Lotus Pavilions
Copyright Helen Shrimpton 2015 12 afghan square Using Aran weight and 5.5mm hook Approx 100 meters of yarn needed. I designed this square to be used as a 6 or 12 inch square using eight colours. You may of course use as many colours as you wish. If using a lighter weight yarn the square will be smaller (double knit comes out at approx 11 inches with a 4.5mm hook). Use this square in any way you like for your own use but please do not reproduce or distribute this pattern without my consent.
US terms are used throughout.
Special stitches Popcorn (pc)- for this pattern the popcorn stitch is 5 tr into the same stitch, take hook from last loop, place in 1st loop and then last and slip together, fasten with a ch1. BLO - stitches are made into the back loop only of a stitch. BP - stitch is made around the back post of the stitch and not through the loops. I also refer to magic circle, standing stitches and invisible joins, if these are new to you there are excellent videos on YouTube to teach you how. Round 1. With colour 1. Make a magic circle and chain 4 (this counts as 1dc plus 1ch) dc ch1, 11 more times. Fasten with invisible stitch and draw the loop together but not too tightly or it will buckle in the next round. (total 12dc 12ch1)
Round 2. Join colour 2
With a standing tr in any ch1 space, tr 4 more times into same space and make popcorn stitch, make popcorn in each 1ch space around not forgetting to close each popcorn with a ch1, and join with invisible stitch.(12 popcorn) Round 3. Join colour 3 With standing sc in any pc, ch3, sc in next pc. Repeat around and join with a sl-st. (12 sc, 12 3 ch spaces) Round 4. Sc into next ch3 space, \*ch5, sc in next space plus 4 more sc in same space (5sc in ch3 space),in next ch3 space 5sc, sc in next ch3 space\*, repeat from \* to \* 3 more times, omitting last sc. Join with sl-st to 1st sc. (40 sc, 4 5ch spaces) Round 5. Join colour 4 Standing dc in any 5ch corner space, counts as 1st dc \*In 5ch space (5dc ch3 5dc) first corner formed, ch1, sc in 3rd (middle) sc of 5sc group, ch3, sc in 3rd sc of next group ch1\* repeat from \* to \* join with invisible stitch. (40dc, 4 x 3ch spaces, 8 ch1 spaces, 8sc)
Round 6. Join colour 5
With standing bphdc in 7th dc of any corner group. bphdc in next 3 stitches \*skip ch1 and sc from round 5, in ch3 space 7 dc, skip ch1 and sc from round 5, bphdc in next 5 stitches, into centre chain of corner ch3 space (BLO hdc 2ch hdc), bphdc in next 5stitches\* repeat 3 times omitting last 4 bphdc. Join with invisible stitch. (40bphdc, 28dc, 8hdc, 4 ch2 spaces) Round 7. In this round the stitches are worked in two groups, the 12 stitches of the corner group and the 7 stitches of the fan group. Join colour 5 with standing BLO-dc in 2nd stitch from any corner, blo-dc in next 4, last stitch falls in last bphdc of corner group. \*in the fan group (bphdc in next 2, (1st 2 dc of fan!) bpsc in next 3, bphdc next 2). In the corner group (blo-dc next 6, into ch2 corner space (dc ch2 dc), blo-dc in next 6), \*. Repeat \* to \* omitting last 5 stitches. Join with sl-st to 1st dc. (14dc, 4bphdc, 3bpsc, per side). Round 8. Ch2 hdc in each stitch around with (hdc ch2 hdc) in each corner ch2 space, join with sl-st. (23 hdc per side) For a 7 inch square stop at this point, fasten off and work in ends. It will work perfectly as a stand alone square or as smaller versions to use as a border around the larger squares. Round 9. Ch2 (counts as first hdc), hdc in next 5 stitches, sc in next stitch, \*ch3, skip next 3 stitches, sc in next stitch, hdc in next 9 stitches, in corner ch2 space (hdc ch2 hdc), hdc in next 9 stitches, sc in next stitch \*. Repeat \* to \* 2 more times omitting last 6 hdc, join with invisible join. (20hdc, 2sc, 3ch space per side)
Round 10. Join colour 6
With a standing dc in any corner ch2 space (counts as 1st dc) \*(dc ch5 dc in corner space), dc in next 8 stitches, sc in next stitch, ch1, skip 2, in ch3 space (5dc ch3 5dc), ch1, skip 2, sc in next stitch, dc in next 8 stitches\*. Repeat \* to \* finish with invisible join. ( 28 dc, 2 sc, ch3, 2ch1, for each side and 5ch in each corner) Round 11. Join colour 7 With a standing sc in the 3rd stitch before any corner 5 ch space, \*ch1, into corner space (5dc ch3 5dc) , ch1, skip 2 stitches, sc in next stitch, ch2, skip 2 stitches, sc in next, ch2, skip 2 stitches, sc in next 2 stitches, (in point group) bphdc in next 10 stitches , sc in next 2 stitches, ch 2 skip 2 stitches, sc in next stitch, ch 2, skip 2 stitches, sc in next stitch\*. Repeat \* to \* 3 more times. Join with sl-st to 1st sc. (8sc, 10bphdc, 10dc per side) Round 12. \*sc in next 5 stitches, in corner 3ch space (sc ch2 sc), sc in next 5 stitches, sl-st in next stitch, in 2ch space (3 hdc), sl-st in next stitch, in ch2 space (3 hdc), sl-st in next stitch, skip next stitch. Into point group (sc in next 5 stitches, 2xsc in next stitch, sc in next 4stitches), skip next stitch sl-st in next stitch, in ch2 space (3 hdc), sl-st in next stitch, in ch2 space (3 hdc), sl-st in next stitch,\*. Repeat \* to \* 3 more times. Join with invisible join. (23sc, 12 hdc per side) Round 13. In this round you will be working in sets of stitches again, there are 2 sets of 6 either side of each corner, 4 sets of 3, in groups of 2 on each side and the point group of 11 stitches. It sounds wordy and complicated but really it's very simple , just keep counting and remember that the slip stitches from the last rounddonotcountasstitches!
Join colour 8
With standing sc in the back loop only , BLO, of either chain in any 2 ch corner space, (counts as 1st sc) \* in corner chain (blo-sc ch2 blo-sc), in next 6 stitches (bpsc in next 2 stitches, bphdc in next 2 stitches, bpdc in next 2 stitches). In the next group of 3 hdc from round 12 , (bpdc, bphdc, bpdc), repeat in next set of 3 stitches, in next set of 11 stitches (in point group) , (2 bpdc, 2 bphdc, 3bpsc, 2bphdc, 2bpdc), in the next group of 3 stitches, (bpdc, bphdc, bpdc), repeat in next set of 3, in next group of 6 stitches, (2bpdc, 2 bphdc, 2bpsc). \* repeat \* to \* three more times. Sl-st to 1st sc to join. (7bpsc, 12 bphdc, 16bpdc and 2blo-sc per side) Round 14. Chain 2 (counts as hdc), \* in 2 ch corner space (hdc ch2 hdc), hdc in next 37\* repeat \* to \* omitting last hdc. Join with sl-st to top of starting ch2. (39hdc per side) Round 15. chain 3 (counts as dc) dc in next stitch, \*(in corner dc ch2 dc) dc in next 39 \* repeat \* to \* omitting last 2 dc fasten with an invisible join. (41 dc per side). Please share photos of your colour combinations as I would love to see your interpretation. Happy hooking Filename: Lotus Pavilions Directory: C:\Users\Helen\Documents\Word Docs Template: C:\Users\Helen\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Normal.do tm Title: Lotus Pavilions Subject: Author: Helen Keywords: Comments: Creation Date: 13/02/2015 19:40:00 Change Number: 8 Last Saved On: 23/02/2015 20:34:00 Last Saved By: Helen Total Editing Time: 379 Minutes Last Printed On: 23/02/2015 20:35:00 As of Last Complete Printing Number of Pages: 3 Number of Words: 999 (approx.) Number of Characters: 5,695 (approx.)
