Skur 12″ Crochet Square Free Pattern | KT and the Squid

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Skur 12″ Square

by Katy Petersen

12" crochet square free pattern

Size:

12″ square

Materials

Worsted weight yarn

I 5.5mm hook

Gauge

13 dc by 7 rows = 4″ square

Abbriviations

St = stitch

Ch = chain

Sc = single crochet

Dc = Double crocht

Fptr = Front post treble crochet

Dc4tog = double crochet 4 together

Dc3tog = double crochet 3 together

Hdc – half double crochet

Notes

Read all instructions before beginning.

This pattern is worked in the round.

Join the last stitch of each round to the first stitch of the round with a slip stitch.

Instructions

Round 1: In magic ring ch 3 (counts as a dc from here on) and make 11 dc in the ring join. (12sts)
Round 2: Ch 3, fptr in the same st, (dc, fptr) in each st around, join. (24sts)
Round 3: Ch 3, (dc, fptr) in next, *dc in next, (dc, fptr) in next; repeat from * around, join. (36sts)
Round 4: Ch 3, dc in next (dc, fptr) in next, *dc in the next 2, (dc, fptr) in the next; repeat from * around, join. (48sts)
Round 5: Ch 2 (does not count as a st), *dc4tog, ch 4; repeat from * around, join. (12sts and 12 ch-4 spaces)
Round 6: Change color, ch 1, sc in the 1st dc4tog, sc 5 times in the next ch-4 space, sc in the next dc4tog, sc 5 times in the next ch-4 space; repeat from * around, join. (72sts)
Round 7: Ch 2 (counts as a hdc), *fptr around the dc4tog of round 5, hdc in the next 6; repeat from * until 5 sts remain, hdc in the last 5, join. (84sts)
Round 8: Ch 3, *(2 tr, ch 2, 2 tr) in next, dc in the next 3, hdc in the next 3, sc in the next 8, hdc in the next 3, dc in the next 3; repeat from * omitting the last dc, join. (96sts and 4 ch-2 spaces)
Round 9: Change color, ch 3, *fptr in next, dc in next, (2dc, ch 2, 2dc) in the ch-2 space, dc n next, fptr in next, dc in next, ch 2, (dc3tog over the next 3, ch, 2) 6 times, dc in next; repeat from around omitting the last dc in the last repeat, join. (64sts and 32 ch-2 spaces)
Round 10: Ch 2 (does not count as a st), *(fptr in the next, dc in the next) twice, (2dc, ch 2, 2dc) in the ch-2 space, (dc in the next, fptr in the next) twice, (dc, ch 1, dc) in each of the next 7 ch-2 spaces; Repeat from * around, join to the first fptr. (104sts, 28 ch-1 spaces, and 4 ch-2 spaces)
Round 11: Change color, ch 2, *(fptr in the next, dc in the next) three times, (2dc, ch 2, 2dc) in the ch-2 space, (dc in the next, fptr in the next) three times, (dc, ch 1, dc) in each of the next 7 ch-1 spaces; Repeat from * around, join to the first fptr. (120sts, 28 ch-1 spaces and 4 ch-2 spaces)
Round 12: Ch 2, *(fptr in the next, dc in the next) four times, (2dc, ch 2, 2dc) in the ch-2 space, (dc in the next, fptr in the next) four times, (dc, ch 1, dc) in each of the next 7 ch-1 spaces; Repeat from * around, join to the first fptr. (136sts, 28 ch-1 spaces and 4 ch-2 spaces)

Fasten off, weave in all ends.