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Can I make it up to you?

I know I've been neglecting you all recently, so I thought maybe now would be a good time to post the Chain Link Granny pattern I promised you mumble mumble weeks ago.

I saw an unusual afghan on the internet last year, did a bit of searching but couldn't come up with a pattern for it, free or otherwise. Luckily, there was a good, clear picture so I played about a bit and came up with my own pattern. A reasonable facsimile, I think.

Chain Link Granny Square
(American Notation)

Worked in 4 colours – A, B, C and D

WW / H-5mm hook = approx. 7”

With A: ch5, join w slst to form ring.

Rnd 1 – Ch3, 2dc in ring, *[ch10, slst in 1st ch (corner loop made)], 3dc in ring, repeat from * around, slst to 3rd ch of beg ch3. Finish off.

Rnd 2 – With B: join w slst in sp to right of any corner loop, ch3, 2dc in same sp, *holding corner loop of prev rnd to front, work corner loop, 3dc to left of corner loop of prev rnd, 3dc to right of corner loop of prev rnd, repeat from * around, slst to 3rd ch of beg ch3. Finish off.

Rnd 3 – With C: join w slst in space to right of any corner loop, ch3, 2dc in same sp, *holding corner loop of prev rnd to front, work corner loop, 3dc to left of corner loop of prev rnd, 3dc in sp btw 2 groups of 3dc of prev rnd, 3dc to right of corner loop of prev rnd, repeat from * around, slst to 3rd ch of beg ch3. Finish off.

Rnd 4 – With D: join w slst in space to right of any corner loop, ch3, 2dc in same sp, *holding corner loop of prev rnd to front, work corner loop, 3dc to left of corner loop of prev rnd, 3dc in sp btw 1st 2 groups of 3dc of prev rnd, 3dc in nxt sp, 3dc to right of corner loop of prev rnd, repeat from * around, slst to 3rd ch of beg ch3. Finish off.

Rnd 5 – With A: join w slst in 1st dc of any side, ch3, dc in nxt dc x11, *[dc, tr] in sp to right of corner loop of prev rnd, ch2, [tr, dc] to left of corner loop, dc in nxt dc x12, repeat from * around, slst to 3rd ch of beg ch3. Do not finish off.

Chain Links: pull corner loops of Rnd 2 from back to front thru loops of Rnd 1. Pull Rnd 3 loops thru Rnd 2 loops. Pull Rnd 4 loops thru Rnd 3 loops.

Rnd 6 – Ch2, hdc in nxt st x13, *in ch2 sp [hdc, dc thru corner loop of Rnd 4 and ch2 sp, hdc], hdc in nxt st x16, repeat from * around, hdc in nxt st x2, slst to 2nd ch of beg ch2. Finish off.

Copyright © 2007, Judy M Kerr. All Rights Reserved.

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I need a holiday

Hi everyone. Sorry I've been "absent". It's been a bit crazy around here - family stuff. Not over yet but I thought I'd better check in before you all gave up on me.

I have made a snowflake.

It's a bit of a weird situation. Someone at simplysnowflakes wrote that they were having trouble with a pattern they'd gotten from a library book. No picture and they couldn't get the book again. They posted the first 2 rounds of the pattern (there are 3 in all) to see if anyone could make sense of it. This is what I came up with. Whether it's right or not I couldn't say but I thought it came out quite cute as is.

The question is, can I post the pattern? I'd say not, 'coz I haven't actually changed it, at least not intentionally, apart from making it 6 points instead of 8 and not working the last round.

I am set to go on holiday at the end of the month, thankfully, although the preparations for that will no doubt stress me out as well. I'm trying to take it easy until then.