Granny rectangle – using the foundation double crochet
After having made 3 granny
square baby blankets for expectant friends, and having more friends
expecting, I wanted to try with a rectangle.
Not knowing how to start
it up, I quickly looked online but couldn't find anything I really liked (I
don't like starting with a chain nor did I want to create 2 squares and assemble them), so I figured out I could come up
with something on my own !
Here is what I did,
someone probably already thought about it but I didn't have the time to search online
for it at the time :)
Abbreviations / Terminology used:
- st: stitch
- ss: slip stitch
- ch: chain
- dc : double crochet
- fdc : foundation double crochet
- chfdc : chain foundation double crochet (cf. Special Stitch)
Special Stitch : Chain Foundation Double Crochet
This is a modified fdc to
allow a gap in between 3fdc blocks, whereby we yarn over and pull
through 1 loop twice before finishing the double crochet, to simulate a
chain 1 in the chainless foundation !
Ch 1 – Yarn over –
Insert hook into ch from previous fdc – Yarn Over – Pull through
1 loop – Yarn over – Pull through 1 loop – Finish the dc (Yarn
over and pull through 2 loops twice).
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| Here a close up on the 2 pull throughs |
First Round (in blue)
Ch 5
3 fdc
2 fdc
1 chfdc
(If you want a longer rectangle, add as many 2 fdc + 1 chfdc as you want)
Second Round (in purple) – Proceed as you would for any granny square/rectangle
(First corner)
Ch 3
2 dc in same space
3 dc in same space
Ch 1
3 dc in next ch1
space
Ch 1
(Second and third corners)
3 dc in next ch1 space
Ch 2
3 dc in same space
3 dc in same space
Ch 1
3 dc in next ch1
space
Ch 1
3 dc in next ch1
space
(Close off to finish
last corner)
Ch 2, ss on top of the ch 3 from the beginning of the round.
Third Round (in black)
Corners are clusters of 3dc ch 2 3dc, on the side 3dc ch 1 3dc.
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| It never eeeeeends! |
Happy hooking folks
:)