HOMECOMING QUEEN
A 10"Bullion Block—Designs by Muggins—c. 2011—Rated Intermediate to Advanced
Thanks to Donna Kay Lacey for photo!
MATERIALS
Yarn suggested—Vanna's Choice Solids & Heathers or Vanna's Choice ‘Baby' Shown: 35 yds of Colour A (red), 40 yds of Colour B (white), 25 yds of Colour C (green) 5.5 mm or US I Crochet Hook Tapestry needle and Scissors
STITCHES
BN—-Bullion. Use the number of wraps indicated following the BN' (e.g. BN-10 is a 10 wrap bullion), wrap hook, insert in indicated st, yo and pull up loop, then yo and pull through all stitches on hook. Slip to close. FP—Front post. Work around the post of the indicated stitch from the front. BLO--Back loop only. Invisible Join—-Please consult a reference for this. There are videos and tutorials readily available online. Air Crochet—purely dc rounds are improved immensely by Air Crochet. My friend, ByHook on Ravelry did a really nice tutorial on it. http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/vannas -choice-fan-club/1206917/201-225#223
INSTRUCTIONS
RND 1: Using Colour C, ch-4, join in circle with a sl st,ch-1, and work 8 sc in circle. Sl stto first sc. Fasten off. (8 ScC) RND 2: Join with Colour A in any sc, ch-3 for height, work BN-10 in same sp; work (2 BN-10 in each sc) x 7, then work last BN-10 in first sc as first BN, sl stto ch-3. Fasten off. (16 BN) RND 3: Using Colour B, slinto any sp between two BN, ch-3 as dc, then work 1 more dc in same sp. Then (3 dc in next sp between BN, 2 dc in next sp between BN) x 4, then work 3 dc in next sp between BN. Fasten off. (40 dc) This round could also be worked more neatly with Air Crochet. RND 4: Using Colour A, loosely slfrom st to st, and work Invisible Join to finish. Fasten off Colour A. (40 sl st) RND 5: Using Colour B, and working in BLO of the dc of RND 3, slto any st, ch-3 as dc, in same st (dc, trc, 2 dc). Then work [(2 dc, 1 hdc, 3 sc,1 hdc, 2 dc)\*, work corner in one stas (2 dc, trc, 2 dc)] x 3, then work to \* only and sl final dc to ch-3. Fasten off. (4 trc, 32 dc, 8 hdc, 12 sc)—also could be worked using Air Crochet RND 6: Using Colour A, slto front post of second dc following a trc. Ch-3 as dc, FPdc in next 11 st,(ch-3 for corner, sk trc, FPdc 13 st) x 3, then ch-3 for corner, sk trc, and FPdc in next st. Sl to beg ch-3. Fasten off. (52 FPdc, 4 ch-3 sp)alsocould be worked using Air Crochet RND 7: Using Colour B, sl to FPdc following a corner, AND into the corresponding dc from RND 5. Then ch-3, and work a dc into the following 12 dc (working hook into both the FPdc AND the corresponding sts from RND 5), [work corner around the ch-3 from RND 6 AND into the trc from RND 5 as (2 dc, ch-2, 2 dc), then work dc into the following 13 st—from both RNDS 5 and 6) x 3, work corner, and slto beg ch-3. Fasten off. (68 dc, 4 ch-2 sp) also could beworked usingAirCrochet as canRND 8. RND 8: Join Colour C into any dc following a cormer ch-2 sp,ch-3 as dc,then dc into following 16 st, [work corner in ch-2 sp as (2 dc, trc, 2 dc), then work dc into following 17 dc] x 3, work corner into ch-2 sp, slto beg ch-3. Fasten off. (84 dc, 4 trc) RND 9: Join Colour A into third dc following a cormer trc, and loosely work sl st into following 16 st, (sl stto post of next dc, ch-3 for height, BN-8 on post of same dc, BN-10 on next 3 posts,BN-8 on last corner post,ch-2\*, slst next 17 st loosely) x 3, work to \* only and work Invisible Join to first st.Fasten off. (68 sl st, 20 BN) RND 10: Join Colour B with a sc between first 2 BN of any corner, work 2 sc between next 2 BN, then ch-2 for corner, work 2 sc between next 2 BN, and 1 sc between last 2 BN, [trc in BLO of RND 8 x 17\*, then working between BN's—(1 sc, 2 sc,ch-2, 2 sc, 1 sc)] x 3, then work to \* only and work Invisible Join to first sc. Fasten off. RND 11: Join Colour C to first trc of any side, ch-2 as hdc, then work hdc in next 19 st. [in ch-2 sp, work corner as (2 dc, trc, 2 dc), then work hdc in next 23 st] x 3, then work corner only, and then hdc in next 3 st; slst to first ch-2. Fasten off or work Invisible Join. [23 hdc per side, corners of (2 dc, trc, 2 dc]. If block is not big enough, work anotherround of sc or hdc to get it to size, working 3 sc or 3 hdc in corner trc. Weave in remaining ends and admire!.
