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Irish Pride Square

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DH wants an Irish afghan for Christmas, so I searched and searched for a nice shamrock square, but I couldn't find any, SO I made one up!! And I'm sharing! Hope you like it!!! This has not been tested, so if you find any errors, please let me know.

 

 

Irish Pride 8” Square

 

 

 

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COPYRIGHT MELANIE BLAKE 2008

 

 

MATERIALS

 

Small amounts of white, green and orange worsted weight yarn

Crochet Hook Size H – 5.0mm

 

FINISHED SIZE 8” square

 

STITCHES USED

 

Tr3tog – [yo twice, insert hook into nx st, pull up a loop, (draw through 2 loops on hook) 3 times. Yo and draw through all loops on hook]

 

x-st – sk nx st, Dc in nx st, working around dc just made, dc in skipped st.

 

DIRECTIONS

 

With green yarn, make a magic ring

Rnd 1: 8 sc in ring. Pull tight to close. (8 sc)

Rnd 2: 2 sc around. (16 sc)

Rnd 3: Sc in nx 3 sts, leave remaining sts unworked. Ch 1, turn. (3 sc)

Rnd 4: 2 sc in nx st, sc in nx st, 2 sc in nx st. Ch 1, turn. (5 sc)

Rnd 5: 2 sc in nx st, sc in nx 3 sts, 2 sc in nx st. Ch 1, turn. (7 sc)

Rnd 6: Sc around. Ch 1, turn. (7 sc)

Row 7: Sc in nx st, hdc in nx st, 3 dc in nx st. Ch 2, sl st in nx st. Ch 2, 3 dc in nx st, hdc in nx st, sc in nx st. (10 sts)

FO

 

Sk nx st from Rnd 2 and begin next petal in nx st.

Rnd 3 – 7: Same as above.

 

Sk nx st of Rnd 2 and begin last petal in nx st.

Rnd 3 – 7: Same as above.

 

With green, ch 7.

Sk nx 2 sts from Rnd 2, join with a sc in nx st. Sc in nx 2 sts of Rnd 2. *Work 4 sc evenly up side of petal, sc across top of petal, 2 sc in ch-2 sp. Sl st in same st as previous sl st, 2 sc in ch-2 sp, sc across top of petal, 4 sc evenly down side of petal, sc in unworked st of Rnd 2.* Rep from * - * 2 times more. Sc in nx 2 sts of Rnd 2, sc in back ridge of each ch across of beginning ch-7. (81 sc)

FO

 

OUTSIDE OF SQUARE

 

Rnd 1: Working in BLO, join white with sc in first ch of ch-7. Sc in nx 5 sts, sc5tog, sc in nx 9 sts, dc in nx 2 sts, sc in nx 8 sts. Sc5tog, sc in nx 8 sts, dc in nx 2 sts, sc in nx 8 sts. Sc5tog, sc in nx 8 sts, dc in nx 2 sts, sc in nx 9 sts. Sc5tog, sc in nx 5 sts, 2 sc in side of stem. Join. (73 sts)

 

Rnd 2: Working in Both Loops, ch 1. Sc in nx st, hdc in nx st, dc in nx st, tr in nx 2 sts. Tr3tog, tr in nx st, dc in nx st, hdc in nx st, *sc in nx 6 sts, ch 3, hdc in nx st, dc in nx st. Dc3tog, dc in nx st, hdc in nx st.* Rep from * - * 1 time. Sc in nx 6 sts, ch 3, sc in nx 6 sts, hdc in nx st, dc in nx st, tr in nx st. Tr3tog, tr in nx 2 sts, dc in nx st, hdc in nx st, sc in nx 2 sts (sc, ch 3, sc) in nx st. Join. (66 sts)

 

Rnd 3: Ch 1, sc across *(sc, ch 3, sc) in ch-sp. Sc in nx 8 sts, dec, sc in nx 7 sts.* Rep from * - * 1 time. Sc across (sc, ch 3, sc) in ch sp. Sc in nx st. Join. (72 sts)

 

Rnd 4: Ch 3(counts as first dc)*Dc across (dc, ch 3, dc)in corner sp* Rep from * - *around. Dc in last 2 sts. Join. (80 sts)

FO white.

 

Rnd 5: Join orange with sl st in 3rd ch of any corner ch-3 sp. Ch 3 (first dc), working around dc, dc in 2nd ch of ch-3 sp. (beg x-st made). Work x-st around, working in corner as follows; dc in 2nd ch of ch-3 sp, dc in first ch of ch-3 sp, ch 3, dc in 3rd ch of ch-3 sp, dc in 2nd ch of ch-3 sp. Join to 3rd ch of beginning ch-3. (48 sts)

FO orange.

 

Rnd 6: Join white with sl st in any corner ch-3 sp. Ch 2 (counts as first hdc), Work 2 hdc in corner. Hdc around, working 5 hdc in each corner. 2 hdc in last corner (same as beginning 3 hdc). Join to beginning ch-2. (116 sts)

FO

 

Weave in ends.

 

 

***Please do not sell or copy this pattern in any way or give it to anyone else without my consent. You may sell the finished product, but please state my name as the designer of the product. Thank you*** Any questions or comments can be sent to mama24boyz@yahoo.ca

 

 

And please feel free to send me pics of your finished work too. I’d love to see them!

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:clap THANK YOU!! :hook

I like this square! I'm not Irish (hubby is part Irish) but I want to make an afghan this year with a square for each month (I might make 2 and let the church raffle one off as they are doing different things to put money towards the building fund--it is a small inter-denomination country church, only about 30-40 people attened each week but now more people are getting involved). This is going to make a great March holiday square! I was thinking about making 12 (12") squares. I am going to add a few rows to make it 12". I am starting to look through patterns now so that I can work on it after the holidays.

Thank you so much! Now I have my March square picked out!

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I absolutely love this square! I am making a calendar afghan and it is perfect for my March square! BUT, I'm having trouble. After the ch7, the pattern says to 'work 4sc evenly up side of petal, sc across top of pettal 2sc in ch-2 sp, etc. Where was the ch-2 space? I somehow missed it in the instructions. Can you help?

Thanks for this awesome square!:cheer

Felicia

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I absolutely love this square! I am making a calendar afghan and it is perfect for my March square! BUT, I'm having trouble. After the ch7, the pattern says to 'work 4sc evenly up side of petal, sc across top of pettal 2sc in ch-2 sp, etc. Where was the ch-2 space? I somehow missed it in the instructions. Can you help?

Thanks for this awesome square!:cheer

Felicia

 

 

OK, so sorry. I just looked it over and I forgot to put in Row 7!!!! I've added it now. Sorry about that. Hope its clear now. If you want I can send you the PDF, just PM me your email!

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Thanks for the compliments! :hug I'm still working on my afghan of this square. So far it looks pretty good, except I made my squares bigger. I added another Rowof white then green then white again for mine. Only because DH wants it big and I figured making each square a little bigger would be easier than making umpteen more squares. I'll definetly post a pic when its done.

 

And please if anyone finds any more errors, let me know. Peggy, it looks like I should have sent this one to you before posting it! ;)

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OK, so sorry. I just looked it over and I forgot to put in Row 7!!!! I've added it now. Sorry about that. Hope its clear now. If you want I can send you the PDF, just PM me your email!

 

Thanks Melanie!

 

I think I have it now. This is awesome!!:clap

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