Here is the pattern for Moroccan crochet square #8
Click here for the Afrikaans pattern
Colours used: Vinnis Nikkim DK (50 g balls): Baby Yellow, Green Slate, Peach and White.
Crochet hook: 3,25 mm
Abbreviations (American terminoogy) and stitch explanations:
bdc = back post double crochet, beg = begin, ch = chain, dc = double crochet, gp = group, hdc = half double crochet, rep = repeat, rnd = round, sc = single crochet, ss = slip stitch, sp = space, st = stitch, tr = treble stitch.
Back post double crochet (bdc):
- Wrap the yarn over the hook.
- Insert the hook from back to front in next st, around the stem and out at the back again.
- Yarn over hook and and pull through.
- Complete the double crochet.
Treble stitch:
- Wrap the yarn twice over hook.
- Insert the hook in next stitch.
- Wrap the yarn again over hook and draw through the first loop leaving four loops on the hook.
- Wrap the yarn again over hook and draw through two loops.
- Wrap the yarn over hook and draw through next two loops on hook.
Wrap the yarn again over hook and draw through two last loops on hook.
Pattern:
With Green Slate; crochet 4 ch, join into ring with ss in 1st ch.
1st rnd: 1 ch, 8 sc in ring, ss in beg-sc.
2nd rnd: 1 ch, 2 sc in the same st and in every sc to end, ss in beg-sc = 16 sc.
3rd rnd: 1 ch, 1 sc in the same st, 2 sc in next sc, *1 sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc; rep from * to end, ss in beg-sc = 24 sc.
4th rnd: 3 ch, 1 dc in next 3 sc, 5 ch, skip 2 sc, *1 dc in next 4 sc, 5 ch, skip 2 sc; rep from * to end, ss in top of beg-3 ch.
5th rnd: 1 ch, 1 sc in the same st, 1 sc in next 3 dc, 6 sc in next 5 ch-sp, *1 sc in next 4 dc, 6 sc in next 5 ch-sp; rep from * to end, ss in beg-sc.
6th rnd: 1 ch, 1 sc in the same st, 5 ch, skip 3 sc, *1 sc in next sc, 5 ch, skip 3 sc; rep from * to end, ss in beg-sc. Fasten off.
7th rnd (work at the back of the Green Slate motif – fold the work to the front): with White; join yarn to the 1st sc skipped in rnd 4, 1 ch, 1 sc in the same st, 3 ch, 1 sc in next sc (skipped in rnd 4), 5 ch, *1 sc in next sc skipped in rnd 4, 3 ch, 1 sc in next sc (skipped in rnd 4), 5 ch; rep from * to end, ss in beg-sc.
8th rnd: ss in 3 ch-sp, 1 ch, 1 sc in the same sp, 12 ch, 1 sc in the same sp, 6 ch, *(1 sc, 12 ch, 1 sc) in next 3 ch-sp, 6 ch; rep from * to end, ss in beg-sc.
9th rnd: ss in 12 ch-sp, 3 ch, (7 dc, 3 ch, 8 dc) in the same sp, 6 dc in next 6 ch-sp, *(8 dc, 3 ch, 8 dc) in next 12 ch-sp, 6 dc in next 6 ch-sp; rep from * to end, ss in top of beg-3 ch.
10th rnd: ss in next 4 dc, 1 ch, 1 sc in the same st and in next 3 dc, (1 sc, 2 ch, 1 sc) in next 3 ch-sp, 1 sc in next 4 dc, skip 5 dc (4 dc from the 8 dc-gp and 1 dc of the next 6 dc-gp), 1 tr in next dc, 2 ch, (1 dc in next dc, 2 ch) twice, 1 tr in next dc, skip 5 dc (1 dc of the 6 dc-gp and next 4 dc of the 8 dc-gp), *1 sc in next 4 dc, (1 sc, 2 ch, 1 sc) in next 3 ch-sp, 1 sc in next 4 dc, skip 5 dc (4 dc of the 8 dc-gp and 1 dc of the 6 dc-gp), 1 tr in next dc, 2 ch, (1 dc in next dc, 2 ch) twice, 1 tr in next dc, skip 5 dc (1 dc of the 6 dc-gp and 4 dc of the 8 dc-gp); rep from * to end, ss in beg-sc. Fasten off.
11th rnd: with Baby Yellow; 2 ch, 1 hdc in next 4 sc, (1 hdc, 2 ch, 1 hdc) in next 2 ch-sp, 1 hdc in next 6 sts, 2 hdc in next 2 ch-sp, 1 hdc in next dc, 3 hdc in next 2 ch-sp, 1 hdc in next dc, 2 hdc in next 2 ch-sp, 1 hdc in next tr, *1 hdc in next 5 sc, (1 hdc, 2 ch, 1 hdc) in next 2 ch-sp, 1 hdc in next 6 sts, 2 hdc in next 2 ch-sp, 1 hdc in next dc, 3 hdc in next 2 ch-sp, 1 hdc in next dc, 2 hdc in next 2 ch-sp, 1 hdc in next tr; rep from * to end, ss in top of beg-2 ch. Fasten off.
12th rnd: with Peach; join yarn in corner 2 ch-sp, 3 ch, (1 dc, 2 ch, 2 dc) in the same sp, 1 bdc in every hdc and (2 dc, 2 ch, 2 dc) in every corner 2 ch-sp to end, ss in top of beg-3 ch. Fasten off.
13th rnd: with Green Slate; join yarn to 2 ch-sp, 4 ch, 1 dc in the same sp, 1 dc in every bdc and dc and (1 dc, 1 ch, 1 dc) in every 2 ch-sp to end, ss in 3rd of beg-4 ch. Fasten off.