochet. In this first section, we will learn to crochet from the very beginning, stopping after each step to crochet our first projects with the You Can Crochet This! series. The You Can Crochet This! series includes projects that only require the skills that you have learned so far in this program. They are designed to allow you to practice your new crochet skills. Bonus material is also included for further enrichment. It is super important that you work through this series in the order it is presented, because each skill set builds on the one before.
Let’s get started!
Prepare Materials
You need only 3 things to get started crocheting! Yay!
Set of Crochet Hooks
You can find a set of crochet hooks at WoolWarehouse.com (affiliate link). You can also just start with 2 different hooks, one smaller than the other. Then use the larger hook to make your piece, and the smaller hook to weave your yarn tails/ends. I do not use a tapestry needle for weaving ends, but many do. You can find a tapestry needle here (affiliate link). I recommend starting with a size hook 4.5-6.5mm or even larger, as it will be easier to maneuver.
Some Yarn
You can use any type of yarn. When you buy a yarn, make sure it is not too thick or too thin. If you read the ball band, you will see “Aran” or “Worsted” and that’s what you want. I would stay away from anything thicker or thinner in the beginning.
More recommendations:
Pick a cotton or cotton / acrylic blend, or even plain acrylic. Check the ball band for the fiber content.
The yarn I use for the beginner videos is perfect for beginners. It is Scheepjes Cahlista – find it at Deramores (affiliate), or any Scheepjes retailer.
Don’t choose a yarn that’s too fuzzy as it will be hard to work with and obscure the stitches.
Find a yarn with a thick enough weight for your hook. The ball band will show you which size hook is recommended, but you will likely use size 4.5mm-6.5mm hook.
Sharp Scissors
You probably have a pair of scissors in your home! Check!
Now you have everything you need to learn to crochet. Happy dance!
Welcome to the next steps of learning to crochet. If you have not practiced everything from Learn to Crochet: Level 1, I suggest heading to that section, because it will be tough to continue without the fundamentals. In this section, we will learn to crochet taller stitches like HDC, DC, TR, DTR, and beyond, stopping after each step to crochet our practice projects with the You Can Crochet This! series. The You Can Crochet This! series includes projects that only require the skills that you have learned so far in this program. They are designed to allow you to practice your new crochet skills. Bonus material is also included for further enrichment. It is super important that you work through this series in the order it is presented, because each skill set builds on the one before.
You can use any type of yarn. When you buy a yarn, make sure it is not too thick or too thin. If you read the ball band, you will see “Aran” or “Worsted” and that’s what you want. I would stay away from anything thicker or thinner in the beginning.
More recommendations:
Pick a cotton or cotton / acrylic blend, or even plain acrylic. Check the ball band for the fiber content.
The yarn I use for the beginner videos is perfect for beginners. It is Scheepjes Cahlista – find it at Deramores (affiliate), or any Scheepjes retailer.
Don’t choose a yarn that’s too fuzzy as it will be hard to work with and obscure the stitches.
Find a yarn with a thick enough weight for your hook. The ball band will show you which size hook is recommended, but you will likely use size 4.5mm-6.5mm hook.
Hooks I use:
You can find a set of crochet hooks at WoolWarehouse.com (affiliate link). You can also just start with 2 different hooks, one smaller than the other. Then use the larger hook to make your piece, and the smaller hook to weave your yarn tails/ends. I do not use a tapestry needle for weaving ends, but many do. You can find a tapestry needle here (affiliate link). I recommend starting with a size hook 4.5-6.5mm or even larger, as it will be easier to maneuver.
Sharp Scissors
You probably have a pair of scissors in your home! Check!
Now you have everything you need to continue learning to crochet. Happy dance!
When I got the news that one of my favorite Scheepjes lines – River Washed – was getting a fresh new set of eight colors, I got super excited and started dreaming of what the shades would be. Check them out in the photo below, and you’ll see why they well surpassed my expectation! I love how each shade fills in a gap in a different color family. They’re incredible!
River Washed Information
Find River Washed and its XL buddy at WoolWarehouse* (UK), and KnottyHouse (Colour Packs)* (CA), Deramores, and other Scheepjes retailers. Trust me, you can put 10 random colors in your shopping cart and it’ll make a smashing palette.
The Core Color
The “base” or “core” of these colors is yellow, and that’s why you see yellow peeking out from the colored halo.
From the Scheepjes website:
This unique Scheepjes quality is comparable to Stone Washed, though River Washed is made from a painted inner thread that is surrounded by a differently coloured net, resulting in a uniquely expressive yarn. River Washed gives all projects a tough and contemporary look and can be combined perfectly with Stone Washed.
River Washed is available in 22 colours. The yarns carry the names of rivers. The 8 newest colours (955-962) with a gorgeous mustard-yellow colour-base are the perfect complement to the existing colour palette of River Washed and Stone Washed.
Note in the photos below, the difference between the red, teal, and yellow core with the River Washed yarn.
Red Core
Teal Core
Yellow Core
Yarn Details
Fiber Content: 78% Cotton x 22% Acrylic
Hook Size: 3-3.5mm
Yarn Weight: Sport
Ball Weight: 50g
Length: 130m
Eight New Rivers
I dove into the internet and an outside source, The Secret Lives of Colour, by Kassia St. Clair to bring you a small color study of a selection of the new shades. All of these findings are only based on my interpretation of the yarn color, not the actual known intentions of Scheepjes Yarns. That’s the beauty of color! It’s seen and interpreted differently by each person.
In Kassia St. Clair’s book, The Secret Lives of Colour, I searched for a similar color to that purpley-red halo. The closest I could find was “Orchil” on page 165, and the article holds the following information: The red-purple color is derived from lichens which grow on rocks, re-discovered in the 1300s by an Italian merchant named Federigo. When he returned to his home in Florence, Italy, he began using the lichens to create rich purple dyes. Soon, news of the dying process spread through Italy, and then to other European countries and the Western world. The Italian Eisack River seems to be the perfect namesake.
Check out something else I found in my research. This is an incredible article on orchil dyeing and a photo of a dye study from 1845.
Orchil and the remainder of the River shades are netted over a Chrome Yellow, which on page 78 of his book, St. Clair shares is a color demonstrated in the happiest point of artist Vincent Van Gogh’s life, and so it shows up in many of this paintings, including the famous “Sunflowers” series (link to the NL Van Gogh Museum website) which represents happiness. Since Scheepjes is a Dutch yarn, I can say this definitely makes me happy!
Scarlet red is a polarizing color. Red represents love and romance, and war and rage all at once. According to the Scarlet article on page 138 of The Secret Lives of Colour, the “kermes” red dye was so difficult to produce – made from the bodies of tiny insects – that an account book of King Henry VI, indicates it took a month’s wages for a master mason to buy one yard of cheap scarlet cloth. Accordingly, the color became associated with English royalty (painting of Queen Elizabeth I in her scarlet red gown shown below), as they were known to dress in the fine cloth. So famous was the color with the wealthy that it spread to the power of the Church, and in 1464, Pope Paul II changed the royal robes from rich purple to scarlet red.
It is tough to say whether the halo of this shade is a coral, a pink, a salmon, or something different. I like to think it is a pink color that’s made to look orange-tone by the chrome yellow core of the yarn.
The color Pink has a rich history. According to Wikipedia, pink began to soar in England in the 1800s.
In 19th century England, pink ribbons or decorations were often worn by young boys; boys were simply considered small men, and while men in England wore red uniforms, boys wore pink. In fact the clothing for children in the 19th century was almost always white, since, before the invention of chemical dyes, clothing of any color would quickly fade when washed in boiling water. Queen Victoria was painted in 1850 with her seventh child and third son, Prince Arthur, who wore white and pink. In late nineteenth-century France, Impressionist painters working in a pastel color palette sometimes depicted women wearing the color pink, such as Edgar Degas’ image of ballet dancers or Mary Cassatt’s images of women and children.
Note the salmon pink dress depicted below on the third son of Queen Victoria. Yes, pink was a color “meant for boys” in its early years.
I love the pale pink color in this yarn shade halo. The first thing I thought of was the pink theme in Australian lakes, and the pink Murray River Salt also springs to mind. These lakes and salts are pink due to the minerals present, according to the AtlasObscura website. The water have a high salt content, and a salt-loving algae – which happens to be pink – thrives there. When the water is bottled, it retains its pink coloring.
According to the Australian Geographic article, it is the bacteria bacterioruberin that is present in the water which gives it the pink coloring. Unlike algae, the entire cell of the bacterium is the color pink, so it is more likely that the color is due to this bacteria. Don’t worry though – the water is harmless to humans, though the salt content is very high.
The remainder of the shades are a collection of gorgeous yellow-greens, and they just go so well with the existing River Washed colors.
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Thank you for coming with me on our Color Study journey! I was inspired to make a start on a project while on vacation in Destin, FL. I guess the beautiful water theme was an inspiration as I sat on the beach! Bringing my yarn everywhere doesn’t hurt, either 🙂 Read more about that on this post, and I’ll show more of the WIP soon!
If you have landed on the CypressTextiles Crochet Learning Portal, it means you want to:
Learn how to crochet, or
Advance your skills to the next level with something fresh and new, or
Take your crochet hobby down the road of entrepreneurship
My goal is to serve everyone who lands on this page. Whatever your goals are, I want to help you achieve them in ways you never thought possible. My designs are unique and modern, engaging yet easy to understand, each with a free expanded version for beginners, and a paid PDF version for crafters who just want a quick condensed copy. Grab a cuppa and your hooky, and dive into the crochet learning portal!
Crochet Level: Absolute Beginner
Three-Part Beginner Series
Free videos for absolute crochet beginners, including written instruction, step-by-step photos, and video tutorials from my YouTube channel. Each module will end with a small project that you can use in your home.
In this series, I break down each of my crochet patterns into bite-sized chunks in an expanded version for absolute beginners. Each free course includes step-by-step photos and videos for stitches, motifs, edgings, and more. It is designed for the absolute crochet beginner, to help guide your hook through pieces that may look intimidating.
This is a page gathering all the stitches and skills specific to my book, The Art of Crochet Blankets, which releases Nov 13, 2018. This way you know exactly what to expect, before you even open the book!
(Coming soon!)
Crochet Level: Beyond the Basics
Beyond the Crochet Basics is great for intermediate and advanced crochet artists to polish their craft. It includes my own tips and tricks to get fabulous results.
Crochet Level: Hobbyist to Entrepreneur
These pages are designed to help you convert your hobby to a thriving crochet business.
The Art of Crochet Blankets: 18 Projects Inspired by Modern Makers
Paperback, 144 pages, ISBN-13: 978-1632505736
Released Nov 13, 2018
Book description for media:
Discover a new source of inspiration for your crochet hook…the beautiful work of today’s modern makers!
Follow popular crochet blanket designer Rachele Carmona through her unique collection of crochet blankets inspired by the work of popular independent artists. The Art of Crochet Blankets will help you create your own colorful crochet blankets as unique works of art for your home! Inside this one-of-a-kind crochet blanket guide you’ll find:
Details on how to translate art to hook with 18 bold and unique crochet afghan patterns influenced by the works of their feature artist.
Modern quilts, fabric designs, tapestry weaving, digital art, and more become the source of one-of-a-kind projects for a more artful home.
Biographies and beautiful photos profiling 6 inspiring modern makers–Tula Pink, April Rhodes, Maryanne Moodie, Fransisco Valle, Maud Vantours, and Caitline Dowe-Sandes.
Discover the inspiration that lies beyond the world of crochet with The Art of Crochet Blankets.
About this Book
When Stephanie from Interweave approached me to write a book in 2016, I was completely gobsmacked. Two years later, and my eyes still glass over at the thought that I will have a crochet pattern book, out there in the wild. You lovely lot have made it even better with all of your support, excitement, and positive feedback for the book. Truly, I am filled to the brim with joy!
Coming up with a theme for my crochet pattern book was pretty easy. I had already started playing with the idea of the artistic process, and defining it in three phases, the last phase being Ascension, when the artist transcends their own craft and incorporates elements from outside arts to make something new. This fusion of two art forms to help evolve the primary craft was very interesting to me. How can we gaze upon the other beautiful arts in the world and transfer that energy to our own craft?
My goal is to push the limit and help evolve the art of crochet with these 18 full blanket projects. Choosing six arts from the world outside of crochet, I crafted six chapters, each with three projects inspired by a talented feature artist. I cannot thank these six artists enough for putting up with my pestering over several months. Honoring their work is my priority, as without their talents floating through the ether, this book would not be possible.
Rachele Carmona, Cypress, TX – Rachele has over 100k crocheters hooked on making awesome crochet blankets through her beautiful Instagram feed @cypresstextiles. This is her first book.
I’m just a girl crocheting in Texas, with a hunky hubby, four bouncing kids, and three hyperactive fur-babies by my side. I grew up just outside of Houston, finished my BA in English, and then got married and started a career which I continued for over a decade. Then when my eldest started Kindergarten, I was able to drop everything and stay home with the kiddos. We live in a plain one-story with a plant-filled yard, complete with hammock. Living the quiet life and loving it!
Meet the Makers
Take a behind-the-scenes tour of my book, put together by Interweave to share more about the makers that influenced the designs within. When you sign up for the beautifully bright and interesting 3-email series, you get a free blanket pattern that I created just for you! It’s called the Garden Walk blanket – take a look:
Here are links to all of the yarns used in this book. In the future, I may reveal the exact quantity and colors for each project, but for now you can have a browse through the yarny goodness. Links marked with an asterisk (*) are affiliates. Purchasing anything after clicking these links will help support CypressTextiles so I can continue to bring you fiber funsies.
Coming soon, I will have a complete set of video tutorials for all of the stitches used in the book’s 18 patterns. I want you to know exactly what to expect!
Check out the Ravelry page and add your project! Add the patterns to your favorites, put patterns in your queue, leave comments, and add your WIP project to the page with photos. The more interaction you have with the patterns, the more people will find the book! Thank you for your help!
Book Reviews
Can you believe some folks have started to review my book? I am so thankful for these lovely words. Read them if you want some different perspectives!
The Cypress Square was named by Jan Bohler and Kim Pennell. Thank you both.
UNITED STATES – NOVEMBER 17: Bald cypress trees deciduous conifer, Taxodium distichum, showing high water marks in Atchafalaya Swamp, Louisiana USA (Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images)
Color: If using the Warm Neutrals palette, make 5 square each of 9 colors, and 6 squares each of 3 colors, leaving the cream out for joining and border.
Hook: US Size 4.5mm
Size: 6 inches
Key Stitch Descriptions
beg beginning
beg dc (sc, ch1) – counts as 1 dc
beg tr (sc, ch2) – counts as 1 tr
chN chain N number of times
dc double crochet
lp loop
MR make ring: slip knot, ch3, ss in third ch from hook
sc single crochet
sp space (chain space)
ss slip stitch
st stitch
tr treble crochet
yoh yarn over hook
Video Instruction
This video tutorial includes information on how to:
Make the beg dc and beg tr and join rounds neatly
Weave ends as you go
Charted Instruction
Written Instruction
Rnd 1 MR, beg tr, (ch1, tr) 11 times, ch1, ss in beg tr. [12 tr, 12 sp]
Rnd 2 (Sc, ch3, sc) in 12 sps, ss in first sc. [24 sc, 12 sp]
Rnd 3 Ss in first ch, sc in same sp, (ch3, sc in next sp) 11 times, ch3, ss in first sc. [12 sc, 12 sp]
Rnd 4 Ss in first ch, beg dc in sp, * ch3, 2dc in same sp, (ch3, sc in next sp) 2 times, ch3, 2dc in next sp), rep from * 3 times omitting final st, ss in beg dc. [16 dc, 8 sc, 16 sp]
Rnd 5 Ss in first ch, beg dc in sp, * ch3, 3dc in same sp, (4dc in next sp, 3dc in next sp) 2 times, rep from * 3 times omitting final st, ss in beg dc. [68 dc, 4 sp]
Rnd 6 (5sc in corner sp, sc in all sts/sps to next corner) 4 times, ss in first sc, cut yarn. [88 sc]
Color: If using the Warm Neutrals palette, make 5 square each of 9 colors, and 6 squares each of 3 colors, leaving the cream out for joining and border.
Hook: US Size 4.5mm
Size: 6 inches
Key Stitch Descriptions
4dccl 4dc cluster: (yoh, insert hook in st/sp, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps) 4 times, yoh, draw yarn through 5 lps
beg beginning
beg 4dccl beg 4dc cluster: beg dc, (yoh, insert hook in st/sp, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps) 3 times, yoh, draw yarn through 4 lps
beg dc (sc, ch1) – counts as 1 dc
chN chain N number of times
dc double crochet
hdc half double crochet
lp loop
MR make ring: slip knot, ch3, ss in third ch from hook
sc single crochet
sp space (chain space)
ss slip stitch
st stitch
yoh yarn over hook
Video Instruction
This video tutorial includes information on how to:
Make the beg dc and cluster sts
Join rounds neatly into a cluster st
Weave ends as you go
Charted Instruction
Written Instruction
Rnd 1 MR, beg 4dccl, (ch4, 4dccl) 3 times, ch4, ss in beg 4dccl. [4 4dccl, 4 sp]
Rnd 2 Beg dc in sp, (6dc in same sp, ch1, dc in next sp) 4 times omitting final st, ss in beg dc. [28 dc, 4 sp]
Rnd 3 Beg dc in next st, (ch1, dc in next dc st) 27 times, ch1, ss in beg dc. [28 dc, 28 sp]
Rnd 4 * Sc in sp, sc in next st, hdc in sp, (dc, ch3, dc) in next st, hdc in sp, sc in 5 sts/sps, sk 1 ch, sc in 3 sts/sps, rep from * 3 times, ss in first sc. [8 dc, 8 hdc, 40 sc, 4 sp]
Rnd 5 * Sc in next st, ch2, (sc, ch2, sc) in corner sp, (ch2, sk2, sc) 3 times, ch2, rep from * 3 times, ss in first sc. [24 sc, 24 sp]
Rnd 6 Beg dc in sp (counts as 1 hdc here), * 2hdc in same sp, (hdc, ch3, hdc) in corner sp, 3hdc in 4 sps, hdc in next sp, rep from * 3 times omitting final st, ss in beg dc. [68 hdc, 4 sp]
Rnd 7 (Sc in all sts/sps to next corner, 5sc in corner sp) 4 times, ss in all sts/sps to beginning, ss in first sc, cut yarn. [88 sc]
Last week, my family had the great privilege and opportunity to take some time off and vacation in Destin, Florida. Along the way, we collected a ton of photos, and I thought I would share some of them with you all.
While we were there, I snapped the photo below! Incredible. Although, you can’t escape ads anywhere can you? Even as you relax on the beach, a boat with a gigantic advertising TV screen floats in the distance… But that’s okay – the crystal blue water and white sands are still just as incredible.
Of course, on my trip I had to bring yarn for my next WIP. I brought the new shades of River Washed (affiliate) (blog post coming!) and mixed them with my Dutch Rose blanket yarn pack colors of Stone Washed (affiliate) . What a gorgeous combination it made!
With my yarn (and some other essentials haha) packed, we headed off. On the way, I decided to actively search for a great restaurant along I-10, instead of just pulling into a fast-food place for a quick bite. I looked for “best diner on I-10 in Alabama” since that is where we would be around breakfast time on our travels from Texas to Florida.
Google spit out the Jubilee Diner, and it did not disappoint. This was some fine home country cooking, and I highly recommend it. My husband nearly kissed the cook, and the kids would not stop talking about it.
Bonus points for their Fairy Garden in the entryway. How amazing is that??
Crochet in the car, because being a passenger has definite perks. Got a small head start on my new project.
Florida has the most amazing trees. I had to take a photo while we were driving of these tall forest trees. Just incredible.
And we finally made it onto the beach! My son, his beach toys, my yarn and WIP, and The Secret Lives of Colours by Kassia St. Clair (Amazon affiliate)… What more can I ask for? My husband and I never take breaks and are always up to our eyeballs in work, so this was perfection.
Our three daughters also had a wonderful time playing with their boogie boards in the ocean. It was endearing and relaxing to watch them have a great time together! Sister love 🙂
Family pic – of course I’m always behind the camera! My four kiddoes are growing like weeds, by the way…
And the couple’s selfie! Haha – living our best life!
Speaking of best life – My beach WIP – coming along. Nothing like a hexagon to make my heart grow. Obsessed with that six-sided shape! This piece is part of a larger project that will come out soon!
This is the sign of a good trip right here… All four kids knocked out.
This pic is from the way home – we stopped to shop for clothes for my kids, and I found this Happiness Planner. My Moleskines have served me for three years now, but this pink one is so pretty – the pages have peach and gold accents, and the weekly layout is very good.
For me, the end of a vacation is the perfect time to think about what small changes my routine needs. When you’re in your routine, it’s hard to break that cycle, so a vacation can help hit the reset button! For example, I have this crazy goal to finish work every day at noon. It’s a real toughie for my workaholic self, and confession: I am finishing this blog post at 1:30pm, but hey it’s a start. Baby steps. Hopefully the Happiness Planner will be filled with things that make me happy!
Color: If using the Warm Neutrals palette, make 5 square each of 9 colors, and 6 squares each of 3 colors, leaving the cream out for joining and border.
Hook: US Size 4.5mm
Size: 6 inches
Key Stitch Descriptions
beg beginning
beg dc (sc, ch1) – counts as 1 dc
chN chain N number of times
dc double crochet
lp loop
MR make ring: slip knot, ch3, ss in third ch from hook
sc single crochet
sp space (chain space)
ss slip stitch
st stitch
yoh yarn over hook
Video Instruction
This video tutorial includes information on how to:
Make the beg dc and join rounds neatly
Weave ends as you go
Charted Instruction
Written Instruction
Rnd 1 MR, (sc, ch1) 8 times, ss in first sc. [8 sc, 8 sp]
Rnd 2 * (Sc, ch1, 3dc, ch1, sc) in next sp, ch1, sk1, rep from * 3 times, ss in first sc. [12 dc, 8 sc, 12 sp]
Rnd 3 Release lp, insert hook back to front through joining st, grab lp and pull to back of work, * ch3 (keeping chs behind the “petal”), sc in skipped ch-1 sp from Rnd 1, working around the ch-1 from Rnd 2 also, rep from * 3 times, do not join round. [4 sc, 4 sp]
Rnd 4 Beg dc in sp, (6dc in same sp, ch1, sc in sc st, ch1, dc in next sp) 4 times omitting final st, ss in beg dc. [28 dc, 4 sc, 8 sp]
Rnd 5 * Sc in next dc, (ch2, sk1, sc) 2 times, ch2, dc in sc st, ch2, rep from * 3 times, ss in first st. [4 dc, 12 sc, 16 sp]
Rnd 6 Beg dc in sp (counts as 1 hdc here), (2hdc in same sp, ch1, hdc in next sp) 16 times omitting final st, ss in beg dc. [48 hdc, 16 sp]
Rnd 7 Ss in 2 hdc, (sc in sp, ch3) 16 times, ss in first st. [16 sc, 16 sp]
Rnd 8 * 3sc in next sp, (dc, ch1, dc) in next sp, (dc, ch1, dc, ch3, dc, ch1, dc) in next sc st to make corner, (dc, ch1, dc) in next sp, 3sc in next sp, sc in sc, ss in first st. [32 dc, 28 sc, 20 sp]
Rnd 9 (Sc in all sts/sps to next corner, 3sc in corner sp) 4 times, ss in all sts/sps to beginning, ss in first sc, cut yarn. [88 sc]
Color: If using the Warm Neutrals palette, make 5 square each of 9 colors, and 6 squares each of 3 colors, leaving the cream out for joining and border.
Hook: US Size 4.5mm
Size: 6 inches
Key Stitch Descriptions
beg beginning
beg dc (sc, ch1) – counts as 1 dc
chN chain N number of times
dc double crochet
lp loop
MR make ring: slip knot, ch3, ss in third ch from hook
sc single crochet
sp space (chain space)
ss slip stitch
st stitch
yoh yarn over hook
Video Instruction
This video tutorial includes information on how to:
Make the beg dc and join rounds neatly
Weave ends as you go
Charted Instruction
Written Instruction
Rnd 1 MR, (sc, ch3, sc, ch5) 4 times, ss in first sc. [8 sc, 8 sp]
Rnd 2 Ss in first ch, beg dc, (ch3, 3dc in same sp, ch1, sc in ch-5 sp, ch1, 3dc in ch-3 sp), ss in beg dc. [24 dc, 4 sc, 9 sp]
Rnd 3 (5sc in next sp, ch3, 2sc in next sp, ch5, 2sc in next sp, ch3) 4 times, ss in first sc. [36 sc, 12 sp]
Rnd 4 Ss in next sc, beg dc in next sc, * ch3, 2dc in same st, (ch3, sc in next sp) 3 times, ch3, sk 2 sc, 2dc in next sc, rep from * 3 times omitting final st, ss in beg dc. [16 dc, 12 sc, 20 sp]
Rnd 5 Ss in first ch, beg dc in sp, (ch2, 3dc in same sp, 3dc in next sp, 3sc in next sp, sc in sc, 3sc in next sp, 3dc in next sp, 3dc in next sp) 4 times omitting final st, ss in beg dc. [48 dc, 28 sc, 4 sp]
Rnd 6 (3sc in corner sp, 19sc) 4 times, ss in first sc, cut yarn. [88 sc]
Color: If using the Warm Neutrals palette, make 5 square each of 9 colors, and 6 squares each of 3 colors, leaving the cream out for joining and border.
Hook: US Size 4.5mm
Size: 6 inches
Key Stitch Descriptions
3dccl 3dc cluster: (yoh, insert hook in st/sp, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps) 3 times, yoh, draw yarn through 4 lps
beg beginning
beg 3dccl beg 3dc cluster: beg dc, (yoh, insert hook in st/sp, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps) 2 times, yoh, draw yarn through 3 lps
beg dc (sc, ch1) – counts as 1 dc
chN chain N number of times
dc double crochet
lp loop
MR make ring: slip knot, ch3, ss in third ch from hook
sc single crochet
sp space (chain space)
ss slip stitch
st stitch
yoh yarn over hook
Video Instruction
This video tutorial includes information on how to:
Make the beg dc and join rounds neatly
Join the round in a cluster st neatly
Weave ends as you go
Charted Instruction
Written Instruction
Rnd 1 MR, beg dc, (ch3, 2dc) 3 times, ch3, dc, ss in beg dc. [8 dc, 4 sp]
Rnd 2 Beg 3dccl in sp, (ch3, 3dccl in same sp, ch5, 3dccl in next sp) 4 times omitting final 3dccl, ss in beg 3dccl. [8 3dccl, 8 sp]
Rnd 3 Beg 3dccl in sp, * (ch2, 3dccl in same sp) 3 times, ch2, sc in ch-5 sp, ch2, 3dccl in next sp, rep from * 3 times omitting final 3dccl, ss in beg 3dccl. [16 3dccl, 4 sc, 20 sp]
Rnd 4 * (Sc, ch1, 3dc, ch1, sc) in next 3 sps, sc in next sp, sc in sc, sc in next sp, rep from * 3 times, ss in first sc. [36 dc, 36 sc, 24 sp]
Rnd 5 Release the working lp, insert hook back to front through joining st, pull working lp to the back, * ch3, sc in skipped 3dccl working “behind” the petals, not “around” them – tilt petals toward you / watch video if needed – (ch3, sc in next 3dccl as before) 2 times, sc in 3 sc sts, sc in next 3dccl as before, rep from * 3 times, do not join round. [28 sc, 12 sp]
Rnd 6 Beg dc in sp, * 2dc in same sp, (3dc, ch3, 3dc) in next sp, 3dc in next sp, dc in next 5 sc, dc in next sp, rep from * 3 times omitting final st, ss in beg dc. [68 dc, 4 sp]
Rnd 7 (Sc in all sts to corner sp, 5sc in corner sp) 4 times, sc in all sts to beg, ss in first sc, cut yarn. [88 sc]
Color: If using the Warm Neutrals palette, make 5 square each of 9 colors, and 6 squares each of 3 colors, leaving the cream out for joining and border.
Hook: US Size 4.5mm
Size: 6 inches
Key Stitch Descriptions
dc4tog (yoh, insert hook in next st/sp, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps) 4 times, yoh, draw yarn through 5 lps
beg beginning
beg dc4tog beg dc, (yoh, insert hook in next st/sp, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps) 3 times, yoh, draw yarn through 4 lps
beg dc (sc, ch1) – counts as 1 dc
chN chain N number of times
dc double crochet
lp loop
MR make ring: slip knot, ch3, ss in third ch from hook
sc single crochet
sp space (chain space)
ss slip stitch
st stitch
yoh yarn over hook
Video Instruction
*** Note – in the video, there is an error – where I made 3 sc in each corner on the final (7th) round, it should be 5 sc in each corner! ***
This video tutorial includes information on how to:
Make the beg dc and join rounds neatly
Join the round in a cluster st neatly
Weave ends as you go
Charted Instruction
Written Instruction
Rnd 1 MR, beg dc, 15dc, ss in beg dc. [16 dc]
Rnd 2 Beg dc in next st, (dc in next st, ch2, dc in next st) 8 times omitting final st, ss in beg dc. [16 dc, 8 sp]
Rnd 3 Beg dc in joining st, (dc in same st, 2dc in next st, ch2, dc in next st) 8 times omitting final st, do not join round. [32 dc, 8 sp]
Rnd 4 Beg dc4tog over first 4 sts of previous Rnd, (ch4, sc in next sp, ch4, dc4tog over next 4 dc) 4 times omitting final dc4tog, ss in beg dc4tog. [8 dc4tog, 8 sc, 16 sp]
Rnd 5 * (3sc in next sp, ch1) 2 times, 3sc in next sp, ch3, 3sc in next sp, ch1, rep from * 3 times, ss in first sc. [48 sc, 16 sp]
Rnd 6 * Sc in next 7 sts/sps, (4dc, ch2, 4dc) in ch-3 sp, sk 3 sc, sc in sp, sc in next st, rep from * 3 times, ss in first sc. [32 dc, 36 sc, 4 sp]
Rnd 7 (Sc in all sts to corner sp, 5sc in corner sp) 4 times, sc in all sts to beg, ss in first sc, cut yarn. [88 sc]
