Complete Crochet Guide for Colorful Patterns and Techniques

You’ll Need:

100% cotton yarn in red, orange, yellow, green, light-blue and dark-blue colors;

Crochet hook 5.5mm;

Paper tube measuring 50 mm in diameter.

Size:

S-XL.

Instructions

Back

Using 5.5mm hook and dark blue yarn, make 69ch.

Row 1: 1dc in second ch from hook, 1dc in each ch to the end, turn.

Row 2: 1ch, 1dc in same st, 67dc, do not turn.

Row 3: Note: This is a broomstick crochet row. Working left to right, 1ch, slip loop over broomstick, draw a loop through each st of previous row, placing them on broomstick, fasten off and slide loops off broomstick. 69 loops.

Row 4: Join light blue yarn through the first four loops of the right-hand side of Row 3 broomstick loops, (7ch, 1dc in next four loops of broomstick) 15 times, 7ch, 1dc in next five loops of broomstick.

Fasten off, do not turn.

Row 5: Starting on the right-hand side, join light blue yarn in the center of 7ch from the previous row, (7ch, 1dc in the center ch of the next 7ch from the previous row) to the end.

Fasten off. Set the first strip aside, start the second strip as follows:

Second Strip

Rows 6-8: Using green yarn, repeat Rows 1-3.

Row 9: Using light blue yarn, repeat Row 4. Turn strip upside down so green is at the top and light blue at the bottom.

Row 10: Note: This is used to connect Rows 1-5 to Rows 6-9. Starting on the right, join light blue yarn to the center ch of the first 7ch of Row 9, 3ch, 1dc in the center ch of the next 7ch of Row 5, (3ch, 1dc in the center ch of the next 7ch of Row 9, 3ch, 1dc in the center ch of the next 7ch of Row 5) to the end.

Fasten off, turn work over so WS is showing, attach yellow yarn to Row 6 (green section). Make the third strip as follows:

Third Strip

Row 11: 1ch, 1dc in same st, 67dc, turn. 68 sts.

Row 12-13: Using yellow yarn, repeat Rows 2-3.

Row 14-15: Using orange yarn, repeat Rows 4-5.

Put attached first, second, and third strips aside and start the fourth strip as follows:

Fourth Strip

Row 16: Using red yarn, repeat Row 1.

Row 17: Using red yarn, repeat Row 3.

Row 18: Using orange yarn, repeat Row 4. Turn the fourth section upside down so red is at the top and orange at the bottom.

Row 19: Note: This is used to connect Rows 11-15 to Rows 16-18. Starting on the right, join orange yarn to the center ch of the first 7ch from Row 18, 3ch, 1dc in the center ch of the first 7ch from Row 15, (3ch, 1dc in the center ch of the next 7ch from Row 18, 3ch, 1dc in the center ch of the next 7ch from Row 15) to the end.

Fasten off, join red yarn to the top right of work (Row 16).

Row 20: 7ch, miss four sts, 1dc, (7ch, miss three sts, 1dc) four times, fasten off, miss 24 sts, reattach red yarn, (7ch, miss three sts, 1dc) four times, 7ch, miss four sts, 1dc.

Fasten off.

Front

Using 5.5mm hook and dark blue yarn, make 69ch.

Row 1-19: Repeat Rows 1-19 of Back. Hold Front and Back together with WS facing you. Join red yarn to the top right of Front (Row 16).

Row 20: 3ch, 1dc in the fourth ch of Row 20 of Back, 3ch, miss four sts of Front, 1dc, * (3ch, 1dc into the center ch of corresponding 7ch of Row 20 of Back, 3ch, miss three sts of Front, 1dc) four times *, fasten off, miss 24 sts of Front, re-attach red yarn to Front, repeat from * to * once, 3ch, 1dc in the center ch of corresponding 7ch of Row 20 of Back, 3ch, miss four sts of Front, 1dc.

Fasten off.

Assembly

Join Front and Back at the sides by sewing each end of dark blue, green, and yellow rows together using loose ends of the same colors.

Use dark blue yarn to make 7ch to join between the top of each of the dark blue broomstick loops, repeat using green yarn for each side of the green broomstick loops. To connect light blue ‘grid’ rows, attach light blue yarn to the end of the row, 7ch, connect to the other side.

On the row above '3ch, 1dc, 3ch', fasten off and sew in ends. Repeat for the other side of the light blue row.

Sew in ends. With Front facing, join yellow yarn at the base of the yellow broomstick row, 8ch, 1tr to the top of the yellow broomstick row, 4ch, 1tr to the center of the orange section, 7ch, 4ch, 1tr to the top of the red broomstick section, 8ch, 1tr in the base of the red broomstick section, 1tr, 4ch, 1tr in the base of the red ch of Back, 1tr in the base of the red broomstick section of Back, 8ch, 1tr in the top of the red broomstick section, 4ch, 1tr in the center of the orange section, 7ch, 4ch, 1tr in the top of the yellow broomstick section, 8ch, sl st to the first ch to join. Fasten off. Repeat for the second armhole.