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Happily Ever After CAL - Part Two

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Happily Ever After CAL - Part Two
By Florence Roberts 6 years ago

The second instalment of our Fairy Tale inspired Crochet-A-Long is the large motif. This lovely square is a granny square with a charming twist, work a round of double crochet stitches (dc) and 3-chain (3ch) between each round of treble stitches (tr), making the clusters of trebles line up. Choose your own colour combinations or use ours as a guide.

For this CAL you will need Stylecraft Special DK (100% acrylic).

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Stylecraft Special DK (100% Acrylic) in 100g (295m) balls, entire blanket requires the following:
2 balls in each of Cream (Cream 1005), Green (Meadow 1065) and Fawn (Parchment 1218), 1 ball in each of Deep Pink (Raspberry 1023) and Pale Pink (Clematis 1390). 1 ball in each of Pale Blue (Cloud Blue 1019), Dark Grey (Graphite 1063) and Dusky Pink (Vintage Pink 1836), 1 ball in each of Mid Blue (Aster 1003), Pale Yellow (Lemon 1020), Dark Green (Teal 1062), Purple (Violet 1277), Orange (Spice 1711), Pale Grey (Silver 1203), Light Teal (Denim 1302) and Rust (Copper 1029). 3 balls White (White 1001).  You will also need a size 3mm crochet hook.

Download the full pattern for part two here.

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First round: With a 3mm hook, make a slip stitch (sl st) in your chosen colour. In this case, Cloud Blue (G).

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Pull loop tight on hook.

Make 4ch, to do this, take yarn over hook.

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Pull through loop on hook.

You will have one loop on hook.

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Repeat a further three times.

Work two trebles (2tr) in 4th chain from hook. To work tr, take yarn over hook.

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Insert hook into 4th chain from the hook.

Take yarn over hook again.

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Pull yarn through loop.

You will have three loops on hook.

Take yarn over hook again and pull through two loops.

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Pull through remaining two loops on hook.

Repeat once more. Then 3ch.

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Work a further 3tr, then 3ch three times more in the same place as first 2tr.

Join with a slip stitch in the top of the 3ch. To do this, take yarn over hook and pull through all loops.

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Second round: Join Cream (B) to any corner space.

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Work 1ch, then 1dc.

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Work 3ch.

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Work 1dc, 3ch once more in the same place.

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Finish round referring to the pattern. Finishing with a sl st in first dc.

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Third round: Join next colour, Silver (O), in last 3 chain space (ch sp).

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 Work 3ch, then 2tr in same place as join.

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Work 3tr, 3ch and then 3tr in corner ch sp.

Then 3tr in next ch sp.

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Repeat referring to the pattern. Fasten off with a sl st.

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Fourth round: Using Z, work another round of the 1dc, 3ch repeat.

Repeat this round between each tr round.

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Fifth round: Attach the next colour, Parchment (D), to the last 3-chsp from previous round.

Work 3ch.

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Then work 2tr in same place, 3tr in each 3ch sp, and work 3tr, 3ch, 3tr in corner spaces.

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Sixth round: Join Cream (B), in sp between 3tr group at end and 3ch at start of last round, 1ch, 1dc in same place as join. Repeat referring to the pattern.

7th to 16th rounds: Repeat 5th and 6th rounds 5 times. Changing the colours referring to the key on the pattern.

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Change the colours as you want, creating your own colour ways.

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Once the rounds are completed, work seventeenth round:

Join the next colour in the last 3-chsp of last round and 2ch.

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Work 2dc in same place. Then work 3dc in each 3 ch sp.

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In corner space work 3dc, 1ch, 3dc.

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Continue round referring to the pattern and then finish with a sl st.

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Crochet another 5 large motifs in a range of colours and that is part one complete!

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