Hello! Welcome to Couch Surfer Crochet! We are now on Week 19 of the 2019 Block-A-Week Project! You can find the first few weeks here:
Block-A-Week 2019 – Squares
(all of the weeks are posted there)
The pattern for Week 19 will look like this when it’s finished!
This week we are going to make a square of my own design. This square is called the Shattered Circle Square. It originally appeared as part of the Hip to be Square Crochet Along.
The original pattern creates an 8 inch square. Since I want all of my squares for this project to be 12 inches, I extended the original pattern. The original pattern lists recommended color changes. However!! Feel free to change colors as few or as many times as you want!!
I’m using a size I/9 (5.5 mm) hook, and worsted weight size 4 yarn for every one of these squares to keep stitch sizing consistent. My squares don’t always look completely “square” at the end of each pattern. I intend to block them all at the end of this project before I sew them together!
The colors I used are:
Color 1: Impeccable Yarn in Bright Sky Blue
Color 2: Red Heart Super Saver in Pale Yellow
Color 3: Impeccable Yarn in Grape Punch
Color 4: Red Heart Jumbo in Pretty N’ Pink
Color 5: Red Heart Super Saver in Aruba Sea
Round 1: Ch 5, sl st to beginning ch to form circle
Round 2: Ch 3, 15 dc in circle, sl st to 3rd ch of starting ch3
Round 3: Ch 4 (counts as dc and ch 1), *dc in space between stitches, ch 1, repeat from * around, sl st to 3rd ch of starting ch4
Round 4: Ch 3, dc in same st, * ch 1, sk 1, 2dc in ch sp, repeat from * around, sl st to 3rd ch of starting ch3
Round 5: (Start in any ch sp), Ch 8 (counts as 1 dc and ch 5), dc in next ch sp, *ch 2, sc in next ch sp, ch 2, sc in next ch sp. ch 2, [dc in next ch sp, ch 5, dc in same st], repeat from * around, sl st to 3rd ch of starting ch8
Round 6: (Start in ch 5 sp), [Ch 3, 2dc, ch 3, 3dc], *3dc in each ch2 sp to corner, [3dc, ch 3, 3dc] in corner, repeat from * around, sl st to 3rd ch in starting ch 3
Round 7: (Start in corner), [Ch 3, 1 dc, ch 2, 2 dc] in corner, *dc in each st to corner, [2dc, ch 2, 2dc] in corner, repeat from *, sl st to 3rd ch of starting ch 3
Round 8: (Start in corner), [ch 2, 2sc] in corner, *sc in each st to corner, 3sc in corner, repeat from * around, sl st to 2nd ch of starting ch 2
Round 9: (Start in corner), [ch 3, 1dc, ch 2, 2dc] in corner, *dc in each st to corner, [2dc, ch 2, 2 dc] in corner, repeat from * around, sl st to 3rd ch of starting ch3,
The pattern from the Hip to be Square CAL ends here. I’ve added a few more rows to get a 12 inch square.
Round 10: (Start in corner), Ch 3 (counts as dc), [dc, ch 2, 2dc] in same sp, * dc in each st to corner, [2dc, ch 2, 2dc], repeat from * around, fasten off
Round 11: (Start in corner), Ch 6 (counts as dc and ch 3, dc in same st, * ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st, repeat from * to corner, [dc, ch 3, dc] in corner, repeat from * around, fasten off
Round 12: (Start in corner), Ch 3 (counts as dc), [dc, ch 2, 2dc] in same sp, * dc in each st and ch sp to corner, [2dc, ch 2, 2dc], repeat from * around, fasten off
Round 13: (Start in corner), Ch 3 (counts as dc), [dc, ch 2, 2dc] in same sp, * dc in each st to corner, [2dc, ch 2, 2dc], repeat from * around, fasten off
We will be adding a border to each square to ensure that each one is the same “size” around, since some of these squares have a different number of stitches around the edge! Then we will join all the squares together and add a border. 🙂 Click here to see that tutorial! If you don’t want to miss a post, sign up for the email list at the top right of the home page!
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Looking for other patterns to try?! Check out my ETSY shop or my Ravelry store! All of the squares I have designed for this project are available to download for free from Ravelry!
It’s already eighty degrees here in the afternoons, which means summer is right around the corner. Check out this group of color palettes inspired by summer! Or these summery colors! You never know where you might find colors that you love. Maybe you will find a color group that inspires you on your next project!