I prepared a series of simple squares for my 3 blankets. I named them after cities in a beautiful country Slovakia where I live. The capital is Bratislava. There is no square with this name, I plan to do a bigger project named after the capital city. .
Crochet Square Kosice
Square size: 18 x 18 cm
Material: 100% acrylic 100 g = cca 300 m
Colours:
Group A: Bold and vibrant shades of green, blue, turquoise
Group B: dark shades of blue, brown, petrol and green
Group C: light shades of beige, light brown, dirty-white, grey-blue, grey-green, light blue, icy blue
Stitches (US terminology)
Ch – chain
ss- slip stitch
sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
bphdc – back post hdc
bpdc- back post dc
BL – back loop
sc2tog – 2 sc crochet together under 1 head
COR1 – sc, ch, sc
COR1A – beginning of the row: 3ch, sc
COR2 – hdc, 2 ch, hdc
COR2A – beginning of the row: ch, hdc, 2ch, hdc
COR3 – 2 dc, 2ch, 2 dc
COR3A – beginning of the row: 2ch, dc, 2ch,2dc
COR4 – 3dc, ch2, 3dc
COR4A – beginning of the row: 2ch, 2dc, 2ch, 3dc
Start with (A), 4ch into a ring or a magic ring start
1.r (A): 5ch, (3dc, 2ch) x 3, 2 dc, ss to 1st corner space
2.r (A): COR4A, (ch, COR4) x 3, ch, finish the row with ss to 1st dc, ss to the 2nd dc, ss to corner space
3.r (A): COR4A, (ch, 3dc to next ch1 space, COR4) x 3, ch, 3dc to next ch1 space, ch, finish the row with ss to 1st dc, ss to 2nd dc, ss to corner space
4.r (C): COR3A, (dc to every stitch on side, COR3) x 3, dc to every stitch on side, ss to 1st dc, ss to corner space
5.r (B): (COR1, bphdc to every stitch) x 4, ss to corner space (17 stitches on side)
6.r (C): as row 4 (21 stitches on side)
7.r (B): as row 5 (23 stitches on side)
8.r (C): as row 4 (27 stitches on side). After last dc crocheted, finish the row with invisible join, sew in the ends of yarns.
