Hello Everyone! Thank you for joining us in this adventure. A few months ago we were all brought together, not having an idea on what this group would look like. To say we are amazed, and grateful is the biggest understatement.
A little bit about myself. I wear a lot of labels: wife, mother, sister, daughter, friend, and many more. I love to create, and found that I'm most successful in creating with yarn. Although I love to write, doodle, paint, and build- I do not have the patience for them like I do with crochet. I have been crocheting for 15 + years. My mom taught me from a sampler style blanket. I wish I would have kept the squares I made, they were ALL OVER THE PLACE. I threw it away at one point. About 10 years ago I joined the Vanna's Choice Fan Club on Ravelry. From there I started swapping 12 inch squares with women from all over. This is the place where I first discovered my love for design. However, weddings, home buying, and children pushed that to the back burner.
Last summer I was out with some friends and busted my ankle on the dance floor. One, I was wearing converse so no crazy shoes. Two, I was literally walking when my ankle gave out. Point of this story is that I was laid up for 8 weeks and Retrograde was born. From there I've been trying to keep up with , or at least keep notes of, all the designs swimming around in my head.
I love, love, love texture. I love designs that look great as a solid square, but also can be experimented with. Most of my designs will work well with self stripping yarns like Mandala, Caron cakes, and various cakes.
Without further waiting, here is the design! If you'd like to have a PDF copy of this pattern, hop on over to my Ravelry store. For the duration of the CAL use coupon code PCM19 for half off.
Pasha is a 12 inch square designed for those who are also obsessed with bean stitches and lots of texture. This square is featured in the Patchwork Mystery CAL. For any additional help, please join my facebook group Shelby Shea's Stitches CAL
Pasha Square
Materials:
- Worsted Weight Yarn
- I/5.5 mm crochet hook
- Scissors
- Needle to weave in ends
Stitches:
- sl-st : slip stitch
- sp: space
- ch: chain
- sc: single crochet
- hdc: half double crochet
- dc : double crochet
- bean : defined below
Bean Stitch: bean- all stitches are in the same stitch- insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull up loop (two loops on hook), yarn over, insert hook, pull up loop (4 loops on hook). Yarn over, insert hook, pull up loop (6 loops on hook). Yarn over, pull through all loops, ch-1.
Notes:
- If the number is before the stitch (2dc) you will work all stitches into the same spot. If the number comes after the stitch (dc 2) you will work the stitches consecutively.
- Rounds 1-5 has stitch counts for the entire round. Round 6, and beyond, the stitch counts are given in (side/corner) format.
- Notes given in italics are rounds specific notes.
- If you’re new to working in the 3rd loop, there are a ton of great resources on Youtube.
- Round 14 will have one spot where you’ll skip two stitches. For the side you’re joining, it’ll most likely be where you join. Feel free to move it to either corner.
- If you find your center cupping, add 2 chains between beans in Round 4, and skipping one of the chains on Round 5. If you still find cupping, go up hook size until center lays flat.
Magic Ring:
Round 1: ch-2, ,(bean, ch-1) 6 times, ch-2, sl-st to top of first bean. (6 beans, 6 ch-1 spaces)
Round 2: ch-2, 2 bean into each ch-sp around, sl-st to first bean (12 beans )
Round 3: ch-2, (2 bean into space between beans, bean into next space between beans) 6 times, sl-st to first bean. (18 beans)
Round 4: ch-2, bean in between each bean around, sl-st to first bean. (18 beans)
Round 5: in this round you’ll be working in the top of the bean, as well as the ch-1 that closes the bean, all stitches are worked in BLO. Ch-2, (2 sc, sc 2) 12 times, sl-st to first sc. (48 sc)
Round 6: In this round you’ll be squaring off the circle, all stitches are worked in BLO. ch-2, [(2dc, ch-2, 2dc), dc 2, hdc 2, sc 3, hdc 2, dc 2] 4 times, sl-st to first dc. (4 dc, 4 hdc, 3 sc/ 2dc, ch-2, 2dc).
Round 7: all stitches are worked in BLO. ch-1, (sc in each stitch across to corner, 3sc in ch-2 space) 4 times. (15 sc/ 3sc)
Round 8: all stitches are worked in BLO. ch-2, [dc in each stitch across to center sc, (dc, ch-2, dc) into center sc] 4 times, sl-st into first dc. (17 dc/ dc, ch-2, dc)
Round 9: start bean stitches in any even stitch. Ch-1, [(bean, sk-1) across to corner, (bean, ch-2, bean) into ch-2 corner sp] 4 times, sl-st to top of bean stitch. (9 beans / bean, ch-2, bean)
Round 10: all stitches are worked in BLO. ch-1, (sc in each stitch across to corner, 3sc in ch-2 sp) 4 times, sl-st to first sc. ( 22 sc/ 3sc)
Round 11: all stitches are worked in BLO. ch-2, [hdc in each stitch across, (hdc, ch-2, hdc) in center sc] 4 times, sl-st to first hdc. (24 hdc/ hdc, ch-2, hdc)
Round 12: all stitches are made in the 3rd loops, ch-2, [hdc in 3rd loop across to corner, (hdc, ch-2, hdc) in ch-2 sp, sl-st to first hdc. (26 hdc/ hdc, ch-2, hdc)
Round 13: all stitches are worked in the 3rd loop. ch-1, (sc in 3rd loop across to corner, 3sc in ch-2 sp) 4 times, sl-st to first sc. (28 sc/ 3sc)Round 14: start in an even stitch, see notes. ch-2, [(bean, sk-1) across until 2 stitches left, sk-2 (bean, ch-2, bean) into center sc] 4 times, sl-st to top of bean. (14 bean/ bean, ch-2, bean)
Round 15: all stitches worked into BLO, stitches are worked into the top of the bean, and the ch-1 st. ch-1, (sc in each stitch across to corner, 3 sc in ch-2 sp) 4 times, sl-st to first sc. ( 32 sc / 3sc)
Round 16: all stitches are worked in BLO. ch-2, [hdc in each stitch across to corner, (2hdc, ch-2, 2hdc) in center sc] 4 times, sl-st to first hdc. (34 hdc/ 2hdc, ch-2, 2hdc)
Rounds 17: all stitches are worked in the 3rd loop. ch-1, (sc in 3rd loop in each stitch across to corner, 3sc in ch-2 sp), 4 times, sl-st to first sc to join. (36 sc/ 3sc)
Cut yarn. Weave in ends.
Please head on over the facebook group or the Ravelry group to share your progress!
Happy Hooking!
All the important links:
YouTube video (to be updated once the video is finished loading)
Shelby Shea's Stitches CAL group
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If I go to ravelry and use the coupon code do I get the entire pattern when it comes out or just this block?
Posted by: Sandy | 07/09/2019 at 02:15 PM