Circle of Friends Square
by Priscilla Hewitt ©1999
My sweet crochet "Sissys", Myra and Melissa, made these squares and scanned them for me while my scanner's in the shop. Thank you so much, dear friends!!! You both do such beautiful work!!!
Materials:
Off-white worsted weight acrylic yarn
Crochet hook size H or size needed for gauge
Gauge: First 2 rounds = about 3”.
Finished size: 8”
With size H hook ch 6, join with a sl st to form ring
Round 1: Ch 4 to count as the first trc, work 15 trc in the ring; join with a
sl st to the top of the ch 4; ch 1, turn. (16 trc)
Round 2: Sc in the same st as joining, trc in the same st; (sc, trc) in each of the next 15 dc;
join with a sl st to the first sc; ch 1, turn. (32 sts)
Round 3: Sc in the same sc as joining, (ch 3, skip next trc, sc in the next
sc) 15 times, ch 3, join with a sl st to the first sc. (16 ch-3 spaces)
Round 4: Sl st into the first ch 3 space, ch 3 to count as the first dc, work 2
dc in the same ch 3 space; (3 dc in the next ch 3 space) 15 times, join with
a sl st to the top of the beginning ch 3; ch 1, turn. (48 dc)
Round 5: Sc in the same stitch as joining, trc in the next dc, (sc in the next
dc, trc in the next dc) 23 times, join with a sl st to the first sc; ch 1, turn.
(48 stitches)
Round 6: Sc in the same sc as joining, (ch 3, skip next trc, sc in the next
sc) 23 times, ch 3, join with a sl st to the first sc. (24 ch-3 spaces)
Round 7: Sl st into the first ch 3 space, ch 3 to count as the first dc, work 2
dc in the same ch 3 space; *(3 sc in the next ch 3 space) 3 times; 3 dc in
the next ch 3 space; 5 trc in the next ch 3 space; 3 dc in the next ch 3
space* Repeat from * to * 3 times; (3 sc in the next ch 3 space) 3 times;
3 dc in the next ch 3 space; 5 trc in the next ch 3 space; join with a sl st to
the top of the beginning ch 3; ch 1, turn. (80 stitches)
Round 8: Sc in the first trc, trc in the next trc, (sc, trc, sc) in the next trc
for corner, *(trc in the next st, sc in the next st) 10 times; trc in the next
st, (sc, trc, sc) in the next st for corner.* Repeat from * to * 2 times; (trc in
the next st, sc in the next st) 9 times, trc in the next st, join with a sl st to
the first sc; ch 1, turn. (88 stitches)
Round 9: Sc in each st around, working 3 sc in each of the corner trc’s; join
with a sl st to the first sc. (96 sc) Fasten off. Weave in ends.