Granny Square Christmas
By Lisa Gentry
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Granny Square Christmas - Lisa Gentry
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Cheerful Tree Skirt
Skill Level
Finished Measurements
48 inches in diameter
Small Square: 3¼ inches across bottom x 2½ inches across top x 3¼ inches tall
Large Square: 10 inches across bottom x 6½ inches across top x 11 inches tall
Materials
•Medium (worsted) weight acrylic/wool yarn:
10½ oz/600 yds/300g each red and off-white
7 oz/400 yds/200g each green and lime green
•Size H/8/5mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge
•Yarn needle
See back of book for Yarn Specifics.
Gauge
[Shell, ch 1] 4 times = 4 inches; 8 rnds = 4 inches
Pattern Notes
Skirt is worked in 3 sections: Outer Ring with Large Squares, Center Ring worked in rows along shorter side of Outer Ring, and then Inner Ring with Small Squares.
Squares are worked in joined rounds with right side facing at all times.
Weave in loose ends as work progresses.
Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.
Chain-3 at beginning of round counts as first double crochet unless otherwise stated.
Special Stitches
Beginning shell (beg shell): (Ch 3—see Pattern Notes, 2 dc) in indicated st or sp.
Shell: 3 dc in indicated st or sp.
Beginning 2-double crochet cluster (beg 2-dc cl): (Ch 3, dc) in indicated st or sp.
Corner shell: (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in indicated st or sp.
2-double crochet cluster (2-dc cl): Yo, insert hook in indicated st or sp, yo, draw up a lp, yo and draw through 2 lps on hook (2 lps on hook), yo, insert hook in indicated st or sp, yo, draw up a lp, yo, draw through 2 lps on hook, yo, draw through all 3 lps on hook.
Cluster decrease (cl dec): Dc in indicated sp, work 2-dc cl in same sp and in next indicated sp, dc in same sp as last sp.
3-double crochet cluster (3-dc cl): Yo, insert hook in indicated st or sp, yo, draw up a lp, yo, draw through 2 lps on hook (2 lps on hook), [yo, insert hook in same st, yo, draw up a lp, yo, draw through 2 lps on hook] twice, yo, draw through all 4 lps on hook.
Color Sequence
Large Square
Note: Change color each rnd as follows.
Squares 1, 5, 9 & 13: [Off-white, dark green, lime green and red] twice, off-white and dark green.
Squares 2, 6, 10 & 14: [Red, off-white, dark green and lime green] twice, red and off-white.
Squares 3, 7 & 11: [Dark green, lime green, red and off-white] twice, dark green and lime green.
Squares 4, 8 & 12: [Lime green, red, off-white and dark green] twice, lime green and red.
Small Square
Note: Work rnds 1 and 2 with first color listed, then rnd 3 with 2nd color listed as follows:
Squares 1 & 10: Off-white, dark green.
Square 2: Lime green, red.
Square 3: Dark green, off-white.
Squares 4 & 7: Off-white, red.
Square 5: Red, dark green.
Square 6: Lime green, off-white.
Square 8: Dark green, lime green.
Squares 9 & 12: Red, off-white.
Square 11: Dark green, red.
Tree Skirt
Outer Ring
Large Square
Make 14 referring to Color Sequence.
Rnd 1 (RS): With first color, ch 4, join (see Pattern Notes) in first ch to form a ring, beg shell (see Special Stitches) in ring, ch 2, (shell—see Special Stitches, ch 2) 3 times in ring, join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3. Fasten off. (4 shells, 4 ch-2 sps)
Rnd 2: Join next color in next ch-2 corner sp, (beg 2-dc cl—see Special Stitches, ch 2, shell, ch 1) in same ch-2 sp, [corner shell (see Special Stitches), ch 1] in each of next 2 ch-2 sps, (shell, ch 2, 2-dc cl (see Special Stitches), ch 1) in next ch-2 sp, join in beg cl. Fasten off. (6 shells, 2 2-dc cls, 4 ch-2 sps, 4 ch-1 sps)
Rnd 3: Join next color in next ch-2 corner sp, (beg 2-dc cl, ch 2, shell, ch 1) in same ch-2 sp as join, shell, ch 1 in next ch-1 sp, *corner shell, ch 1 in next corner shell, shell, ch 1 in next ch-1 sp, rep from *, (shell, ch 2, 2-dc cl, ch 1) in next