Skill Level: Intermediate

Size: 39⅜ in (100 cm) in diameter

Stitches used and abbreviations: foll: following or follow, row: row, cont: continue or continuity, diag.: diagram or diagrams, st: stitch, sts: stitches, rep: repeat or repetitions, FO: fasten off, work: work or working, x: time or times, YO: yarn over, fin: finishing, ch: chain, sl st: slip stitch, sc: single crochet, dc: double crochet, pattern st: pattern stitch, mr: magic ring, pop st: popcorn stitch with 4 double crochets, pop st with space: popcorn stitch with 4 double crochets, worked with 2 stitches in each base stitch and skipping 1 base stitch between them, pattern st popcorn with ch: 3 chains, 1 popcorn stitch with 4 double crochets, 3 chains and 1 slip stitch in the same base stitch, dc2tog: two double crochets closed together, blo sc: single crochet in back loop only, dtr: double treble crochet, fpdtr: front post double treble crochet, fptr: front post treble crochet, picot: 3 chains, close with 1 single crochet.

Gauge: a 3.9 in (10 cm) square, worked in pattern stitch following Diagram 1, with Barroco Natural 4/6 yarn and E-4 (3.5 mm) crochet hook = 18 sts x 10 rows.

Instructions

Table Centerpiece: with Barroco Natural 4/6 yarn in color Natural, start with a mr. Row 1: start with 4 ch, 2 dtr closed together, 3 ch, * 3 dtr closed together, 3 ch; * repeat from * to * 8 x, close with sl st, Row 2: work 1 sl st to move, then over the base ch, start with 3 ch, 3 dc in the same base space, 2 ch, skip 1 base st, * work 4 dc in the next base space, 2 ch, skip 1 base st; * repeat from * to * 8 x. Row 3: work 3 sl st to reach the 2 base ch, over the ch start with 3 ch, 3 dc in the same base space, 2 ch, skip 4 base sts, * work 4 dc in the next base space, 2 ch, skip 4 base sts; * repeat from * to * 8 x, close with sl st, fasten off. Row 4: join Encanto yarn in Liquid Gold, * work 3 sc over the 2 base ch in the same base space, 4 sc; * repeat from * to * 8 x, close with sl st, fasten off. Row 5: join Barroco Natural 4/6 yarn in Natural on the 2nd sc of the base row, * start with 1 sc, 8 ch, skip 6 base sts; * repeat from * to * 9 x. Continue following Diagram 1, working in rounds up to Row 10, leaving the Barroco Natural 4/6 yarn in Natural at the back of the piece. Row 11 – Sl st embroidery: join Encanto yarn in Liquid Gold over the 1st stitch of Row 5, working only over the dc, follow Diagram 1. Hold the yarn at the back of the piece, insert the hook between the base st, yarn over from underneath and pull it to the top, leaving a loop on the hook. Insert the hook into the next base st, yo and pull to the top; pass the same yarn through the reserved loop on the hook, forming a new loop. Rep until reaching the last dc of the repeat, for a total of 7 sl st, fasten off. Work the same way over all 10 dc repeats, joining over the 1st dc of each repeat and fastening off over the last dc, without working over the ch. Row 12: continue with Barroco Natural 4/6 yarn in Natural, working over Row 10, leaving the sl st embroidery on the front of the piece. Start with 3 ch, 1 dc in the same base st, 5 dc, 2 dc in the same base st, 4 ch, skip 5 base sts, * 2 dc in the same base st, 5 dc, 2 dc in the same base st, 4 ch, skip 5 base sts; * repeat from * to * 8 x, close with sl st. Row 13: start with 3 ch, 2 dc in the same base st, 4 dc, over the last dc work 1 pattern st – popcorn with ch (follow Diagram 1), over the base row work 3 dc, 3 dc in the same base st, 2 ch, skip 4 base sts, * 3 dc in the same base st, 4 dc, over the last dc work 1 pattern st – popcorn with ch (follow Diagram 1), over the base row work 3 dc, 3 dc in the same base st, 2 ch, skip 4 base sts; * repeat from * to * 8 x, close with sl st. Continue following Diagram 1, working in rounds, making color changes as indicated, fasten off.

Designer by: Anita Eskelsen