Friends Around the World – Marigold

I’m so pleased to present my contribution for week 17 of the Friends Around the World Crochet Along, brought to you by the amazing people of the “CAL – Crochet A Long” Facebook group. If you’re already a member there then you know what a great group of crocheters they are. If you’re not yet a member, I recommend getting on that. It’s a great group of people with exceptional admins. They’ve put a ton of work into organizing this Anniversary CAL and I can’t thank them enough.

Now, without further ado…

 

Marigold

by Polly Plum

Crochet Terms: American
Skill Level: Easy
Finished Size: 12 inches
Gauge: About 3.25″ through round 3
Yarn: Worsted weight
Crochet Hook Size: I/5.5mm
Finished Stitch Count per Side: 39 plus ch2 corners

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This pattern is free for personal use only. Please see my Copyright page for more details on what that means.

Designer’s Notes

The pattern below includes round by round photo tutorials and quick-glance instructions. The quick-glance instructions are designed to complement the pattern for beginners, providing a visual guide for stitch placement. However, the more advanced crocheter may find that they can use the photo tutorials to skip the pattern instructions completely, at least in some areas. They don’t contain instructions on starting or finishing the round, so you can check out the pattern if you need to know that stuff or other details. Click on any of the photo tutorial diagrams to enlarge them, which is especially useful for the later rounds that contain smaller text.

Each round begins as through you are continuing with the same yarn from the last round. If you are changing colors, optional instructions for that are contained in [brackets].

In rounds 3 through 9 you’ll be working almost entirely into chain spaces and the spaces between shells so I’m not going to list every skipped stitch.

 

Translations

I think this is the coolest part of the whole shebang. The pattern has been translated into NINE additional languages! PDFs can be downloaded by clicking the links below.

Danish

Dutch

Finnish

French – Coming Soon!

German

Hebrew

Korean

Spanish

Swedish

 

Abbreviations

• ch – chain
• dc – double crochet
• hdc – half double crochet
• r(#) – round number
• sc – single crochet
• sk – skip
• slst – slip stitch
• sp – space
• st– stitch
• tr – treble crochet
• yo – yarn over

 

Special Stitches

• V – dc, ch1, dc
• Standing V – standing dc, ch1, dc
• Wide V – dc, ch2, dc
• Standing Wide V – standing dc, ch2, dc
• Shell – 3dc, ch2, 3dc
• Beg Shell – ch3, 2dc, ch2, 3dc
• Standing Shell – standing dc, 2dc, ch2, 3dc
• Sm Shell – 2dc, ch2, 2dc
• Beg Shell – ch3, dc, ch2, 2dc
• Standing Sm Shell – Standing dc, dc, ch2, 2dc
• Standing sc – to start a round, with slip knot on hook, insert hook into indicated stitch, yo and pull up a loop, yo and pull through two loops on hook (Note: if you’re not comfortable doing standing stitches, as an alternative you can slst into the indicated st, ch1 and sc in same st)
• Standing dc – to start a round, with slip knot on hook, hold slip knot in place with thumb or finger, yo and hold that in place too, insert hook in indicated stitch, yo and pull up a loop, carefully yo and draw yarn through two loops on hook twice (Note: if you’re not comfortable doing standing stitches, as an alternative you can slst into the indicated st and ch3 to count as your first dc)

 

Commence Pattern

Begin with a magic circle/double magic circle. (See my tutorial for double magic circles, including a video, here!)

 

Round 1: Ch3 (counts as first dc here and throughout). 11dc into magic circle. Close magic circle and slst to first dc to join. Do not fasten off.
12 dc

 

Round 2: Ch1 and sc in same st as join. Ch1. [Sc in next dc, ch1] 11 times. Slst to first sc to join.
12 sc, 12 ch1 sp

 

Round 3: Slst into next ch1 sp, ch4 and dc in same ch1 sp (counts as first V)  [Color change option: standing V in any ch1 sp]. [V in next ch1 sp] 11 times. Slst to first dc to join.
12 V stitches 

Time to check your gauge! At this point your circle should measure about 3.25 inches if you are using the suggested worsted weight yarn and 5.5mm hook. Measure your circle, and if it’s close to 3.25 inches your final product should be very close to or exactly 12 inches. If not, you may want to adjust your hook size accordingly and start over. Remember, it’s okay to be a little bit smaller. You can always add to the final product if it’s a little small.

 

Round 4: Slst into ch1 sp of first V, ch5 and dc in same ch1 sp (counts as first wide V) [Color change option: standing Wide V in ch1 sp of any V]. [Wide V in ch1 sp of next V] 11 times. Slst to first dc to join.
12 wide V stitches 

 

 

Round 5: Slst in ch2 sp of first wide V, work beg sm shell [Color change option: standing sm shell in ch2 sp of any wide V]. [Sm shell in ch2 sp of next wide V] 11 times. Slst to first dc to join.
12 sm shells

 

Round 6: Slst into next dc, slst into next ch2 sp of first sm shell, work beg shell [Color change option: standing shell in ch2 sp of any sm shell]. [Shell in ch2 sp of next sm shell] 11 times. Slst to first dc to join.
12 shells

 

Round 7: Slst into next 2 dc, slst into next ch2 sp of first shell, work beg shell [Color change option: standing shell in ch2 sp of any shell]. Dc in sp between 2 shells. [Shell in ch2 sp of next shell, dc in sp between 2 shells] 11 times. Slst to first dc to join.
12 shells, 12 dc

 

Round 8: Slst into next 2 dc, slst into next ch2 sp of first shell, work beg shell [Color change option: standing shell in ch2 sp of any shell]. V in next dc made in sp between 2 shells. [Shell in ch2 sp of next shell, V in next dc made in sp between 2 shells] 11 times. Slst to first dc to join.
12 shells, 12 V stitches

 

Round 9: Slst into next 2 dc, slst into next ch2 sp of first shell, ch1 and sc in same ch2 sp [Color change option: standing sc in ch2 sp of any shell]. [Into ch1 sp of next V work (ch1, tr, [ch1, dc] 3 times, ch1, tr, ch1), sc in ch1 sp of next shell] 12 times omitting sc on last repeat.
144 stitches around including ch1 spaces / 24 tr, 36 dc, 12 sc, 72 ch1 sp

 

Note: In round 10 and round 11 I will be very specific about which stitches and ch spaces to skip, so read the pattern carefully and reference the photo diagrams if needed.

Round 10: Ch1 and sc in same sc as join [Color change option: standing sc in any sc]. [Sc in next ch1 sp, sc in next st] 3 times. *Ch2, sk next (ch1, dc), dc in next ch1 sp, ch1, sk next (tr, ch1, sc), [2tr in next ch1 sp, sk next st] twice, 3tr in next ch1 sp, ch3, sk next st, 3tr in next ch1 sp, [sk next st, 2tr in next ch1 sp] twice, ch1, sk next (sc, ch1, tr), dc in next ch1 sp, ch2, sk next (dc, ch1), sc in next st, [sc in next ch1 sp, sc in next st] 6 times.* Repeat from * to * three times, omitting last 7 sc. Slst to first sc to join.
35 st per side (counting ch1 spaces as 1 st and ch2 spaces as 2 st) / 56 tr (14 per side), 8 dc (2 per side), 52 sc (13 per side), 8 ch1 sp (2 per side), 8 ch2 sp (2 per side), 4 ch3 corners

 

 

Round 11: Ch1 and sc in same sc as join [Color change option: standing sc in same sc as join]. Sc in next 6 sc. *2sc in next ch2 sp, sk next dc, 2hdc in next ch1 sp, sk next tr, 2dc in next tr, sk next 2 tr, 3dc in next tr, sk next 2 tr, (3tr, ch2, 3tr) in corner ch3 sp, sk next 2 tr, 3 dc in net tr, sk next 2 tr, 2dc in next tr, sk next tr, 2hdc in next ch1 sp, sk next dc, 2sc in next ch2 sp, sc in each of next 13 sc.* Repeat from * to * 3 times, omitting last 7 sc. Slst to first sc to join.
37 st per side / 24 tr (6 per side), 40 dc (10 per side), 16 hdc (4 per side), 68 sc (17 per side), 4 ch2 corners

 

Round 12: Ch1 and sc in same sc as join [Color change option: standing sc in same sc as join]. Sc in next 18 st. *(Sc, ch2, sc) in corner ch2 sp, sc in each st across to next corner.* Repeat from * to * 3 times, working last repeat until first sc. Slst to first sc to join.
39 st per side / 156 sc (39 per side), 4 ch2 corners

 

Fasten off and weave in all ends.

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There you have it! I hope you enjoyed this week’s CAL square. Please feel free to comment below and tell me what you think.

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