*** MAY 2019 UPDATE *** :  I’ve just published a modified version of this motif and pattern for a blanket.  Read more about it here 

Hello lovely bloggy friends.  It’s been awhile since I’ve seen you.  How have you been?

I’ve been missing in action working on a now kaput project.  I won’t go into what it was but it was an interesting experience that sucked me dry creatively and sent me into the land of frustration and insecurity.  However I did learn a lot about myself along the way and what direction I wanted to take Poppy & Bliss so all was not lost. Onwards and upwards! So now I’ve dusted myself off and jumping back in the saddle again and working on lots of new patterns and trying to get my blogging mojo back on again.

Here’s a quick and easy little motif pattern for you today.  Enjoy!

Size:  aprox 7 cm (3 inches)

What you’ll need:

• 8ply cotton in 2 colours
• 3.5mm hook

US terms used 

Abbreviations:

ch       chain

dc       double crochet

hdc     half double crochet

sl st   slip stitch

sp       space

tr        treble crochet

yo      yarn over

Special Stitches Used:

2DC CLUSTER

• yo, insert hook into ring and draw up loop,
• yo draw through 2 loops (2 loops on hook),
• yo, insert hook into ring, yo, draw up loop (4 loops on hook),
• yo, draw through 2 loops,
• yo, draw through remaining 3 loops on hook

Instructions:

Start:

Using contrast colour make a magic ring (or ch 3 and join with a sl st)

Round 1:

• Ch 3, dc 1, ch 1, 2dc cluster, ch 3 (corner space)
• *2dc cluster, ch 1, 2dc cluster, ch 3
• repeat from * twice more
• Join with a sl st into top of starting ch3

 Round 2:

• Sl st over and into to next ch 1 sp
• *[2 dc,3 tr, 2 dc] into next ch 3 sp
• sl st into next ch 1 sp **
• Repeat from * to ** 3 more times, working the last sl st into the top of the first
• Fasten off

Round 3:  Note – all stitches in this round are worked into back loop only

• Join White yarn into the centre st of any corner from previous round
• (ch 3, 2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) into same stitch
• dc into next 3 sts , tr down into the ch 1 sp below in Round 1, dc  into next 3 sts
• *(3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) , dc  into next 3 sts, tr into ch 1 sp below in Round 1, dc  into next 3 sts
• Repeat from * twice
• Join with sl st into top of first ch 3.  Fasten off

Round 4:  

• Join contrast colour into any corner space
• [ch 2, 2 hdc] into same space
• hdc into next 13 sts
• *3 hdc into corner sp, hdc 13
• Repeat from * to end
• Join with a sl st into top of first ch 2.   Fasten off

Make lots! Joined together, they make a cheerful cushion (or blanket if you’re game)

Even the motif centres look pretty cute just as they are.  A pretty flower garland perhaps?

Until next time, happy hooking.

Michelle x