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Eye of the Storm Square… Free Crochet Pattern!!!

Eye of the Storm Square… Free Crochet Pattern!!!



This fun, whimsical square was so much fun to make!! I couldn’t decide on which color scheme I wanted, so I have made it in two different sets… I hope you love both! For both squares, I used Red Heart With Love Yarn..

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For this square I used the following colors:

  • A – White
  • B – Sand
  • C – Light Gray
  • D – Light Pink
  • E – Dark Pink
  • F – Dark Gray

For this square I used the following colors:

  • A – Daffodil
  • B – Mango
  • C – Hot Pink
  • D – Jadite
  • E – Mallard
  • F – Aubergine

This is a 12 x 12 Square once blocked.

Supplies:

Yarn – 6 colors of your choice, approximately 20- 25 yards of each color.

Hook – J


*Tip – You will be working in the round

*Tip – You will not turn work over every row, only when indicated

*Tip – This square will need to be blocked when done to get a nice shape.


Stitches:

  • St – Stitch
  • Ch – Chain
  • Sk – Skip
  • Sl St – Slip Stitch
  • Sc – Single Crochet
  • Bl – Back Loop
  • Fl – Front Loop
  • Dc – Double Crochet
  • Hdc – Half Double Crochet
  • Dec – Decrease
  • V St – Dc, Ch 1, Dc in designated stitch

Instructions:

Starting with color A

Round 1: Ch 2, 6 blsc in 2nd ch from hook, join with sl st to beginning blsc. =6 blsc

Round 2: Ch 1, 3 blsc in st, blsc in next st, *3 blsc in next st, blsc in next st*, repeat *to* 1 more time, join with sl st to beginning blsc. = 12 blsc Finish off

Join color B in any middle 3blsc group with sl st into the bl.

Round 3: Ch 3(counts as dc now and throughout), 4 bldc in same st, *bldc in next 3 sts, 5 bldc in next st*, Repeat *to* 1 more time, bldc in next 3 sts, join with sl st to top of beginning ch 3. = 24 bldc Finish off

Join color C in any middle 5bldc group with sl st into the bl.

Round 4: Ch 1, 5 blsc in st, *blsc in next 7 sts, 5 blsc in next st*, repeat *to* 1 more time, blsc in next 7 sts, join with sl st to beginning blsc. = 36 blsc Finish off

Join color D in any middle 5blsc group with sl st into the bl.

Round 5: Ch 3, 4 bldc in same st, *bldc in next 11 sts, 5 bldc in next st*, Repeat *to* 1 more time, bldc in next 11 sts, join with sl st to top of beginning ch 3. = 48 bldc Finish off

Join color E in any middle 5bldc group with sl st into the bl.

Round 6: Ch 1, 5 blsc in st, *blsc in next 15 sts, 5 blsc in next st*, repeat *to* 1 more time, blsc in next 15 sts, join with sl st to beginning blsc. = 60 blsc Finish off

Join color F in any middle 5blsc group with sl st into the bl.

Round 7: Ch 3, 4 bldc in same st, *bldc in next 19 sts, 5 bldc in next st*, Repeat *to* 1 more time, bldc in next 19 sts, join with sl st to top of beginning ch 3. = 72 bldc Finish off

*Tip – Place markers in the 3 corner stitches

*Tip – To fill in the square you will work in rows

Working down the side of the triangle on the right side, join color E to the 1st st to the left of any middle corner 5bldc group

Row 8: Ch1, blsc in 23 sts. = 23 blsc

Row 9: Ch 1, turn, dec flsc over the 1st 2 sts, flsc in the next 19 sts, dec flsc over the last 2 sts. = 21 flsc

Row 10: Ch 1, turn, dec blsc over the 1st 2 sts, blsc in the next 17 sts, dec blsc over the last 2 sts. = 19 blsc

Row 11: Ch 1, turn, dec flsc over the 1st 2 sts, flsc in the next 15 sts, dec flsc over the last 2 sts. = 17 flsc

Row 12: Ch 1, turn, dec blsc over the 1st 2 sts, blsc in the next 13 sts, dec blsc over the last 2 sts. = 15 blsc

Row 13: Ch 1, turn, dec flsc over the 1st 2 sts, flsc in the next 11 sts, dec flsc over the last 2 sts. = 13 flsc

Row 14: Ch 1, turn, dec blsc over the 1st 2 sts, blsc in the next 9 sts, dec blsc over the last 2 sts. = 11 blsc

Row 15: Ch 1, turn, dec flsc over the 1st 2 sts, flsc in the next 7 sts, dec flsc over the last 2 sts. = 9 flsc

Row 16: Ch 1, turn, dec blsc over the 1st 2 sts, blsc in the next 5 sts, dec blsc over the last 2 sts. = 7 blsc

Row 17: Ch 1, turn, dec flsc over the 1st 2 sts, flsc in the next 3 sts, dec flsc over the last 2 sts. = 5 flsc

Row 18: Ch 1, turn, dec blsc over the 1st 2 sts, blsc in the next 1 sts, dec blsc over the last 2 sts. = 3 blsc Finish off

Working down the left side of the triangle on the right side, join color D in the 1st st to the left of the middle corner 5bldc

Row 19: Ch 3, bldc in next 5 sts, blhdc in next 6 sts, blsc in next 6 sts, blslst in next 5 sts(make sure they are not tight), . =6 bldc, 6 blhdc, 6 blsc & 5 blslst

Row 20: Turn, flslst in 1st 6 sts, flsc i next 6 sts, flhdc in next 6 sts, fldc in next 5 sts. = 6 flslst, 6 flsc, 6 flhdc & 5 fldc

Row 21: Ch 3, turn, bldc in next 5 sts, blhdc in next 5 sts, blsc in next 4 sts, blslst in next 5 sts, leave remaining 3 sts unworked. = 6 bldc, 5 blhdc, 4 blsc, 5 blslst. Finish off

Working down the last side , join color C in the bl of the 1st st to the left of the middle st.

Row 22: Blslst in next 9 sts, blsc in next 5 sts, blhdc in next 4 sts, bldc in last 4 sts. = 10 blslst(includes joining slst), 5 blsc, 4 blhdc & 4 bldc

Row 23: Ch 3, turn, fldc in next 4 sts, flhdc in next 4 sts, flsc in next 3 sts, flslst in next 2 sts, leave remaining sts unworked. = 5 fldc, 4 flhdc, 3 flsc & 2 flslst. Finish off

Block Edging

Join on right side with color F in corner st where color F is the only middle st of the original triange left as a corner(top right corner in the picture above) and working across row 23

Round 1: Ch 1, 3 sc in st, sc in next 22 sts, 3 sc in top of ch 3 st, sc 22 sts evenly across 2nd edge of square in sides of the rows, 3 sc in middle corner st of row 18, working down the 3rd side, sc 22 sts evenly in the sides of rows, 3 sc in top of the ch 3 from row 21, sc in next 22 sts, join with sl st to the beginning sc. = 100 sc

Round 2: Ch 1, blsc in st, *3 blsc in next st, blsc in next 24 sts*, Repeat *to* 3 more times ending with 23 blsc’s instead of 24. Join with sl st to beginning sc. = 108 blsc Finish off

Join color C in any corner st

Round 3: Ch 3, 4 dc in same st, {*sk 2 sts, Vst in next st*, Repeat *to* 7 more times, sk 2 sts, 5 dc in next st}, repeat {to} 2 more times, repeat *to*8 times, sk 2 sts, join with sl st to top of beginning ch 3. = 32 Vsts & 4- 5 dc groups Finish off

Join color B in middle corner st

Round 4: Ch 3, 2 dc in same st, *sk 1 st, Vst in next st, Vst in next 8 Vsts, Vst in next st, Sk st(also sk dc of Vst), 3 dc in next st*, repeat *to* 2 more times, sk st, Vst in next st, Vst in next 8 Vsts, Vst in next st, join with sl st to top of beginning ch 3. = 40 Vsts & 4 – 3dc groups Finish off

Join Color A to any middle corner st

Round 5: Ch 3, 4 dc in same st, *Vst in next 10 Vsts, sk st, 5 dc in next st, sk st*, repeat *to* 2 more times, Vst in next 10 Vsts, join with sl st to top of beginning ch 3. = 40 Vsts & 4 – 5dc groups Finish off

Join color F in any middle corner st

Round 6: Ch 1, 3 sc in st, sc in next 34 sts, *3 sc in next st, sc in next 34 sts*, repeat *to* 3 more times, join with sl st to beginning sc. = 148 sc Finish off

Congratulations,,, You now have an Eye of the Storm Square!!! Make as many as you like to make pillows, afghans and other fun projects!


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Happy Crocheting!!

Elena


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