Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Rosebuds and Catherine Wheels

Just found this video on YouTube which you might find interesting. I haven't tried the pattern yet but it appears to be much easier than others I've seen. What do you think ?



While 'surfing' on YouTube, I came across this excellent tutorial by Theresa from The Art of Crochet, on how to do the Catherine Wheel stitch. In this tutorial she makes a swatch working in rows. Its rather long but well worth watching if you want to master this fantastic stitch.



If you'd like a written copy, here's the link.

I still prefer to work the Catherine Wheel stitch in the round, as in what I call my Honeycomb Afghan or the Reversible Hungarian Rug. Here's the pattern ....

REVERSIBLE HUNGARIAN RUG (Note: Australian terminology)
Make 6ch, join with a sl st in first ch to form a ring.

1st round: 1ch, 1dc in the ring, *4ch, leaving last loop of each dtr on the hook, make 4dtr in the ring, yoh and draw through all 5 loops on the hook, (4dtr cluster made) 4ch, 1dc in the ring, rep from * 3 times, omitting the dc at end of last rep, join with a sl st in first dc made. (there should be four clusters)

2nd round: 1ch, 1dc in same place as sl st, * 2ch, 12dtr in top of cluster, 2ch, 1dc in next dc, rep from * 3 times, omitting the dc at end of last rep, join with a sl st in first dc made, fasten off.

3rd round: Join next colour between the 8th and 9th dtr from the dc, 1ch, 1dc in same place as the join, *4ch, holding last loop of each dtr on the hook work around the stem of dtr (from back, across the front then through to back again) make a 8dtr, yoh and draw through all 9 loops on the hook, (8dtr cluster made) 4ch, 1dc between the 4th and 5th dtrs, 4ch, make a 4dtr cluster around the next 4dtr, 4ch, 1dc between the 8th and 9th dtr, rep from * to end, omitting the dc at end of last rep, join with a sl st in first dc.

4th round: 1ch, 1dc in same place as sl st, 2ch, *8dtr in top of the 8dtr cluster, 2ch, 1dc in next dc 2ch, 12dtr in top of the 4dtr cluster, 2ch, 1dc in next dc, 2ch, rep from * to end, omitting the dc at end of last rep, join with a sl st in first dc made, fasten off.

rep 3rd and 4th rounds, working one extra 8dtr on each side, the 4dtr cluster should be in each corner.
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Ah well, back to my scarf. Another thing I could add to my 2010 list is to finish each project before I start the next.

2 comments:

  1. Thank you so much for your generous and easy to follow tutorial! This is a great service to the mental health of novice crochet people!!!!

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  2. Appreciate great tutorials in complicated crochet stitches preserving mental health of novices. Tutor sounds so calm and
    patient which gives confidence to
    the student!!!

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