Monday, April 17, 2017
TREBLE CROSS STITCH LAPGHAN
TREBLE CROSS STITCH LAPGHAN
Materials:
Worsted Weight yarn (Sample
crocheted with Caron One Pound)
I (5.5 mm) Hook
Gauge: 12 dc = 4”
Size: approximately 29 X 33 inches
Gauge: 12 dc = 4 inches
and rows 2 and 3 = 1.5 inches.
Notes:
1.
Read instructions through before beginning.
2.
Treble
Cross Stitch = Tr cross
st = Skip one stitch, tr in next stitch, from behind, tr in skipped stitch.
3.
Turning
chains don’t count as dc throughout.
4.
If
you want to make it wider add chains in increments of 2.
Special
stitches:
Treble Cross
Stitch = Tr cross st =
Skip one stitch, tr in next stitch, from behind tr in skipped stitch. Close up below.
Row 1: With
J (6.0 mm) hook ch 81 (or any multiple of 2+1).
Change to I (5.5 mm) hook for remainder of lap robe. Sc in 2nd st from hook and each
remaining chain, I think it looks nicest to crochet into the bump on the back
of the chain. Ch 2 Turn. (80 sc)
Row 2: Dc
in each stitch. Ch 3 turn. (80 dc)
Row 3:
Work tr cross stitches across. Ch
2 turn. (40 tr cross st)
Row 4-47:
Repeat rows 2 and 3.
Row 48:
Repeat row 2. (80 dc)
Row 49:
Sc in each stitch. Slip stitch in
the ch 2 at the end of row and pull the slip stitch tight. (80 sc)
Fasten off.
Weave in ends.
