Pillow tute.....edited...

Susanne Albertsson designed the pattern

Susanne

I wrote it down as I made it

that was almost a year ago

Susanne said it was OK to write it down

as English is not her first language

 and anything written in Swedish

when translated  into English

makes no sense

most of the time!!!

 

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you need to know American terms (sorry I don't know the others!)

ch = chain

ss = slip stitch

sc = single crochet

dc = double crochet

fpdc= front post double crochet

yo = yarn over

 

I used different colours to help you see the stitches

it is a very repetitious pattern...doing the same thing row after row

 so writing it down was a little difficult somehow...

but it's an african flower

surrounded by dc and fpdc

until you decide it's finished

 :)

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you start by making an

African Flower

 

 

the

African flower

 pattern

 is on Flickr

(scroll down the page a bit and you'll find it there.)

make the flower to the point in which you make the row with the  long stitch between the petals

join with a

slip stitch

chain  3 and make a row of double crochet all around

where the top of the petal is

make

1dc, ch1, 1dc in same space

where the long stitch is

miss the stitch directly on top of the stitch

so

1dc, ch 1, miss a stitch, 1dc

a front post double crochet is made by

yarn over,  put the hook around the stitch below from right to left and front to back and around

yo and finish the dc stitch

 

each and every row is the same

1dc 1fpdc

join with a slip stitch

do not turn

ch 3 and continue with the

1dc 1fpdc

 there is nothing else to write
 

do this until you have a size you like

I did 14 dc fpdc rows

then a row of plain dc

I made a fabric  hex pillow and sewed the piece on to the front

Susanne made bobbles on hers

they appear to be positioned in between the fpdc

she then made a few more rows of the pattern

I am sure she will help you if you have questions

she was very happy to share this design with us

so I'm sure she'll be happy to again

:)

 

this is Susanne Albertssons' above

this is mine

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