The Yarn Circle
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DK 4mm, 4.5mm
★★ Intermediate
Yarn used
King Cole Cottonsoft DK
2 balls in Ecru 711 (MC)
1 ball each in Buttercup 1600 (CC1),
Saxe 718 (CC2), Cloud 1575 (CC3)
& Dusky 3211 (CC4)
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About the yarn
DK; 210m per 100g ball; 100% cotton
Tension
Motif =16cm square using larger hook
Hooks used
4mm
4.5mm
Sizing
58cm long x 112cm wide
Start crocheting
Motif
Make 22 as according to Motif
Colour Guide.
With larger hook and indicated colour, chain
- Join with sl st to form a ring.
Rnd 1 (WS): Working into ring, 3 ch (counts
as first tr here and throughout), 23 tr, join
with sl st in top of beg 3 ch. Fasten off.
24 tr
Rnd 2 (RS): Join next colour in any tr,
6 ch (counts as 1 tr, 3 ch), miss next st,
[1 tr, 3 ch, miss next st] 11 times, join
with sl st in 3rd of beg 6 ch. Fasten off. 12
tr, 12 3ch-sps
Rnd 3 (WS): Join next colour in any 3ch-sp,
3 ch, 4 tr in same beg 3ch-sp, 8 ch,
[5 tr in next 3ch-sp, 8 ch] 11 times, join
with sl st in top of beg 3 ch. Fasten off.
12 5tr-groups, 12 8ch-sps
For the first motif you make, work Rnd 4 as
stated. For additional motifs, you can make
them individually and then sew together or
join as you go according to the layout guide
as follows: when working Rnd 4, instead
of a [6 htr, 2 ch, 6 htr] in an 8ch-sp, join to
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SHAWL
Colour
Combination
1
Colour
Combination^2
Colour
Combination^2
Colour
Combination^1
Colour
Combination^1
Colour
Combination^1
Colour
Combination^2
Colour
Combination^2
Colour
Combination^2
Colour
Combination^2
Colour
Combination^1
Colour
Combination^1
Colour
Combination^1
Colour
Combination^2
Colour
Combination^2
Colour
Combination^2
Colour
Combination^1
Colour
Combination^1
Colour
Combination^1
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Combination^1
Colour
Colour Combination (^1) Combination^2
Layout guide
adjacent motif with [6 htr, 1 ch, 1 sl st in
adjacent motif 2ch-sp, 1 ch, 6 htr] in 8ch-sp.
Rnd 4 (RS): Join next color in centre tr of
any 5tr-group, 1 dc in same st as join, [6
htr, 2 ch, 6 htr] in next 8ch-sp, 1 dc in
centre tr of next 5tr-group, [6 htr, 2 ch,
6 htr] in next 8ch-sp; rep from around,
join with sl st to beg dc.
Fasten off. Block as desired.
Border
Rnd 1: With MC and smaller hook, join in
any st, dc in each st around entire edge,
join with sl st to beg dc.
Fasten off. Weave in ends.
Motif Colour Guide
Colour Combination 1 (make 12)
Rnd 1: CC1
Rnd 2: CC3
Rnd 3: CC2
Rnd 4: MC
Colour Combination 2 (make 10)
Rnd 1: CC4
Rnd 2: CC2
Rnd 3: CC3
Rnd 4: MC