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Accessory
4-ply 3.5mm
★★★ Advanced
Yarn used
Scheepjes Whirl
1 cake in Mediterranean MooHa 556
Available from
http://www.blacksheepwools.com
About the yarn
4-ply; 1000m per 215g ball; 60% cotton,
40% acrylic
Tension
22 sts x 13 rows = 10cm measured over tr
Hook used
3.5mm
Sizing
35x208cm
Start crocheting
Beg 3 ch counts as first tr throughout. Beg 1
ch does not count as a stitch.
Chain 73.
Row 1 (RS): Starting in 4th ch from hook,
70 tr. Turn. 71 sts
Row 2: 3 ch, 3 tr, [2 ch, miss 2 sts, 10 tr] 5
times, 2 ch, miss 2 sts, 5 tr. Turn.
Row 3: 3 ch, 1 tr, [4 ch, 1 dc into next 2ch-
sp, 4 ch, miss 3 sts, 4 tr] 5 times, 4 ch, 1
dc into next 2ch-sp, 4 ch, miss 3 sts, 1 tr
in last st. Turn. 12 4ch-sps
Row 4: 3 ch, [3 tr into next 4ch-sp, 2 ch,
miss 1 dc, 3 tr into next 4ch-sp, 4 tr] 5
times, 3 tr into next 4ch-sp, 2 ch, miss 1
dc, 3 tr into last 4ch-sp, 2 tr. Turn. 71 sts
Row 5: 3 ch, 4 tr, [2 tr into next 2ch-sp,
10 tr] 5 times, 2 tr into last 2ch-sp, 4
tr. Turn.
Row 6: 1 ch, 1 dc, 2 ch, miss 2 sts, [1 tr, 1
ch, 1 tr] in next st, 2 ch, miss 2 sts, 1 dc,
3 ch, miss 1 st, 1 dc; rep from 7 times
more, 2 ch, miss 2 sts, [1 tr, 1 ch, 1 tr] in
next st, 2 ch, miss 2 tr, 1 dc. Turn. 9 [1 tr,
1 ch, 1 tr] groups
Row 7: 4 ch (counts as 1 tr, 1 ch here and
throughout), miss [2 ch, 1 tr], [1 PS, 2 ch,
1 PS, 2 ch, 1 PS] into next 1ch-sp, 2 ch,
1 dc into next 3ch-sp, 2 ch; rep from 7
times more, [1 PS, 2 ch, 1 PS, 2 ch, 1 PS]
into next 1ch-sp, 1 ch, 1 tr in last dc. Turn.
9 [1 PS, 2 ch, 1 PS, 2 ch, 1 PS] groups
Row 8: 1 ch, 1 dc, 2 ch, miss PS, *1 dc into
next 2ch-sp, 3 ch, 1 dc into next 2ch-sp,
2 ch, [1 tr, 1 ch, 1 tr] in next dc, 2 ch, miss
[2 ch, 1 PS]; rep from * 7 times more,
1 dc into next 2ch-sp, 3 ch, 1 dc into next
2ch-sp, 2 ch, miss 1 ch, 1 dc in 3rd of beg
4 ch. Turn. 8 [1 tr, 1 ch, 1 tr] groups
Row 9: 5 ch (counts as 1 tr, 2 ch), *1 dc
into next 3ch-sp, 2 ch, miss 2ch-sp, [1 PS,
2 ch, 1 PS, 2 ch, 1 PS] into next 1 ch-sp, 2
ch, miss 2ch-sp; rep from * 7 times more,
1 dc into next 3ch-sp, 2 ch, miss 2ch-sp,
1 tr in last st. Turn. 8 [1 PS, 2 ch, 1 PS, 2
ch, 1 PS] groups
Row 10: 1 ch, 1 dc, *2 ch, [1 tr, 1 ch, 1 tr] in
next dc, 2 ch, miss [2 ch, 1 PS], 1 dc into
next 2ch-sp, 3 ch, 1 dc into next 2ch-sp;
rep from * 7 times more, 2 ch, [1 tr, 1 ch, 1
tr] in next dc, 2 ch, miss 2 ch, 1 dc in 3rd of
beg 5 ch. Turn. 9 [1 tr, 1 ch, 1 tr] groups
Rows 11-22: Rep rows 7-10 three times
Row 23: Rep Row 7.
Row 24: 4 ch, [1 dc into next 2ch-sp, 1 ch,
1 dc into next 2ch-sp, 2 ch, 1 tr in next dc,
2 ch] 8 times, 1 dc into next 2ch-sp, 1 ch,
1 dc into last 2ch-sp, 1 ch, 1 tr in 3rd of
beg 4 ch. Turn. 16 2ch-sps
Row 25: 3 ch, 1 tr into first 1ch-sp, [1 tr, 1 tr
into next 1ch-sp, 1 tr, 2 tr into next 2ch-sp,
1 tr, 2 tr into next 2ch-sp] 8 times, 1 tr, 1 tr
into next 1ch-sp, 1 tr, 1 tr into last 1ch-sp,
1 tr in 3rd of beg 4 ch. Turn. 71 sts
Rep rows 2-25 eight more times.
Rep rows 2-5 once more.
Fasten off. Weave in ends and block
to finished measurements.
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