Week Four Square Sixteen: Twist Crossed Stitches
Stitches you need to know
YO yarn over - bring your yarn over your hook from the back over the top to the front
CH chain - pull your yarn over through the loop on your hook.
TR treble crochet (US dc - double crochet) yarn over, insert your hook into the stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop. Yarn over and pull through 2 loops on your hook twice.
DTR double-treble crochet (US tr - triple crochet) yarn over twice, insert your hook into the stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop. Yarn over and pull through 2 loops on your hook three times.
CH-SP chain space - the space created by a chain stitch.
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Special Stitches
FPDTR front post double-treble (US FPtr - front post treble) - yo twice, insert hook around post of stitch from previous row, starting at the front to back, yo, pull up a loop, complete as normal double-treble.
BPDTR back post treble (US BPdc - back post double crochet) - yo, insert hook around post of stitch from previous row, starting at the back to front, yo, pull up a loop, complete as normal double-treble.
FCFPDTR front-crossed front post treble crochet (US FCFPtr – front-crossed front post treble crochet) - sk, FPdtr around next st, FPdtr around sk st working in front of the fabric.
BCFPDTR back-crossed front post treble crochet (US FCtr – front-crossed treble crochet) - sk, FPdtr around next st, FPdtr around sk st working in back of the fabric.
Tension
Round measurements: Approx 18 sts and 11 rows per 10 cm.
The Pattern
Using your MC, ch 27.
ROW 1: Tr into 4th ch from hook (ch 3 counts as tr here and throughout), tr into each ch. Turn. (25 sts)
ROW 2: ch 3, tr, FCFPdtr, *tr, BCFPdtr, tr, FCFPdtr, rep from * 3 times, 2 tr. Do last tr into top of the ch 3. Turn.
ROW 3: ch 3, *tr, 2 BPdtr, rep from * 7 times, 2 tr. Do last tr into top of the ch 3. Turn.
ROW 4-15: Rep row 2-3 until you have 15 rows.
Fasten off and weave in your end. Attach to any st in your last row, dc in each st to corner (dc ch, dc) into corner st, roughly place 25-27 sts down the edge.