This comes from a photocopied pattern I was asked to decipher by a Wool Haven class member.
It is not a pattern I would normally give to beginners although it does make you very aware of the different stitches available.
The original pattern was set up to be felted – something I haven’t done with mine yet (mainly because it took so long to work out I didn’t want to risk ruining it)
Require:
5mm hook – need to crochet loosely if you want to felt
Wool yarn suitable to felt
Stitches
- sl st – Slip Stitch
- ch – chain
- dc – double crochet
- htc – half treble crochet
- tc – treble crochet
- dtc – double treble crochet
- fp – front post
1. 2 ch, into 1st ch: dc, 2 htc, 5 dc (8 posts)
2. 2 fp tc around each post (16 tc)
Continue working round circle without turning
3. around next 16 posts work as follows (all front post stitches):
- tc, dtc
- 2 dtc
- 2 dtc
- dtc, tc
- 2 tc
- 2 htc
- 2 dc
- 2 htc, tc (pointy tip)
- 2 htc
- 2 dc
- 2 htc
- 2 tc
- tc, dtc
- 2 dtc
- 2 dtc
- dtc, tc, 3 ch then sl st into next stitch, and turn
4. 3 dc into 3 ch space, dc into next sts, sl st into next 7 sts (loosely), 3 dc into next st (pointy tip), sl st into next and fasten off.
Weave starting yarn into back of piece.
5. Re attach yarn to 1st dc in 3 ch space. Then:
- ch1, dc into next st, htc in next 18 sts, 3 dc in front loop of next (pointy tip),
- htc in next 17 sts (joins sts at top of swirl),
- dc in each st following swirl pattern (23 sts).
Fasten off, and weave ends in
Use wet felt method to finish
