Cordillera MCAL by DeviousRose
Pattern page: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cordillera-crochet-version
Release schedule:
January 6- Clue 1 (Foothills). Some easy prep, like gathering supplies and camping gear. 口 January 8- Clue 2 (Ascent). We begin the climb! But then we set up base camp. 口 January 15- Clue 3 (Peak). We're near the top of the Andes 口 January 29- Clue 4 (Return to the Village). Finishing up, casting off, blocking. 口 February 5 - Officially over! You are free to share photos of your adventure · Please, no spoiler photos as your front project photo until after the MKAL is over. Use the pattern teaser images or your yarn choices. Sign up thread is here. Size: Clue 3 is repeatable until you are happy or yarn runs out! Gauge: Item will need to be somewhat drapey, but a tighter gauge or larger yarn & needles is okay so long as your work is flexible. You wil just get a cozier item. If you use finer hooks/needles or finer yarn, you will get a more delicate item. :s x 9 rows in double crochet (treble for UK)= 4 inches/10 cm
Materials:
- 3 colours of at least 109 yards each DK yarn or other weight that works with your hook or needles. I used 3 skeins Mirasol Llama Una, 100% llama, 109 yards/50 grams, in Gull, Gold, and Forest. Crochet item will be somewhat smaller than knitted item if you use the same yardage - 5.5 mm/Us 9 circular or long needles to accommodate many stitches 5.0 mm hook for DK weight. I used a 4.5 mm hook with sport-weight yarn, and a 5.5 mm with worsted weight in Knit Picks Swish Worsted, 110 yards/ 50 grams.
Clue 2 (crochet):
Notes:
- Stitch count grows by 6 each row. Each time you complete a block of colour, whether you are using 3, 2, or 4 colours, it is considered one pattern repeat - When counting double crochets of a row, remember to count the beginning chain 5 as one double Crochet+ a chain-2 space - The pattern is written in US terminology. For UK terminology, please remember that “dc"= treble crochet!
Begin pattern:
Row 1) Ch 8, dc in 6th ch from hook, (dc, ch 2, dc, ch 2) in next ch (mark the center dc of this to mark the spine stitch), (dc, ch 2, dc) in last ch, turn. 7 dc When counting dc of a row, include the ch 3 of the opening ch 5 as a dc Row 2) Ch 5,\*dc in ch-2 sp, dc in next 2 dc, dc in ch-2 sp,\*, (dc, ch 2, dc, ch 2) in spine, rep from \* to \*, joining Colour B, turn. 13 dc Row 3) Ch 5,\* dc in ch-2 sp,dc in next 5 dc, dc in ch-2 sp,\* (dc, ch 2, dc, ch 2) in spine, rep from \* to \*, ch 2, dc in ch-2 sp, turn. 19 dc Row 4) Ch 5, \*dc in ch-2 sp, dctog, V-st 2x, dctog, dc, dc in ch-2 sp\*, (dc, ch 2, dc, ch 2) in spine, rep from \* to \*, ch 2, dc in ch-2 sp, joining Colour C, turn. 25 dc Row 5) Ch 5, \*dc in ch-2 sp, dc in every dc up to ch-2 sp (so you are ignoring the ch-1 spaces of the Vstitches), dc in ch-2 sp\*, (dc, ch 2, dc, ch 2) in spine, rep from \* to \*, ch 2, dc in ch-2 sp, turn. 31 dc Row 6) Ch 5, \*dc in ch-2 sp, dc in next dc, dctog 2x, V-st in next 4 dc, dctog 2x, dc, dc in ch-2 sp,\*, (dc, ch 2, dc, ch 2) in spine, rep from \* to \*, ch 2, dc in ch-2 sp, joining Colour A, turn. 37 dc Special Abbreviations: sp-space V-st (V-stitch): (dc, ch 1, dc) all in same space or stitch
