Stitch Tutorial for Window Pane Square by nleon

Window Pane Square by nleon

Stitch Tutorial

This is the Stitch Tutorial for the 2012BAMCAL Group on Ravelry's July 6 in. Square.  This square was designed by Nina Leon  (nleon307.)  Her blog is HookersDontBite   I would like to thank her for putting the instructions for this square up for free, and for allowing me to do this photo tutorial on my blog.  I am always amazed by the generosity of designers.

I will put the original instructions in BLACK.  Any extra explanations, clarifications, or suggestions I make will be in BLUE.

I realize that I changed a lot of the writing of the instructions.  The pattern is nleon's NOT mine.  I just tried to write the tutorial in a way that was more easily understandable to me.  If you have corrections or suggestions please leave a comment or message me in Ravelry, and I will do my best to fix it.

Instructions:

Using an H hook and worsted weight yarn this created a 6 inch square. If you need to make the square slightly larger, add more rows of SC or HDC as border rows.

Notes: You will join each row with a slip stitch and will not turn. Slip stitch to corner or finish off and add new yarn color at the corner at the end of each row. Repeat between () or [] where indicated.

Row 1:

Ch4, Join with Slip Stitch

Row 1

Row 2:

Ch4, (counts as first TC)

15 TC into circle,  

join with slip stitch into top of Ch 4  

finish off. 16TC  

Row 2

Row 3:

Join new color with ss in any TC.  

CH 1 (3 SC in same stitch, CH 2, skip next stitch) 8 times,  

join with slip stitch into first SC  

 24 SC 8 2ch spaces

Row 3

Row 4:

3SS to ch 2 sp

(Ch 3 (counts as DC)

2 DC,

Ch 1, 3 DC, Ch 1) in the first Ch-sp,  corner made

[ *(3 DC, Ch 1)* 1 time in the next Ch-sp,

2 times in the next Ch-sp (corner made)]

repeat from [ to ] 2 more times, and from * to * 1 more time  

join with slip stitch into top of first Ch 3  

finish off  36 DC, 12 SC spaces

Row 4

Row 5:

Join new color with SS in any corner, ch 1

*2sc in corner space, Ch 3,  

(1 SC in ch1 sp, Ch 3, ) twice *  

repeat from * to * 3 more times  

ending with ss in first sc.  

finish off.  16 sc 12 ch 3 spaces

Row 5

Row 6:

join with ss in first sc of any corner  

Ch 6 (counts as DC and ch 3),

 [DC (in SC), Ch3 ]  

repeat from [to] around,

join with slip stitch into third chain of first Ch 6  

16 DC, 16 ch 3 Spaces

Row 6

Row 7:

ss in corner ch 3 sp

Ch 1, [6 SC in corner Ch 3-sp, 

 

 (1 sc in DC, 3 SC in ch 3 sp) 3 times  

SC in DC ]  

repeat from [ to ] 3 more times  

join with slip stitch in first SC  

 finish off.  76 sc

Row 7

Row 8:

join with ss in 4th sc in any corner  

Ch 1, SC in same sc  

SC around, 3SC in corners (I made mine in the 3rd of the 6 corner sc),  

join with slip stitch in first SC

Repeat Row 8 if you need to make the square a little larger.

finish off.   

Round 8 Complete Square

 I would like to thank nleon307 for allowing me to write and post this tutorial.  But most of all, for creating this fun pretty square, and posting the instructions for free.

Yours,

f1bercat

shaping the planet one (or two) new squares at a time

Photo Rounds For Windowpane Square by Chris Simon

2012.05.05

Rounds for the Windowpane 12 in Square by Chris Simon

These are photos of the Rounds for the 2012BAMCAL Square for May.  Purely coincidence that  both this square, and the 6 in. choice were designed by the same person?  Or, just a really good crochet designer? Chris Simon's website is www.yarncrazy.com.

I usually like to play with color changes when I hook  my squares for this BAMCAL, but although I do like the multicolor versions in the chat thread for this square, I just really like the way it looks in a single color.  So, that is how I hooked it for both of the afghans I am making this year.  Just like with the 6 in. square by Chris Simon, the Gem Star Square, that I did a photo tutorial for earlier, the instructions are very clear and easy for this square.  As I hook my squares, I keep up a Word page, and take notes of any problems, unclear parts, or corrections I make as I go.  If there are none, I type "as written," meaning that I simply hooked the round as it was written.  If I do make any notes, I write them in BLUE so I can tell what was original instruction, and what I changed or added.  The only changes I made for this group of round photos, were that I kept the Round numbers going rather than starting them over when I started the "in the round" part.

Round 1: 
 as written

Round 1

Round 2:

as written

Round 2

Round 3:

as written

Round 3

Round 4:

as written

Round 4

Round 5 (Round 1):

as written

Round 5

Round 6 (Round 2):

as written

Round 6

Round 7 (Round 3):

As written

Round 7

Round 8 (Round 4):

as written

Round 8

Round 9 (Round 5):

as written

Round 9

Round 10 (Round 6):

Round 10

Round 11 (Round 7):

as written

Round 11

Round 12 (Round 8):

as written

Round 12

Round 13 (Round 9): 

I measured at this point and got 11.5 inches.

I used 9B (the sc round)

as written

12 in!

Round 13 Final Round

 Here is the finished square in red:

 Thanks again to Chris Simon for a really nice square.  And thank you for making the design free.

Yours,

f1bercat

shaping the planet one windowpane at a time.