My Katharine's Rose square is up and running now. It's a really nice square and would make a beautiful afghan. I hope I can top this with my next square. I'm busy working on the Hello Kitty afghan right now, but I just might take some time away to start designing another square. I've got the bug again and I might as well just go with it. As long as I get the afghan done for Christmas! :) I had to frog the first square I made yesterday and redo the last 3 rounds. I have to get two squares out of one teal skein, so it was a little hit and miss. But at least now I know what to do. That's the way designing is. You kiss a lot of frogs (by frogging) and then when you get the FO, you get to kiss the prince.
I think the Katharine's Rose square is one heck of a prince and was very fun to design. I hope you enjoy making it.
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This pattern is dedicated to my beautiful granddaughter Katharine. She is wearing a rose from a 100+ year old rose bush planted by my great-grandmother when my grandmother's infant sister died.
I think the Katharine's Rose square is one heck of a prince and was very fun to design. I hope you enjoy making it.
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MATERIALS: Crochet hook size H/5.0mm
4 colors worsted weight acrylic yarn
Color A = Yellow
Color B = Red
Color C = Green
Color D = Ecru
SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate
SPECIAL STITCH:
Cable Stitch: Skip next st, 1 dc in next 3 sts, yo, with hook in front of work, go back and insert hook from front to back into skipped st before the 3-dc group; loosely draw through a lp and bring it up to the height of the 3-dc group; yo and complete dc.
PATTERN NOTE: Beware of tension - do not crochet too tightly, or center rose will “mound.”
Commence pattern:
With Color A, ch 2.
Rnd 1: 8 sc in first ch, sl st to first sc. Finish off.
Rnd 2: Attach Color B to any sc, ch 5 (counts as first dc, ch-2), *dc in next sc, ch 2, repeat from * 6 times, join in 3rd ch of beg ch-5 (8 ch-2 sps.)
Rnd 3: Ch 1, [1 sc, 3 dc, 1 sc in ch-2 sp] rep in each ch-2 sp around, join with sl st to beg sc. (8 petals)
Rnd 4: [Ch 4, holding petal to front, sl st between next 2 petals] 8 times.
Rnd 5: Ch 1, [1 sc, 4 dc, 1 sc in ch-4 sp] rep in each ch-4 sp around, join with sl st to beg sc.
Rnd 6: [Ch 5, holding petal to front, sl st between next 2 petals] 8 times.
Rnd 7: Ch 1, [1 sc, 5 dc, 1 sc in ch-5 sp] rep in each ch-5 sp around, join with sl st to beg sc.
Rnd 8: [Ch 6, holding petal to front, sl st between next 2 petals] 8 times.
Rnd 9: Ch 1, [1 sc, 3 dc, 1 picot, 3 dc, 1 sc in ch-6 sp] rep in each ch-6 sp around, join with sl st to beg sc.
Rnd 10: [Ch 7, holding petal to front, sl st between next 2 petals] 8 times. Finish off.
Rnd 11: Attach Color C yarn in any ch-7 sp, ch 1, [1 sc, 1 dc, 5 tr, 1dc, 1 sc in ch-7 sp] rep in each ch-7 sp around, join with sl st to beg sc. Finish off. (8 leaves)
Rnd 12: Attach Color D with sl st to first tr of any leaf cluster, [ch 5, sc in 5th tr of leaf cluster, ch 5 sc in 1st tr of next leaf cluster] rep 7 times ending with ch 5, sc in 5th tr of leaf cluster, ch 5, sl to first sl st. (16 ch-5 sps)
Rnd. 13: Sl st into next ch-5 sp, ch 1, 6 sc in ch-5 sp, *in next ch-5 sp work 3 hdc, 3 dc ch 2, in next ch-5 sp work 3 dc, 3 hdc, in each of next 2 ch-5 sp work 6 sc each, rep from * twice more, in next ch-5 sp work 3 hdc, 3 dc, ch 2, in next ch-5 sp work 3 dc, 3 hdc, in next ch-5 sp work 6 sc, join with sl st to beg sc. Finish off.
Rd 14: Attach Color A to any corner, ch 5 (counts as 1 dc, ch 2), 1 dc in corner, *work Cable Stitch 6 times; in corner work 1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc, rpt from * twice more, work Cable Stitch on rem side, join with sl st to 3rd ch of beg ch 5. (6 Cable Stitches on each side)
Rnd 15: Sl st into corner, ch 5 (counts as 1 dc, ch 2), 1 dc, 1 dc in nxt dc, *work 6 Cable Stitches on top of Cable Stitches of prev rnd, 1 dc in last dc, in corner work 1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc, rpt from * twice more, work 6 Cable Stitches on top of Cable Stitches form prev rnd, 1 dc in last dc, join with sl st to 3rd ch of beg ch 5.
Rnd 16: Sl st into corner, ch 5 (counts as 1 dc, ch 2), 1 dc, 1 dc into ea of nxt 2 dc, *work 6 Cable Stitches on top of Cable Stitches of prev rnd, 1 dc into ea of last 2 dc, in corner work 1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc, rpt from * twice more, work 6 Cable Stitches on top of Cable Stitches from prev rnd, 1 dc into ea of last 2 dc, join with sl st to 3rd ch of beg ch 5. Finish off.
Rnd 17: Attach Color D with sl st to any corner, ch 3, 1 dc, ch 2, 2 dc in corner, *1 dc in ea of next 30 dc, in corner work 2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc, rpt from * twice more, 1 dc in ea of next 30 dc, sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch 3.
Rnd. 18: Ch 3, 1 dc in next dc, *in corner work 2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc; 1 dc in ea of next 34 dc, rpt from * twice more, 1 dc in ea of next 32 dc, sl st to 3rd ch of beg ch 3. Finish off. Weave in ends. Block.
This pattern is dedicated to my beautiful granddaughter Katharine. She is wearing a rose from a 100+ year old rose bush planted by my great-grandmother when my grandmother's infant sister died.Copyright - This Katharine's Rose Pattern and the pattern photos are copyright 2009 by Melinda Miller. Free for your own personal use only. Percopyright law, do not redistribute (with or without charge) in any form.(Redistributing to others includes by photocopies, scanning, emailing, puttingon a CD, posting in Internet forum messages, putting on another web site and any other manner of distribution.)
Hi. That is a beautiful square :) I have made 8 so far because I want to make it into a blanket. I was wondering if you could help me please? I want to make squares of just the yellow cable stitch and I cannot for the life of me think of how to start it. I've tried a few times and I can't get it to be the same amount of stitches as to where we start the cable stitch on the rose version, so they're the same size. Would you be able to help me please? I have seen how to make just lines of cable stitches without going in a granny square, but it looks a bit odd! Thank you in anticipation :) Vicky.
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