CAL WEEK 13 Basket Weave

Rows 75-80   Basket Weave Stitch

I have chosen to change colours throughout as I like the effect but if you stick to one colour for the border and one colour for the fptr/bptr  the basket weave effect would be more pronounced.  It's up to you!

Row 75 (pale blue)

Ch3 , 1 tr in every stitch across

Row 76 ( blue)

 This involves front and back post treble stitches (raised trebles) which we did back in Week 3. Don't forget there is my You Tube tutorial if you have forgotten how to do them.

Ch2, * 1fptr (front post treble)  around each of next 3 trebles, 1bptr (back post treble) around each of next 3 trebles, repeat from * ending with a treble in to the turning chain.


So, here we go...YO and put hook around the post from the front to the back

Now YO and pull the loop back through 

so you have 3 loops on the hook

Then YO pull though 2 loops, YO pull through 2 loops,

 1 frptr worked.

 Repeat this for the next 2 stitches

 So you have worked 3 fptr in total

Ok, now we're going to work 3 bptr over the next 3 stitches...so, YO and put hook around the next treble FROM THE BACK TO THE FRONT

 This is what it looks like just before you grab the yarn back through

Now grab the yarn ,

and pull the loop back through so you have 3 loops on the hook

then yo pull through 2

YO pull through last 2 loops ; 1 bptr made

Repeat over the next 2 stitches so you've worked 3 bptr in total

Now continue from * to the end, finishing with a treble in the last stitch.

Row 77 (Purple)

Ch2, * 1 bptr around the next 3 bptr,

1 fptr around each of  the next 3 fptr. Repeat from * to end, finishing with a tr  in the last stitch.

Row 78 ( blue)

Ch2, * 1 bptr around each of the next 3 bptr, 1 fptr around each of the next 3 fptr. Repeat from * ending with  a tr in the last stitch.

Row 79 ( pale blue)

Ch2, * 1 fptr around each of the next 3 fptr, 1bptr around each of the next 3 bptr. Repeat from * ending with 1 tr in the last stitch.

Row 80 ( plum)

Ch3 , 1 tr in every stitch to the end. 

Here's a wider shot to see more of it...if you wanted to do a few more rows you'd get more of the desired effect so it's up to you!

CAL Week 12 Twin V-Stitches

Week 12 Rows 70-74

This is going to be a really easy peasy week. I think we all deserve it after the Catherine Wheels! I really hope they didn't cause you too much grief and would love to hear how you're getting on so do feel free to leave a comment below.

Row 70 (plum)

Ch3, 1 tr in every stitch across

Row 71  ( dark sea green)

Ch3, miss 1 stitch, * 2tr in next stitch, 2 tr in next stitch, miss 2 stitches, repeat from  * ending in 1 tr in top of ch3

Row 72  ( turquoise)

Ch3, miss 1 treble, * 2 tr in next stitch, 2 tr in next stitch, miss 2 stitches, repeat from * ending in 1 tr in top of ch3

Row 73 (  rose)

Repeat row 72

Blurred picture alert...

Row 74 ( plum)

Repeat row 70

There...I told  you it was easy didn't I? Happy Hooking everyone!

CAL Week 11 Catherine Wheel

Now, don't get too scared by this one. You've already done fans/clusters and you've also done done tr tog so the actual stitches used here are not new. The combos are a little bit fiddly though so take it slowly and follow the chart as we will undoubtedly be starting at different parts of the pattern when we get to  Row 66.

Row 64 (green)

Ch2, 1htr in every stitch along

Row 65 (lavender)
***DON'T DO THESE ROWS TOO TIGHT!***
Ch1, 1dc in same place, 1 dc in next stitch,  * miss 3 stitches, 7 tr in next stitch, miss 3 stitches, 1dc in each of next 3 stitches, repeat from * to end , only doing 4 trebles in last stitch if ending on the 7 tr cluster.

close up of the 7tr fan

Row 66  (bluey grey)

Ok this is where the fun starts! If you are at the same place as on the chart for this row then you're laughing so go for it! JUST DON'T DO THE CHAINS TOO TIGHT.

If you're not (and I wasn't) then you'll have to work out where you are and start with the relevant part. 

So, here's where I ended Row 65...with dcs instead of the 4tr fan as on the chart

So I needed to start with a ch3 then do a tr cluster over the next 5 stitches then carry on with the pattern from  (*3 ch, 1dc into the next 3 stitches,  3ch, trcluster over next 7 stitches, repeat from *)

 Here are the instructions for how to do the TRCLUSTER over 7 stitches. Don't so it too tight.

Stage 1: Yo into the 1st stitch, yo pull through, yo pull though 2 loops so 2 left on hook

Repeat Stage 1 by going in 2nd stitch until 3 loops left on hook

Repeat Stage 1 by going into 3rd stitch until 4 loops left

Repeat Stage 1 by going into 4th stitch until 5 loops left

Repeat Stage 1 by going into 5th stitch until 6 loops left

Repeat Stage 1 by going into 6th stitch until 7 loops left ( technical issues posting photo sorry)

Repeat Stage 1 into 7th stitch until 8 loops left

 then YO AND PULL THROUGH ALL 8

1 trcl over the 7 stitches made!

Then I could carry on with the pattern so next would be ch3 

then 1 dc in to next 3 stitches, 3 chains then back to the large cluster again repeating the pattern until I got to the end where I ended up doing a trcl over 5 stitches (because I didn't have the space to do the full 7) with a tr in last stitch to end.

Please don't panic over this or get too stressed, just use the chart, work out where you are and be prepared to play with it/frog it a bit to get it right .

Row 67  ( bluey/grey)

In this row we will be doing fans into the top of the trcl from the row below so again you'll have to work out where you are to get them in the right place. So you do 3dcs in to th 3dcs in the row below and then a fan of 7 tr in to the tops of the 7trcl from the row below.

So I started with ch3 then 6tr in to the top of the cluster below

then 1dc in the next 3dcs

and then repeated pattern as on the chart

here's a close up of the dcs after the fan

Row 68  (lavender)

This is basically the same as Row 66 but again work out where you are to start in the right place

I chained 3 then a trcl over the next 3 stitches which then let me continue with the 3dcs along the top of the fan

Row 69  (green)

Ch2, 1 htr in every stitch long to end ( make sure you do 1 htr in the top of each cluster, 3htrs in both of  the gaps either side of the clusters as well as 1 dc in each of the 3 dcs). I did a stitch count here to check that I had roughly 216 and miraculously I DID! 

Pretty huh? It's a bit fiddly but worth the effort....I hope you agree!
Happy Hooking x