FIRST SQUARE MOTIF
Ch 6, join with slip st to form a ring.
Rnd 1 Ch 3 (counts as 1 dc), work 15 dc into ring, slip st to top of beg-ch.
Rnd 2 Ch 3 (counts as 1 dc), dc in each of next 3 dc, *ch 7, dc in each of next 4 dc; rep
from * twice more, ch 7, slip st to top of beg-ch.
Rnd 3 Ch 3, keeping one loop of each dc on hook, work 1 dc in each of next 3 dc, yo and
draw through all 4 loops on hook ? 3-dc cluster made, ch 5, skip 3 ch, (dc, ch 5, dc) in
next ch, ch 5, *4-dc cluster over next 4 dc, ch 5, skip 3 ch, (dc, ch 5, dc) into next ch, ch
5; rep from * twice more, slip st in top of first cluster. Fasten off.
HALF MOTIF PATTERN
Ch 4, slip st to first ch to form a ring.
Row 1 Ch 3 (counts as 1 dc), work 7 dc into ring, turn.
Row 2 (Ch 7, dc in each of next 4 dc) twice, ch 4, dc in same dc as last dc, turn.
Row 3 Ch 8, dc into dc, ch 5, 4-dc cluster over next 4 dc, ch 5, skip 3 ch, (dc, ch 5, dc) into next ch, ch 5, 4-dc cluster over next 4 dc, ch 5, skip 3 ch, dc into next ch, ch 8, slip st
into same ch as last dc. Fasten off.
SECOND SQUARE MOTIF
Row 1. Ch 9, sl st to frm ring. Ch 3 (counts as 1 dc), 3 dc in ring, [ch 3, 7 dc in ring] 3 times, ch 3, 3 dc in ring, join to top of beg ch-3.
Row 2.Ch 1, sc in same st as beg ch-1, [ch 7, 7 dc in next ch-3 sp, ch 7, sc in 4th dc of next 7-dc group] rep to end with ch 3, tr in first sc (now in middle of the last ch-7 sp).
Row 3. Beg 3-dc-cl in same sp, [ch 2, 3-dc-cl in next ch sp, ch 7, sc in 4th dc of next 7-dc group, ch 7, 3-dc-cl in next ch sp] rep to end, join to top of beg cl.
Row 4. Sl st into ch-2 sp, beg cl, ch 3, [7 dc in next sp, dc in next sc, 7 dc in next sp, ch 3, 3-dc-cl in next ch-2 sp, ch 3] rep to end, join to top of beg cl.
Row 5. Ch 3, [dc, ch 3, 2 dc] in same st as beg ch-3, [ch 5, sk next 2 dc, dc in next dc, ch 2, sk next 2 dc, dc in next 5 dc, ch 2, sk next 2 dc, dc in next dc, ch 5, {2 dc, ch 3, 2 dc} in next cl] rep to end, join to top of beg ch-3.
Row 6. Ch 1, sc in same st as beg ch-1, sc in next dc, [(2 sc, ch 2, 2 sc) in next ch-3 sp, sc in each of next 2 dc, 5 sc in next sp, sc in next dc, 2 sc in next sp, sc in each of next 5 dc, 2 sc in next sp, sc in next dc, 5 sc in next sp, sc in each of next 2 dc] rep around, join in beg sc, fasten off.
This problem seeks to find ways of using the ubiquitous granny square or the crocheted square motif in the making of garments. Basically, this objective is to make fabric by putting together squares and half-squares.
Twisting coir in Kerala, India, 2008.
