Help Interpreting Pattern

[Becky Reiter]

HI All,

 

I found an old thread on this particular afghan but, sadly, I still don't understand what I'm supposed to do. I know that dc means double crochet but I don't know what the half closed and joined tog part means. Please help! I REALLY want to make this afghan! It looks SO beautiful! Thank you!

 

Cluster of 2-dc: 2 dc (half closed and joined tog) worked across designated ch's or dc's.
Cluster of 3-dc: 3 dc (half closed and joined tog) worked across designated ch's or dc's.
Cluster of 5-dc: 5 dc (half closed and joined tog) worked across 5 designated ch's or dc's. 

Note: These clusters are made by working a specified number of double crochets to the point where you would normally do your last yarn-over-pull-through-two and keeping them on the hook (you will have multiple loops on your hook), then yarn over and pull through all the loops on the hook to close the cluster and draw it together. The clusters are the mirror image of the shell stitches with which they alternate.

[magiccrochetfan]

welcome to the ville

 

the "cluster of 2 dc" would be this http://www.nexstitch.com/v_double_crochet_dec.html  which would normally be called dc2tog or dc decrease.

 

the others are the same thing, just done with more stitches.  

[RoseRed]

It's written wonky.

 

Clusters are usually done in one stitch where decreases are made over a number of stitches.

[Becky Reiter]

Thank you! I've finally had a chance to look at this so I'll try it out and see what I can do! I'm having withdrawals because I haven't crocheted all week!