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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

~ an octogon motif ~


Materials:
- 4-ply worsted weight acrylic yarn
- J hook

Size:  6 1/2" side to side

Note:  ch 2 at beginning of Rnds 1 & 2 does not count as a stitch

Directions:
Rnd 1:  Ch 4, join with a sl st to 1st ch to make a ring.  Ch 2, 16 dc in ring.  Join with a sl st to 1st dc.  (16 dc)

Rnd 2:  Ch 2, 2 dc in each dc around.  Join as before.  (32 dc)

Rnd 3:  Ch 4, dc in same dc.  Ch 1, skip next dc, dc in next dc, ch 1, skip next dc.  *(dc, ch 1, dc) in next dc, ch 1, skip next dc, dc in next dc, ch 1, skip next dc.  Repeat from * around.  Join with a sl st to 3rd ch of beginning ch 4.

Rnd 4:  Sl st into ch-1 corner space, (ch 4, dc) in same space, ch 1, skip next dc, dc in ch-1 space, dc in next dc, dc in next ch-1 space, ch 1, skip next dc.  *(dc, ch 1, dc) in next ch-1 corner space, ch 1, skip next dc, dc in next ch-1 space, dc in next dc, dc in next ch-1 space, ch 1, skip next dc.  Repeat from * around.  Join as before.

Rnd 5:  Sl st into ch-1 corner space, (ch 4, dc) in same space, ch 1, skip next dc, dc in ch-1 space, dc in next 3 dc, dc in ch-1 space, ch 1, skip next dc.  *(dc, ch 1, dc) in next ch-1 corner space, ch 1, skip next dc, dc in next ch-1 space, dc in next 3 dc, dc in next ch-1 space, ch 1, skip next dc.  Repeat from * around.  Join as before.

Rnd 6:  Ch 1, sc in same st, sc in each dc and ch-1 space around with (sc, ch 1, sc) in each ch-1 corner space.  Join with a sl st to 1st sc.  End off.

***Debi Y's pattern***

13 comments:

  1. Pretty Debi. :-) Hope you are having a great week.

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  2. Hola!
    muy lindos! te felicito!!
    Cariños
    c@

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  3. thanks for sharing! should be the perfect, small, project for this rainy day when I get home tonight!

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  4. hi Debi,thanks so much for stopping over at mine and for your lovely comment.Thankyou also for sharing this cute motif is so cute.have a lovely week,hugs juliex

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  5. That looks fun to try. Thanks for sharing the pattern.

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  6. Very nice motif but I'm wondering how I can make an afghan out of this pattern. I'd have to make a bunch of little squares to fill in the spaces. Would I make these 10 stitches wide, 11 stitches wide, or maybe 9 inches wide and however many rows to make it square?

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    1. Hi anonymous - I think 11 sts would fit perfectly. :)

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    2. I used rows 3 to 6 only with 4 corners for the square and it fits great

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  7. Thank you :) ideal for an idea i have..

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  8. Thanks everyone for the nice comments. :)

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  9. Any chance of getting the diagram for simple patterns such as this one?

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