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Becky Skuse

How do I increase at the end of a level?

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Here’showtoincreaseonesquareat the end of a level

We’llworkthenextlevelinthesame

colourasthefirstlevel(itmakesa nice

checkdpatern).We’regoingtoworktwo

squaresagain,toshowyouhowto

decrease the number of squares.

How do I decrease squares?

Next, work the third level andtrydecreasingsquares

Step 1 Todecreasebyonesquareatthestart

ofa newlevel,jointheyarnatthetop-right

ofthefirstsquareofthepreviousrow,inthe

firstss.Thisformsthefirstloopoftherow.

Step 2 Work this square as a Plain Square.

Step 3 Workthenextsquareasa Plain

Squareaswell.Youcanjuststophereand

youwillhavedecreasedonesquareatthe

endoftherow.Youwillhave 2 squares on

this finished third level.

Thereareplentyofpossibilitiesofwhateffectscanbeachieved

withTunisianentrelaccrochet,sograbsomesquared paper and

plansomethinggreat!Herearea fewideas.

Youcancontinuethefabricbyworkingmorelevelswithmoreor

fewersquares.Tocreatea triangularshawl,startwithonefoundation

levelsquareandincreaseatthestartandendofeverylevel.Ortry

startingwith 30 foundationlevelsquares,thenalternatebetween 29

and 30 on each level for a rectangular fabric with jagged edges.

TIPYou’llnoticethatTunisiancrochetdoeshavea tendencytocurl,

butyoucantamethiswith blocking, adding a dc edging, or by

addingmoresquares.

TIPChangeyarncolourbetweensquaresonthesamelevelatthe

endoftheslipstitchrowthatfinishesthesquare.Worktheyrhinthe

newyarncolouronthefinalslipstitchthat’sworkedintothefirstssof

thenextadjacentsquare.You’llhavea loopofthenewcolour on your

hook ready to work the next square in the new colour.

What do I do next?

Make more levels and other shapes

Step 1 Pullupa loopineachslipstitch(6

loops),thenpullupanextraloopinthefinal

foundationchaindowntheedgeofthe

squarebelow.Onthissquare,there’sno

foundationchaintojointoontheleft,sothe

extraloopwillhelpforma neatedge.

Step 2 Forthissquare,eachReturnPass

needstostartwitha ‘ch1’,so yrh and pull

throughthefirstloop.

Step 3 Continuebyrepeating‘yrhandpull

through2 loops’untilone loop remains, to

finishthefirstrow.

Step 4 Continuethesquareasfora standard

TSSpiece:pullupa loopineachverticalbar

(7loops)fortheForwardPass(makesurethe

hookgoesunder2 strandsofthelastbar);

worktheReturnPassasyoudidinSteps2-3.

Continueuntilyouhave5 rows,thenfinish

witha slipstitchrow(6ss).Fastenoff.The

second level is finished and has 3 squares.

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